Vision or Villainy Origins of the Owens Valley-Los Angeles Water Controversy

Seventy-five years ago the growing city of Los Angeles, amid considerable conflict, appropriated water from a rural area 250 miles away. Still unresolved, the controversy surrounding the Owens Valley-Los Angeles Aqueduct has long since moved from the personal, even violent level fictionalized in the movie Chinatown to the dry realm of court proceedings, injunctions, and environmental impact reports. But water remains a problem in California, and the questions raised by these events--the rights of a rural area versus a growing metropolitan area, environmental issues, and levels of government responsibility--are of recognized national importance today.Hoffman, Abraham is the author of 'Vision or Villainy Origins of the Owens Valley-Los Angeles Water Controversy', published 2001 under ISBN 9780890965092 and ISBN 0890965099.