Cal. Wat. Code § 12203 : CALIFORNIA WATER CODE — CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES — SACRAMENTO-SAN JOAQUIN DELTA — GENERAL POLICY — State policy relating to diversion of water TEXT PDF It is hereby declared to be the policy of the State that no person, corporation or public or private agency or the State or the United States should divert water from the channels of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to which the users within said Delta are entitled. Ca. Water Code § 12203 Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1766.