Tehachapi Mountains

It’s state water that is pumped over the Tehachapi Mountains into the Southland, and Trump has no control over it, despite what he implies.

California had its own north/south rivalry, and Otis resented Northern Californians’ snooty perception of the “cow counties” south of the Tehachapi Mountains.

My next stops: the Antelope Valley poppy fields, the Tehachapi Mountains to search for California condors and Arvin Cross to look for more wildflowers.

In part because of concerns about building in areas at high risk of wildfire, a Los Angeles County Superior Court judge in 2021 in effect blocked a proposed housing development on the southern flanks of the Tehachapi Mountains, about 70 miles north of Los Angeles.

Judges in recent years have also halted developments in a fire-prone part of San Diego County and the Tehachapi Mountains in Los Angeles County due to fire risk.