as jennifer mcgraw reports, they are going after independents. >> reporter: california counts for the first time in generations. >> california is actually going to matter and it is going to matter greatly. >> reporter: karen bernal with the sacramento for bernie sanders group says they started last september joining forces but this weekend is the official launch to take on voters. >> i haven't seen the depth and breadth of this kind of excitement over a campaign. it is uncharted territory. >> reporter: many of the presidential candidates are gearing up for california including hillary clinton who announced her leadership team and trump who sends this message. >> in order for your vote to count, you must be registered to vote as a republican. >> reporter: the call reported by trump himself was made to 1 million independent voters. you must be registered as a republican to vote for him. >> we have seen district after district, huge numbers of republicans planning to vote. >> reporter: registering as a nonpartisan voter, you can only vote in the democratic, libertarian, and american inde

but reporter jennifer mcgraw talked to an expert sha said think again. -- that say think again. >> i've heard we've had a bad drought. i know there's been water restrictions. >> i think it takes a few areas to get out of the krauting. i would consider us to still anybody a drought. >> reporter: in we in a drought or not? we asked the experts. >> in california, i think there's an argument to be made every is a drought. >> this year with the big el nino, it was supposed to be a wet area and it turned out to be average. >> reporter: with the rainy season coming to an end, here's where the levels stand. southern california had the lest amount of rain. central california they saw more rain, but two reservoirs there only had half the water they should. here in northern california, we're sitting just right with our reservoirs average. the state managers had to release quite a bit of the water. >> still maintain empty reservoir space in case a large flood comes along. >> reporter: the state won't likely lift the water restrictions completely but lunn believes it will get better. >> in it's dry,