How do you "hoard" water coming off a public utility main though?

You don't. It's a deliberate stretch to make it "muh billionaires" instead of the DEI infested and chronically mismanaged state, county, and local governments of California.

However in this case, it's really a technical issue: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/why-did-fire-hydrants-go-dry-for-crews-fighting-the-palisades-fire/

tl;dr, the hydrants at the high elevations are fed by three huge-ass storage tanks. The enormous, constant consumption at the lower elevations were pulling water out of the system and slowing the tank refill rate to below the consumption rate. No tanks = drop in pressure, which made the hydrants at the high elevations insufficient.

It had nothing to due with drought, water ownership, or any of that other bullshit. The most link you'll find is any case where it's "we could have filled some reservoir to a higher level, but didn't because it was too expensive or we sold it."

How do you "hoard" water coming off a public utility main though?

You don't. It's a deliberate stretch to make it "muh billionaires" instead of the DEI infested and chronically mismanaged state, county, and local governments of California.

However in this case, it's really a technical issue: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/why-did-fire-hydrants-go-dry-for-crews-fighting-the-palisades-fire/

tl;dr, the hydrants at the high elevations are fed by three huge-ass storage tanks. The enormous, constant consumption at the lower elevations were pulling water out of the system faster than it could be pumped back in, which caused a drop in pressure, which made the hydrants at the high elevations insufficient.

It had nothing to due with drought, water ownership, or any of that other bullshit. The most link you'll find is any case where it's "we could have filled some reservoir to a higher level, but didn't because it was too expensive or we sold it."

How do you "hoard" water coming off a public utility main though?

You don't. It's a deliberate stretch to make it "muh billionaires" instead of the DEI infested and chronically mismanaged state, county, and local governments of California.

However in this case, it's really a technical issue: https://ktla.com/news/local-news/why-did-fire-hydrants-go-dry-for-crews-fighting-the-palisades-fire/

tl;dr, the hydrants at the high elevations are fed by three huge-ass storage tanks. The enormous, constant consumption at the lower elevations were pulling water out of the system faster than it could be pumped back in, which caused a drop in pressure, which made the hydrants at the high elevations insufficient.

It had nothing to due with drought, water ownership, or any of that other bullshit.