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Advancing Ecosystem Restoration with Smarter Permitting

By Letitia Grenier, Stephanie Panlasigui, Crissy Pickett, Gokce Sencan

California’s ecosystems are vital to the state’s economy and wellbeing, yet they’re in dire health. Large-scale restoration is needed, and implementing smarter permitting can help.

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How Water Agencies Could Catalyze Headwater Forest Management

By Henry McCann, Van Butsic

Forest managers, community and environmental stakeholders, and policymakers alike have called for an increase in the pace and scale of proactive forest management to prevent extreme wildfires. Could water agencies lead the effort?

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Bay Area Recovery May Lag without Onsite Tech Workers

By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune

Unemployment in the San Francisco Bay Area is lower than statewide. But a sustained recovery—especially in the region’s downtown districts—could depend on many employees shifting back to onsite work as the pandemic recedes.

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Tourism and Logistics Shape Southern California’s Pandemic Economy

By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune

The labor market weakened in major Southern California metros when leisure and hospitality businesses closed. But these job losses have been offset by growth in transportation and warehousing, especially in the Inland Empire.

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The Sacramento Area Economy Runs on Government

By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune

Public-sector employment, which has declined less in the Sacramento metro area than in other parts of California, may have shielded the capital region from heavy employment losses during the pandemic.

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