interactive Delta Island Flooding (With Repairs) Jul 1, 2008 This animation depicts how the Delta may change over time as a result of levee failures from earthquakes and floods. Islands that lie below sea level will flood after levee failures (becoming blue). Islands with sufficiently high land and asset values are repaired each time they are flooded (becoming white again). Other islands remain flooded.
press release Deteriorating And Deadlocked… The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Is A California Disaster-In-Waiting Feb 7, 2007
Statewide Survey PPIC Statewide Survey: Special Survey on Californians and the Initiative Process By Mark Baldassare Sep 29, 2005 Some findings of the current survey Californians think that initiatives (39%) should have more influence than the legislature (32%) or governor (18%) over state policy. Most residents (74%) feel that initiatives raise important issues that elected officials have not adequately addressed. Despite their loyalty, 63% of Californians think the initiative process needs either major (29%) or minor (34%) changes. Many residents believe that special interests have too much control over the initiative process (92%), find the ballot wording for initiatives complicated and confusing (77%), and think there are too many propositions on the state ballot (62%). Half of state residents say they have less confidence now than before Hurricane Katrina that the government can handle a major terrorist attack (51%) or a major California earthquake (54%). 62% of Californians think the nation is headed in the wrong direction. November Ballot Measures: Proposition 74 (teacher tenure), 43% yes, 47% no Proposition 76 (spending and funding limits), 26% yes, 63% no Proposition 77 (redistricting), 33% yes, 50% no Proposition 78 (prescription drug discounts), 43% yes, 38% no Proposition 79 (prescription drug discounts), 34% yes, 40% no This is the 59th PPIC Statewide Survey and the second in a series of three surveys focusing on Californians and the initiative process. This special survey series is funded by The James Irvine Foundation.
