. >> ellen hannic says california can't get better until change happens. she serve as the director at the public policy institute of california's water policy center. a non-profit, non-partisan research group now calling for policy reforms in california that they say would help solve the problems we found during our investigation. >> right now, california has this kind of arcane complex system that nobody would have created if we started from scratch. >> do we need reform? >> we need reform. what we're suggesting is something that really can harness the creative of californians around the state in different water sheds. >> in midnovember the ppic issued this report calling for changes in the oversight of water rights, trading and environmental uses. >> what we find is that during this drought, there have been some warts have been revealed in our water allocation systems. some things we could simplify so it's more efficient. >> the alarm bells to prepare for the future where we have more years like this. >> many other ordinary californias recognize we can n