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Water for a Growing Bay Area: How the region can grow without increasing water demand

Pacific Institute | October 21st, 2021

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The San Francisco Bay Area is at a crossroads. The region, blessed with a beautiful natural setting, multiple shipping ports and world-class universities, is a driver of

The San Francisco Bay Area is at a crossroads. The region, blessed with a beautiful natural setting, multiple shipping ports and world-class universities, is a driver of global economic growth. But the region’s housing supply has not kept up with population growth. Many low-income households, disproportionately made up of people of color, have been forced into overcrowded and substandard housing or displaced from the urban center to new neighborhoods far from their jobs, friends and families. The most vulnerable have lost their homes entirely and are among the region’s 35,000 unhoused people. Over the next half-century, the Bay Area’s need to add housing will only grow more intense. The region is projected to add 2 million new jobs by 2070, which would attract as many as 6.8 million people, and needs to build at least 2.2 million new housing units just to prevent housing affordability from worsening. This represents 83% more people, 74% more housing units and 38% more jobs over the next 50 years.

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Water Recommendations to the Next President

Pacific Institute | September 14th, 2020

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The United States faces several severe and worsening water problems. Continuing to neglect these problems will impoverish and sicken this and future generations,

The United States faces several severe and worsening water problems. Continuing to neglect these problems will impoverish and sicken this and future generations, destroy beneficial aquatic ecosystems, and threaten our economy and food supply. Smart water policies will create hundreds of thousands of jobs, improve public health, and speed our economic recovery. In this letter, we offer a short assessment of four key problems and specific recommendations for addressing them.

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Water Service Disconnections in California

Pacific Institute | October 1st, 2018

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When a household fails to pay their water bill in full for more than a given period of time – one or two months – their water service can be disconnected. In

When a household fails to pay their water bill in full for more than a given period of time – one or two months – their water service can be disconnected. In addition to the original utility bills, additional fees are accrued at each step, from the first late payment through restoration of service. Households that struggle to pay their water bills on time can face serious financial challenges to maintain or restore water service. Lack of water in the home compromises the ability of people to wash their hands, clean their home, and safely prepare food. Water disconnections are associated with a higher rate of water-borne diseases in the community, and disconnected water renders housing legally uninhabitable and untenantable.1,2 As such, water disconnections are a serious concern for public health and housing security.

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Water systems in California: Ownership, geography, and affordability

Utilities Policy (Elsevier) | August 10th, 2021

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This study asks whether different types of water systems serve different types of communities and differ with respect to affordability. Using 2017 data for California we

This study asks whether different types of water systems serve different types of communities and differ with respect to affordability. Using 2017 data for California we match service area boundaries with census income data and rate structures to compare the geography, income distribution and affordability of water rates within communities served by systems of different ownership types. We find that for-profit and publicly owned systems serve communities of similar income distributions, while not-for-profit mutual water companies serve higher-income communities. Regulated privately-owned systems charge more for water while providing more low-income assistance and shutting off fewer households than publicly owned systems.

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Who makes decisions about California's water?

Restore the Delta | January 9th, 2023

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This project collected and created data on California's water managers at the state, local and individual level to determine their race and gender. At the State level, we

This project collected and created data on California's water managers at the state, local and individual level to determine their race and gender. At the State level, we used the State Workforce Analysis to examine the race and gender of water-related state executives. At the local level, we coded about 1500 directors of water agencies for race and gender and then compared each board to the race and gender of the agency service areas. At the individual level, we coded nearly 14,000 individual rights holders for race. The results were not surprising. At every level, the people who make decisions about California's water are more white and more male than the population of California. At the local agency level, boards of directors are 86% White and 79% male. At the individual level, 91% of small named water rights holders have last names that code as White.

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