article_snippet.sent: The reduction in water use does not apply to the agriculture industry, except for the requirement that the agriculture industry report more information on the agriculture industry groundwater use.
article_snippet.sent: The exclusion prompted some criticism, as agriculture uses about 80% of California's developed water supply.
article_snippet.sent: Farms in California have taken a hit, with reduced water allocations and thousands of farmworkers laid off.
article_snippet.sent: But climate writer Eric Holthaus of Slate wrote that "wasteful agriculture is literally sucking California dry.