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Achieving Universal Broadband in California

By Joseph Hayes, Niu Gao, Darriya Starr, Amy Gong Liu

Several regions in the state have had fiber and poles burn during fire season, leaving nearby neighborhoods disconnected for weeks at a time. Flooding, high ...

Statewide Survey

PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

By Mark Baldassare, Dean Bonner, Rachel Lawler, Deja Thomas

Feb 20, 2023 ... Key findings include overwhelming majorities say housing affordability and homelessness are a big problem; many Californians worry younger ...

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Priorities for California’s Water

By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Sarah Bardeen, Alvar Escriva-Bou ...

Nov 16, 2022 ... And mammoth floods could eventually devastate our currently parched state. Warming is also intensifying water quality problems, ...

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Storing Water for the Environment

By Sarah Null, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Kristen Dybala ...

They provide multiple benefits including water supply, hydropower, flood management, and recreation. However, construction and operation of these reservoirs ...

Policy Brief

Policy Brief: Storing Water for the Environment

By Sarah Null, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Kristen Dybala ...

In California's variable climate, dams are essential for water supply, hydropower generation, and flood management—and their role will grow as the climate ...

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The Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta

By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Greg Gartrell

May 22, 2022 ... These levees are under threat from rising sea level, earthquakes, floods, and continuing subsidence of the farmland behind them.