It is known that California has been battling with water crisis, but Gov. Jerry Brown assured Californians on Tuesday that technology, adaptation and a well-planned way of living would help preserve the California dream for coming generations.

He said that if the states' residents will opt for a more elegant way of living then the state would not only support its current population of 39 million, but probably will accept at least 10 million more residents.

Brown said that we humans are altering this planet with this incredible power of science, technology and economic advance. Technology and engineering would provide long-term solutions, such as containing and capturing storm water runoff and recycling water numerous times, he said. "If California is going to have 50 million people, they're not going to live the same way native people lived, much less the way people do today.. You have to find a more elegant way of relating to material things".

Brown offered his comments on California's drought during a discussion with Austin Beutner, publisher and chief executive of the Los Angeles Times and the San Diego Union-Tribune. The talk held at USC, marked opening of The California Conservation, a new event series from the Los Angeles Times that will focus on variety of topics including politics, technology and entertainment. Brown even made an impassioned plea for his $25-billion Bay Delta Conservation Plan, which involves construction of two tunnels to convey water to Southern California, as well as the reconstruction of the levees in the delta where the Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers meet.