Report Exploring the Potential for Water-Limited Agriculture in the San Joaquin Valley By Caitlin Peterson, Cameron Pittelkow, Mark Lundy Jul 20, 2022 Irrigation helps maintain soil quality by flushing salts away from the root zone, but mainly in high-volume (e.g., flood) systems. The small volumes of ...
Report California’s Future By Ellen Hanak, Laura Hill, Hans Johnson, Caroline Danielson ... Jan 15, 2021 This multi-topic publication highlights the state's most pressing long-term policy challenges in several key areas: criminal justice, economy, education, ...
Report California’s Political Geography 2020 By Eric McGhee Feb 24, 2020 ... March, May, July, September 2019) (public opinion data); Statewide Database (elections data for modeling); National Health Insurance Survey (cell phone ...
blog post Addressing Inequality in Flood Risk By Lori Pottinger Nov 13, 2019 Nov 13, 2019 ... More than 7 million Californians are at risk of flooding, and not every community ... such as insurance, to help them recover from floods.
blog post A New Reality for Federal Flood Insurance By Lori Pottinger Apr 16, 2019 Apr 16, 2019 ... Flood damages have been rising, pushing the federal flood insurance program into unsustainable debt. We talked to expert Carolyn Kousky ...
blog post How Climate Change Drives Disaster Cascades By Lori Pottinger Jan 29, 2019 Jan 29, 2019 ... For example, US Geological Survey guidelines for flood risks in coastal ... Sea level rise brings a greater chance of flooding in coastal ...
Report California’s Water: Preparing for Floods By Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Jeffrey Mount, Matt Kondolf ... Nov 12, 2018 One in five residents and billions of dollars in assets are vulnerable to flooding. Climate change brings new vulnerabilities. This brief describes new ...
blog post Hurricanes Are Getting Worse. California Should Take Note By Jeffrey Mount Sep 17, 2018 Sep 17, 2018 ... And the most important tool in mitigating flood risk—flood insurance—relies on an insolvent National Flood Insurance Program that will ...
blog post Flood Prevention 101: Stay Out of the Floodplain By Lori Pottinger Jan 4, 2018 Jan 4, 2018 ... A lot of the damage from Harvey was supposed to be prevented by the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). But the program failed in ...
blog post What Recent Hurricanes Mean for Flood Insurance in California By Jeffrey Mount Oct 3, 2017 Oct 3, 2017 ... Millions of Californians depend on the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).