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This calculated move ultimately led to the annexation of the San Fernando Valley as Eaton rallied influential city elites, including Harrison Gray Otis, publisher of the Los Angeles Times. Together, they championed the project, utilizing fear of droughts to persuade the public to support the aqueduct's establishment. In 1913, as 30,000 spectators gathered, the first water flows from the aqueduct arrived in San Fernando Valley, cementing Eaton’s legacy and the city’s dependence on external water sources.