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Video: Farming Solutions to Weather Drought

By Lori Pottinger

What are California farmers doing to improve water management in dry times? Watch an expert panel in the event video from "Weathering Drought: Farming Solutions for a Thriving California.”

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Video: Congressman Kevin McCarthy in Conversation

By Linda Strean

House majority leader Kevin McCarthy talked to a Sacramento audience about national security, water policy, and the similarity between Donald Trump and Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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Replenishing Groundwater in the San Joaquin Valley

By Ellen Hanak, Jelena Jezdimirovic, Sarge Green, Alvar Escriva-Bou

This report reviews groundwater recharge efforts in the San Joaquin Valley, and proposes actions to increase recharge and reduce the valley’s groundwater deficit.

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Nine Policy Challenges for California Water

By Ellen Hanak, Jay Lund, Jeffrey Mount

A common theme running through California's Water is the state's tremendous capacity to adapt to changing conditions and tackle new challenges.

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California’s Latest Drought in 4 Charts

By Alvar Escriva-Bou, Jeffrey Mount, Michael Dettinger

California is in drought again. Knowing what’s different and what’s similar compared to the past major drought can help us better prepare the most vulnerable sectors.

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PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and Their Government

By Mark Baldassare, Jennifer Paluch, Dean Bonner, Sonja Petek

Some findings of the current survey:

  • Sixty-four percent of likely voters support Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's proposal to issue $43.3 billion in bonds to increase funding for education facilities, prisons, water storage, and other infrastructure projects.
  • Fifty-two percent of voters admit that they know very little (43%) or nothing (9%) about how bonds are paid for in California. Six percent say they know a lot.
  • The share of residents who describe the state budget as a big problem has fallen 29 points, from 73 percent to 44 percent, since May 2004.

This is the 77th PPIC Statewide Survey and the 23rd in PPIC's Californians and Their Government series, conducted periodically to examine the social, economic, and political trends that influence public policy preferences and ballot choices in the state. It is supported by funding from The James Irvine Foundation.

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Climate-Challenged California Must Learn to Thrive with Less Water

By Ellen Hanak, Jeffrey Mount

Managing water in our increasingly volatile climate is becoming more challenging: even if we do everything right, water supplies are likely to decline. The grand challenge for 21st-century water management in California is learning to thrive with less.

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