article_snippet.sent: At issue is California's century-old water rights system that has been based on self-reporting and little oversight, historically giving senior water rights holders the ability to use as much water as senior water rights holders need, even in drought.
article_snippet.sent: Gov. Jerry Brown has said that if drought continues this system built into California's legal framework will probably need to be examined.
article_snippet.sent: I don't want anybody with junior water rights leapfrogging my senior water rights just because my senior water rights have more money and more political clout.'
highlights_snippet.sent: Californiawater rights system has historically given senior water rights holders the ability to use as much water as senior water rights holders need, even in drought .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Gov. Jerry Brown has said that if drought continues this system built into California's legal framework could be changed .