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What would be the impact of SoCal losing access to Delta water? A 6+ percent drop in GDP and employment (Table ES-4), UNLESS customers are allowed to adjust (“Simultaneous Resilience”), in which case the cost drops to about nothing (Table 11). I’m annoyed that the authors buried this result, but it WAS prepared for the LA Country Economic Development Corporation (hint).