Public Policy Institute of California

March 25, 2020 622

Californians rely on the state’s myriad of rivers and streams for things such as water supply, hydropower, recreation, fisheries, biodiversity,...

ELLEN HANAK: Water and the Future of the San Joaquin Valley

May 29, 2019 601

Ellen Hanak delivers four priorities for managing the implementation of SGMA in the San Joaquin Valley The San Joaquin Valley...

ELLEN HANAK: Managing Drought in a Changing Climate: Four Essential Reforms

May 22, 2019 738

Climate change is having a profound impact on California’s water resources, as evidenced by greater weather extremes, reduced snowpack, higher...

PANEL DISCUSSION: Upgrading the water grid

January 30, 2019 333

In September of 2018, the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) released the report, Managing Drought in a Changing Climate:...

DR. JEFF MOUNT: Ecosystem Water Budgets: A Novel Approach to Managing Water for the Environment

January 9, 2019 1154

Dr. Jeff Mount has a long history of involvement with science issues in the Delta. As a professor at UC...

PPIC POLICY PRIORITIES FOR CA WATER: Implementing the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act

November 9, 2016 365

Secretary Karen Ross, Thad Bettner, and Eric Averett discuss how implementation of the state’s historic groundwater legislation is progressing as...

PPIC POLICY PRIORITIES FOR CA WATER: Environmental impacts, the Endangered Species Act, and extinction

November 8, 2016 452

Phil Isenberg, Jeff Mount, and Kate Poole discuss the Endangered Species Act and the state’s approach to ecosystem restoration Although...

This just in … New PPIC Report: Reforms Would Improve the Way California Allocates Water

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November 17, 2015 857

Changes urges in oversight of water rights, trading, environmental uses From the Public Policy Institute of California: A set of...

This just in … PPIC Report: If Drought Continues: Environment and Poor Rural Communities Most Likely to Suffer

Breaking News

August 19, 2015 439

Urban areas in best shape; Farmers adapting but vulnerable If the California drought continues another two to three years, the...

Latest PPIC survey finds majority of Californians say global warming contributing to drought, admit they don’t know how much water they should be saving

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July 29, 2015 65

From the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC): A solid majority of Californians believe that global warming is already having...

This just in … PPIC Establishes Water Policy Center; Releases set of 9 water policy briefs

Breaking News

April 2, 2015 585

From the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC): The Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) today announced the establishment of...

PPIC Survey Finds Californians Say Their Neighbors Aren’t Doing Enough About Drought

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March 25, 2015 73

From the Public Policy Institute of California: Large majorities of Californians say the supply of water in their part of...

This just in … New PPIC Publication: Policy Priorities for Managing Drought

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March 16, 2015 568

New PPIC report cites four key weaknesses in drought preparation and response From the Public Policy Institute of California: “State,...

Flood management oversight hearing, part 1: Addressing California’s growing flood risk