According to CBS Local News San Francisco, on Monday, governor Jerry Brown will soon officially announce a drought in California and start special services in order to increase the amount of water in the state.

California experienced a yearlong drought in 1977, the year known as one of the driest in the state’s history. Now, 37 years later, the Golden State begins to transform into the Dry State once again.

Districts across California are already beginning to experience signs of dryness and a dearth of water, even in our community at Harker. Freshman Haley Tran notices a difference between this year and her past California winters.

“Usually I don’t have sprinklers on in the winter, but because there’s a drought, there’s no rain, so I’m going to have sprinklers on or else the plants are going to die,” she said.

CNN reported that areas in the state are required to follow strict water conservation rules, affecting half of the United States’ produce grown in California, which will not only affect Californians, but people across the whole country as well. Physics teacher Dr. Miriam Allersma expresses her worry about the state’s agriculture.

“Growing our food–that’s a big problem. Maybe a lot of farmers will go out of business. I mean they already have less water now. I really feel bad for the farmers. I don’t know what’s going to happen,” she said.

Dr. Allersma also said that she thinks water will become more expensive because of its growing scarcity. She is already trying to help save water.

“I try and recycle water as much as I can. You are probably going to see some restrictions about when you can water–maybe a big push to conserve more water.”

With sunny and warm afternoons in mid-January, Californians can only imagine how the weather will be later in the year, as this is only the beginning of the state’s drought.