The pandemic and its economic fallout are affecting many aspects of water management, while climate change has major implications. And a much-needed national conversation about racism has illuminated water equity issues’such as how we address climate change, safe drinking water, and water scarcity.

This publication is part of a briefing kit that focuses on California’s most pressing long-term policy challenges in five key areas:

• criminal justice
• economy
• education
• safety net
• water and a changing climate