Fact Sheet California’s Population By Hans Johnson, Eric McGhee, Marisol Cuellar Mejia Jan 23, 2023 After a decade of sluggish growth, California's population declined during the pandemic. More than a quarter of Californians are immigrants; by 2030, ...
blog post Tackling “Forever Chemicals” in the Water Supply By Sarah Bardeen Jan 19, 2023 Jan 19, 2023 ... “Microplastics” are manmade plastic particles, which the state of California defines as bigger than 1 nanonmeter and smaller than 5,000 ...
blog post Can We Capture More Water in the Delta? By Sarah Bardeen Jan 17, 2023 Jan 17, 2023 ... Your recent policy brief said that California doesn't do a good enough job of managing water supply in the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta in ...
blog post California’s 2022 Fire Season: “A Remarkably Different Year” By Sarah Bardeen Dec 12, 2022 Dec 12, 2022 ... This year's fire season was relatively quiet—a welcome change of pace for fire-weary Californians. But what does it mean in the larger ...
blog post Improving Regional Representation among Community College Transfers By Cesar Alesi Perez, Vicki Hsieh, Hans Johnson, Marisol Cuellar Mejia Nov 29, 2022 Nov 29, 2022 ... The COVID-19 pandemic magnified challenges for California's community colleges, and enrollment among transfer-intending students declined ...
blog post The Troubled History—and Uncertain Future—of the Salton Sea By Sarah Bardeen Nov 22, 2022 Nov 22, 2022 ... Southern California's hundred-year-old Salton Sea is drying up, and that's ... of a large desalination plant on the Salton Sea's shore.
blog post California’s Native American Community By Eric McGhee Nov 15, 2022 Nov 15, 2022 ... (This category includes native Alaskans but excludes native Hawaiians.) And while prior to European settlement, California's native population ...
Report Priorities for California’s Water By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Sarah Bardeen, Alvar Escriva-Bou ... Nov 14, 2022 Nov 16, 2022 ... Climate change is making California's already variable climate even more ... Cities—particularly in the South Coast—are developing new ...
blog post Inflation Squeezes Californians’ Budgets, despite Wage Growth By Sarah Bohn, Marisol Cuellar Mejia, Julien Lafortune Nov 3, 2022 Nov 3, 2022 ... Wages have risen steadily in California since the beginning of 2020 amid a ... Efforts to shore up household finances—particularly for the ...
blog post How Are California’s Cities Managing the Drought? By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Annabelle Rosser, Ellen Hanak Oct 31, 2022 Oct 31, 2022 ... The drought has harmed California's freshwater ecosystems, ... Initially, water agencies in the North Coast and parts of the Bay Area pushed ...