Former U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is in talks to advise the Westlands Water District, the largest agricultural water district in the country, as the California agency prepares to lobby under a friendlier administration for federal contracts with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, according to two sources. … A Westlands spokesperson and one other person familiar with his plans confirmed McCarthy was discussing taking an advisory role with the water agency. As the largest publicly run farm water district in the country, Westlands, based in Fresno, covers 1,100 miles in the western San Joaquin Valley and represents powerful Central Valley farmers who have historically held close ties to California Republicans and members of President Donald Trump’s administration.