Report Priorities for California’s Water By Jeffrey Mount, Ellen Hanak, Sarah Bardeen, Alvar Escriva-Bou ... Nov 14, 2022 Nov 30, 2022 ... Comprehensive wet-year strategies—which integrate water supply, environmental management, and flood-risk reduction objectives—are just as ...
Report Storing Water for the Environment By Sarah Null, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Kristen Dybala ... Aug 22, 2022 Large, multi-purpose Central Valley reservoirs dominate water supply, flood control, hydropower, and ecosystem management in the Bay–Delta and the greater ...
Policy Brief Policy Brief: Storing Water for the Environment By Sarah Null, Jeffrey Mount, Brian Gray, Kristen Dybala ... Aug 22, 2022 In California's variable climate, dams are essential for water supply, hydropower generation, and flood management—and their role will grow as the climate ...
blog post Reforming Water Rights in California By Sarah Bardeen Feb 28, 2022 Feb 28, 2022 ... Water rights reform has long been the third rail in California politics—but that ... Richard Frank: The State Water Resources Control Board, ...
blog post Commentary: How Water Markets Can Help California Bring Its Groundwater Into Balance By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak Sep 20, 2021 Sep 20, 2021 ... The 2014 Sustainable Groundwater Management Act seeks to remedy that. ... actors at the local, state, and federal levels can drive reforms.
Report Improving California’s Water Market By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak, Brian Gray, Gokce Sencan ... Sep 14, 2021 How Water Trading and Banking Can Support Groundwater Management ... Multiple actors can drive reforms to streamline these practices.
Policy Brief Policy Brief: Improving California’s Water Market By Andrew Ayres, Ellen Hanak, Brian Gray, Gokce Sencan ... Sep 14, 2021 The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) requires local water users to bring their ... (See the table below for a list of reforms and key actors.).
Report Advancing Ecosystem Restoration with Smarter Permitting By Letitia Grenier, Stephanie Panlasigui, Crissy Pickett, Gokce Sencan Aug 16, 2021 To scale up and speed restoration, the state needs to reform permitting. ... The issues surrounding designing a multi-benefit flood management and ...
Policy Brief Policy Brief: Advancing Ecosystem Restoration with Smarter Permitting By Letitia Grenier, Stephanie Panlasigui, Crissy Pickett, Gokce Sencan Aug 16, 2021 Aug 18, 2021 ... Restoration proponents can help reform permitting approaches, although it often ... Inclusive processes help resolve management conflicts.
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, ...