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Of that, the state’s responsibility ranges from $1.8 billion to $2.8 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated $25 billion to $30 billion in funding over 30 years could help the state “avoid the astronomical cost of catastrophic flooding in the Central Valley estimated to be as high as $1 trillion, in addition to an incalculable toll on lives and public well-being,” the plan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936746\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11936746\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields-800x450.png\" alt=\"Flooding area aerial view\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields.png 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view shows flooded fields off River Road near Locke on Jan. 3, 2022. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So far, this winter’s storms have been severe but not catastrophic: The New Year’s Eve storm “stalled out” over the watershed of the Cosumnes River. Portions of privately owned levees on the river gave way, flooding nearby areas. The levees, constructed to reclaim the land for agriculture, are generally rated only to handle a 10-year flood, according to Sacramento County officials. The breeching of the levees shut down Highway 99 and stranded motorists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the region’s two major reservoirs held, and the Sacramento and American rivers did not experience major floods.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The investments we’ve made to the flood system have absolutely helped,” said Gary Lippner, the Department of Water Resources’ deputy director of flood management and dam safety. “At the larger scale, our system is much more ready for high-water events.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Central Valley has a long, painful history of deluges: \u003ca href=\"https://cw3e.ucsd.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Dettinger_Ingram_sciam13.pdf\">The Great Flood of 1861–2 (PDF)\u003c/a>, triggered by weeks of rain and snow, is still remembered as the worst disaster ever to befall California, inundating the entire valley, killing thousands of people statewide and devastating the economy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state’s capital city was built in a floodplain and requires an extensive system of dams and levees to protect it. Even now, federal, state and local authorities are in the midst of upgrading those defenses, particularly in the Sacramento region, where multiyear, multibillion-dollar projects are underway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Major improvements have been made in the region and more also are underway, thanks to about $1.8 billion in state and federal funds. The Army Corps and state have been upgrading about 45 miles of levees over a five-year period, and work on the final 2.8 miles is scheduled to begin in the spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Among the structural upgrades are raising levee heights, boring as deep as 150 feet to reinforce levees to prevent seepage and piling rocks on riverbanks to reduce erosion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All of the work that we’ve done along the American and Sacramento rivers are helping the current situation. We are not seeing flooding off these rivers,” Salyers said. The completed projects are now weather-tested, she said, and “performing the way we wanted them to.”[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Beth Salyers, deputy district engineer, US Army Corps of Engineers\"]‘All of the work that we’ve done along the American and Sacramento rivers are helping the current situation. We are not seeing flooding off these rivers.’ [/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials expressed confidence that the Central Valley’s levees and bypasses will contain the deluges coming this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We do have a significant amount of capacity within the bypass system in that 1,600 miles of levee, and I don’t anticipate … there to be emergency management needs,” Lippner said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But every flood-protection system has its limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, Daniel Swain, a UCLA climate scientist who studies extreme weather events, warned in a scientific report that \u003ca href=\"https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abq0995\">a major atmospheric river-type flood event could, in the worst of scenarios, cause $1 trillion in damage in the Central Valley\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain and his co-author, Xingying Huang of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, warned that a storm could station itself over the state for weeks on end, producing 3 feet or more of rain, inundating major population centers and disrupting economic activity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Michael Anderson, a climatologist with the California Department of Water Resources, noted that impacts from the upcoming storm system could escalate to a “worst-case scenario” if it “becomes an unrelenting series of storms.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters are warning residents in the Sacramento region and the Bay Area to prepare today for yet another assault, this time from a “\u003ca href=\"https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/what-is-a-bomb-cyclone/433474\">bomb cyclone\u003c/a>” spinning in the Pacific that will not make landfall but will amplify rain, wind and frigid temperatures along the coast and foothills.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Forecasters today are expecting more \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2020/02/california-drought-floods-atmospheric-rivers-reservoir-management-hurricane-hunters/\">atmospheric rivers\u003c/a> — the powerful streams of tropical moisture that deliver most of California’s winter rainfall.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will be a high-impact event, a pretty intense storm Wednesday night,” Swain said. “The stage is set for something potentially big to happen if the model trends toward the higher end.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There will be some flooding. It’s a question of how much.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘We like rain in California, but we love snow’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>In the mountains that supply these reservoirs, snow levels are now above average. The Department of Water Resources’ first snow survey of the season took place on Tuesday at Phillips Station, in the Sierra Nevada, west of Lake Tahoe. Scientists measured 55.5 inches of snow and a snow water equivalent of 17.5 inches. That’s 177% of average for this location. Statewide, snowpack levels are at 174% of average for that date.[aside tag=\"flood, atmospheroc-river\" label=\"More Related Stories\"]This is the best start to California’s snow season in 40 years, according to Department of Water Resources officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be hasty, though, to assume the ongoing storms and wet forecast mark an end to the prolonged drought. In 2021, record rains and heavy snowfall arrived between October and December. Then, California experienced its driest January-through-March — typically the state’s wettest months — in recorded history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say consecutive storms are made more dangerous by an already-soaked landscape’s inability to absorb more water. In addition to creating swollen creeks and mudslides, incessant rain reduces soil’s ability to hold vegetation, and California’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2016/07/what-is-killing-californias-trees/\">millions of drought-ravaged trees\u003c/a> can easily fall over. Areas with wildfire burn scars are at risk of flash-flooding, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The big wild card will be what happens next week,” Swain said. “There’s a wide range of uncertainty. If one or two of those events occur next week, then all bets are off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although rain has fallen on Southern California, the area has largely been spared. The worst of the coming storm will mostly stop at the northern edge of Los Angeles County, Swain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"”More\" aria-label=\"”Map”\" id=\"”datawrapper-chart-X61ZG”\" src=\"%E2%80%9Dhttps://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/X61ZG/3/%E2%80%9D\" scrolling=\"”no”\" frameborder=\"”0″\" style=\"”width:\" height=\"”692″\" data-external=\"”1″>!function(){“use\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe> [datawrapper]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jane Dolan, president of the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, advised residents throughout the Central Valley to stay on guard and take warnings and advisories to heart. “If you’re at an elevation below 200 feet, near a levee that’s older than you, pay attention to alerts,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has established \u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/with-another-significant-storm-looming-cal-oes-continues-to-deploy-resources-personnel-to-impacted-counties/\">emergency shelters\u003c/a> in Sacramento and San Mateo counties and has stockpiled 3.7 million sandbags.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some experts think the flooding from the incoming storms could be tempered by the fact that the developing system is relatively cold. This will translate into more snow and less rain, at least at high elevations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last weekend’s storm was relatively warm and produced rainfall at high elevations, where the liquid water fell on several feet of snow, melting it and magnifying the runoff into streams and rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But today’s storm is colder. That means more precipitation will probably fall as snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We like rain in California, but we love snow,” said \u003ca href=\"https://snri.ucmerced.edu/content/john-abatzoglou\">John Abatzoglou\u003c/a>, UC Merced professor of climatology. He said that over the weekend, rain fell at elevations of 8,000 feet or more and may have worsened lowland flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anderson said today’s storm will probably produce rainfall at no higher than 5,000 to 6,000 feet and snowfall above that, minimizing rain-on-snow flooding impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will be a good mix of both heavy rain at the lower elevations, snowfall at the higher elevations,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Need to act with renewed urgency’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Climate modeling suggests that global warming is likely to make storms larger, stronger and more intense. It will also cause more precipitation to fall in liquid form. This translates into worsening floods just as the Central Valley’s system of levees, weirs and bypasses ages past its prime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flood board’s updated \u003ca href=\"http://cvfpb.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Central_Valley_Flood_Protection_Plan_Update_2022_ADOPTED.pdf\">Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (PDF)\u003c/a>, released last month, warns of “1,000-year storm events … and the need to act with renewed urgency and purpose before the next large flood event occurs in the Central Valley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan calls on nature-based solutions, like restored floodplains, and infrastructural improvements, like fortified levees near urban areas, to help reduce the impacts of higher-energy storm systems expected as a result of the warming climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the historic floodplains along the Central Valley’s rivers have been separated from the water by levees. Scientists now say that restoring floodplains can be an effective flood control strategy by allowing surging rivers to spill their banks and shed their energy on unpopulated flatlands, rather than bursting through aging levees surrounding populated areas. Floodplains also provide fish and wildlife habitat and serve as groundwater percolation beds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936751\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11936751\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3-800x450.png\" alt=\"View of flooding with some green grass amidst water\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3.png 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A field off Interstate 5 near Mokelumne City is flooded on Jan. 3, 2022. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When a lot of rain falls in a short span of time, it’s difficult for many regions to handle, especially low-lying coastal areas. Last weekend downtown San Francisco was drenched with nearly 6 inches of rain and incoming high tide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It takes a lot of time for that water to find a way out,” said Mark Dickman, associate director for data at the U.S. Geological Survey in Sacramento. “There’s just nowhere for it to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a persistent and familiar challenge: what to do with water when there’s too much and how to manage when there isn’t enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are built for this,” said Jeffrey Mount, a water specialist at the Public Policy Institute of California. “We built the system around the notion that we get occasionally wet years and mostly dry years. But, unlike the Colorado River Basin, where they can capture and control four years of runoff, we are full after one year. Our ability to store surface water is limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the nature of a semi-arid climate that we will see this whiplash — the three driest years on record and, if this year continues, we will get a year like 2017, the wettest on record. We have not figured out how to better take advantage of these wet years to get us through the dry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it takes decades to change traditional approaches to flood control, Mount said the current projects are a step in the right direction. “I see a lot of really good things coming out of this,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Will it be a drought-buster?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The ongoing rains are already boosting California’s water storage system. Major reservoirs are rising, some rapidly. Folsom Lake was 29% full on Dec. 20, and as of Jan. 2 it jumped to 61%. The much larger Lake Oroville jumped from 29% to 38% in the same window — an increase of more than 300,000 acre-feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the drought isn’t over yet and the West Coast remains dominated by a “weak to moderate” La Niña system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As recently as the fall, scientists predicted California was in for a fourth year of drought and predicted the rare occurrence of a third consecutive La Niña, the El Niño counterpart associated with dry Southern California weather and, generally, 50-50 odds of drought farther north.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abatzoglou of UC Merced said he suspects more rain will fall this month than fell from January through June last year. But he noted that recent forecasts for dry weather have not proven perfectly accurate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Forecasts were anticipating a dry January, February and March,” he said. “January is now going to be wet.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Raising questions about whether California’s elaborate system of flood protections will hold, another dangerous storm is barreling toward the Sacramento Valley, where rains already punched through some levees, and floods killed at least one person.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last weekend’s storms have already tested the flood-prevention infrastructure across the region, which sits at the confluence of two major rivers and bears the brunt of heavy rains. “It’s a bathtub, basically,” said Beth Salyers, deputy district engineer for the federal Army Corps of Engineers in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated 1.3 million people and $223 billion worth of property in the Central Valley are protected by the state-federal systems of levees, dams and other structures.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California spends $48 million annually to operate flood protections but needs much more — “$3.2 billion over the next five years of implementation,” according to the state’s \u003ca href=\"http://cvfpb.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Central_Valley_Flood_Protection_Plan_Update_2022_ADOPTED.pdf\">Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (PDF)\u003c/a>, a document produced in 2012 and updated last month. Of that, the state’s responsibility ranges from $1.8 billion to $2.8 billion.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An estimated $25 billion to $30 billion in funding over 30 years could help the state “avoid the astronomical cost of catastrophic flooding in the Central Valley estimated to be as high as $1 trillion, in addition to an incalculable toll on lives and public well-being,” the plan says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936746\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11936746\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields-800x450.png\" alt=\"Flooding area aerial view\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/An-aerial-view-shows-flooded-fields.png 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">An aerial view shows flooded fields off River Road near Locke on Jan. 3, 2022. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>So far, this winter’s storms have been severe but not catastrophic: The New Year’s Eve storm “stalled out” over the watershed of the Cosumnes River. Portions of privately owned levees on the river gave way, flooding nearby areas. The levees, constructed to reclaim the land for agriculture, are generally rated only to handle a 10-year flood, according to Sacramento County officials. The breeching of the levees shut down Highway 99 and stranded motorists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>This is the best start to California’s snow season in 40 years, according to Department of Water Resources officials.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It would be hasty, though, to assume the ongoing storms and wet forecast mark an end to the prolonged drought. In 2021, record rains and heavy snowfall arrived between October and December. Then, California experienced its driest January-through-March — typically the state’s wettest months — in recorded history.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Experts say consecutive storms are made more dangerous by an already-soaked landscape’s inability to absorb more water. In addition to creating swollen creeks and mudslides, incessant rain reduces soil’s ability to hold vegetation, and California’s \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2016/07/what-is-killing-californias-trees/\">millions of drought-ravaged trees\u003c/a> can easily fall over. Areas with wildfire burn scars are at risk of flash-flooding, officials said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The big wild card will be what happens next week,” Swain said. “There’s a wide range of uncertainty. If one or two of those events occur next week, then all bets are off.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Although rain has fallen on Southern California, the area has largely been spared. The worst of the coming storm will mostly stop at the northern edge of Los Angeles County, Swain said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"”More\" aria-label=\"”Map”\" id=\"”datawrapper-chart-X61ZG”\" src=\"%E2%80%9Dhttps://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/X61ZG/3/%E2%80%9D\" scrolling=\"”no”\" frameborder=\"”0″\" style=\"”width:\" height=\"”692″\" data-external=\"”1″>!function(){“use\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe> \u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jane Dolan, president of the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, advised residents throughout the Central Valley to stay on guard and take warnings and advisories to heart. “If you’re at an elevation below 200 feet, near a levee that’s older than you, pay attention to alerts,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state has established \u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/with-another-significant-storm-looming-cal-oes-continues-to-deploy-resources-personnel-to-impacted-counties/\">emergency shelters\u003c/a> in Sacramento and San Mateo counties and has stockpiled 3.7 million sandbags.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some experts think the flooding from the incoming storms could be tempered by the fact that the developing system is relatively cold. This will translate into more snow and less rain, at least at high elevations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last weekend’s storm was relatively warm and produced rainfall at high elevations, where the liquid water fell on several feet of snow, melting it and magnifying the runoff into streams and rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But today’s storm is colder. That means more precipitation will probably fall as snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We like rain in California, but we love snow,” said \u003ca href=\"https://snri.ucmerced.edu/content/john-abatzoglou\">John Abatzoglou\u003c/a>, UC Merced professor of climatology. He said that over the weekend, rain fell at elevations of 8,000 feet or more and may have worsened lowland flooding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Anderson said today’s storm will probably produce rainfall at no higher than 5,000 to 6,000 feet and snowfall above that, minimizing rain-on-snow flooding impacts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This will be a good mix of both heavy rain at the lower elevations, snowfall at the higher elevations,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Need to act with renewed urgency’\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Climate modeling suggests that global warming is likely to make storms larger, stronger and more intense. It will also cause more precipitation to fall in liquid form. This translates into worsening floods just as the Central Valley’s system of levees, weirs and bypasses ages past its prime.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The flood board’s updated \u003ca href=\"http://cvfpb.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Central_Valley_Flood_Protection_Plan_Update_2022_ADOPTED.pdf\">Central Valley Flood Protection Plan (PDF)\u003c/a>, released last month, warns of “1,000-year storm events … and the need to act with renewed urgency and purpose before the next large flood event occurs in the Central Valley.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan calls on nature-based solutions, like restored floodplains, and infrastructural improvements, like fortified levees near urban areas, to help reduce the impacts of higher-energy storm systems expected as a result of the warming climate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most of the historic floodplains along the Central Valley’s rivers have been separated from the water by levees. Scientists now say that restoring floodplains can be an effective flood control strategy by allowing surging rivers to spill their banks and shed their energy on unpopulated flatlands, rather than bursting through aging levees surrounding populated areas. Floodplains also provide fish and wildlife habitat and serve as groundwater percolation beds.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11936751\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11936751\" src=\"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3-800x450.png\" alt=\"View of flooding with some green grass amidst water\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3-800x450.png 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3-160x90.png 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/Flood_image3.png 975w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A field off Interstate 5 near Mokelumne City is flooded on Jan. 3, 2022. \u003ccite>(Miguel Gutierrez Jr./CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>When a lot of rain falls in a short span of time, it’s difficult for many regions to handle, especially low-lying coastal areas. Last weekend downtown San Francisco was drenched with nearly 6 inches of rain and incoming high tide.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It takes a lot of time for that water to find a way out,” said Mark Dickman, associate director for data at the U.S. Geological Survey in Sacramento. “There’s just nowhere for it to go.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s a persistent and familiar challenge: what to do with water when there’s too much and how to manage when there isn’t enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are built for this,” said Jeffrey Mount, a water specialist at the Public Policy Institute of California. “We built the system around the notion that we get occasionally wet years and mostly dry years. But, unlike the Colorado River Basin, where they can capture and control four years of runoff, we are full after one year. Our ability to store surface water is limited.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is the nature of a semi-arid climate that we will see this whiplash — the three driest years on record and, if this year continues, we will get a year like 2017, the wettest on record. We have not figured out how to better take advantage of these wet years to get us through the dry.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While it takes decades to change traditional approaches to flood control, Mount said the current projects are a step in the right direction. “I see a lot of really good things coming out of this,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Will it be a drought-buster?\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The ongoing rains are already boosting California’s water storage system. Major reservoirs are rising, some rapidly. Folsom Lake was 29% full on Dec. 20, and as of Jan. 2 it jumped to 61%. The much larger Lake Oroville jumped from 29% to 38% in the same window — an increase of more than 300,000 acre-feet.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the drought isn’t over yet and the West Coast remains dominated by a “weak to moderate” La Niña system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As recently as the fall, scientists predicted California was in for a fourth year of drought and predicted the rare occurrence of a third consecutive La Niña, the El Niño counterpart associated with dry Southern California weather and, generally, 50-50 odds of drought farther north.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Abatzoglou of UC Merced said he suspects more rain will fall this month than fell from January through June last year. But he noted that recent forecasts for dry weather have not proven perfectly accurate.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cp>The snowpack covering California’s mountains is off to one of its best starts in 40 years, officials announced Tuesday, raising hopes that the drought-stricken state could soon see relief in the spring when the snow melts and begins to refill parched reservoirs.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Roughly a third of California’s water each year comes from melted snow in the Sierra Nevada, a mountain range that covers the eastern part of the state. The state has built a complex system of canals and dams to capture that water and store it in huge reservoirs so it can be used the rest of the year when it doesn’t rain or snow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://twitter.com/UCB_CSSL/status/1609590448368275457\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That is why officials closely monitor how deep the snow is in the mountains — and Tuesday was the first formal snow survey of the winter, a sort of Groundhog Day event where Californians get their first glimpse of how helpful the winter might be. 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Two more powerful storms are expected to hit the state this week, and these will be much colder. The National Weather Service says the mountains could get up to 5 feet of snow between the two storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While the precipitation seemed out of character for the parched state, it reflects the type of rainfall the state would expect to see during a normal winter but that has been absent in recent drought-driven years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In Southern California, weather forecasters said “all systems go” for a major storm to sweep over the area Wednesday and Thursday, with peak intensity occurring from midnight to noon Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Strong winds will add to impressive storm dynamics “setting the stage for a massive rainfall event” across south-facing coastal mountains, especially the Santa Ynez range in Santa Barbara and Ventura counties, forecasters said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That could cause dangerous conditions. On Jan. 9, 2018, the community of Montecito in the foothills of the Santa Ynez Mountains was ravaged by a massive debris flow that killed 23 people when a downpour fell on a fresh wildfire burn scar.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The storms in California still aren’t enough to officially end the drought, now entering its fourth year. The U.S. Drought Monitor showed that most of the state is in severe to extreme drought. Most of the state’s reservoirs are still well below their capacity, with Lake Shasta 34% full and Lake Oroville just 38% full. It takes even longer for underground aquifers to refill, with groundwater providing about 38% of the state’s water supply each year. 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In San Francisco, crews were rushing to clear trash, leaves and silt that clogged some of the city’s 25,000 storm drains during Saturday’s downpour before the next storm hits later this week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The National Weather Service is predicting up to 6 inches of rain in San Francisco with wind speeds of up to 30 mph with gusts of 60 mph.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mayor London Breed said city workers may not have enough time to clean all the storm drains before Wednesday and asked the public to prepare by getting sandbags to prevent flooding, avoiding unnecessary travel and only calling 911 in a life-or-death emergency.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City officials had distributed 8,500 sandbags as of Tuesday, asking residents only to get them if they have experienced flooding in the past. Tink Troy, who lives in South San Francisco, picked up some sandbags from the city’s public works department on Tuesday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They said [Saturday’s storm] was going to be bad, and it was really bad. 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On top of the New Year’s Eve rainstorms, which saturated the soil, more water is likely to produce mild to moderate flooding, and some flooding on smaller river systems like the Russian River.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While smaller reservoirs are filling up, there is still plenty of capacity in larger reservoirs at the moment, given California’s prolonged drought. The wet weather is expected to continue off and on for the next several days.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The main concern really are the smaller watersheds and steep slopes, mudslides, shallow landslides, urban and creek flooding that could get quite significant for a period of time on Wednesday night in some locations, given that everything is now completely saturated and streams and creeks are already running high,” said UCLA climate scientist Daniel Swain. “In some cases, there’s some residual flooding already ongoing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Swain said heavy precipitation and strong winds could also affect parts of Southern California as far south as Los Angeles County. There will be some flooding no matter what, he said, but the question is whether it’s widespread minor-to-moderate flooding or significantly more severe.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is really going to help a lot with the short-term drought in Northern California, perhaps even raise short-term drought conditions,” said Swain. “But it’s going to take a lot more to completely obviate the longer-term multiyear drought impacts. And in the broader Colorado River Basin context, this event isn’t going to do very much at all.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyoc3DmVXyY\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In south Sacramento County, crews rushed to repair a 200-foot section of a roughly 34-mile levee system along the Cosumnes River that protects just over 53 square miles of mostly vineyards and cattle ranches. Crews hope to finish repairs before the next storm is forecast to hit on Wednesday. If they can’t, they’ll seal whatever progress they have made with plastic and sandbags and hope for the best.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A powerful “\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1935067/rivers-in-the-sky-what-you-need-to-know-about-atmospheric-river-storms\">atmospheric river\u003c/a>” storm dumped up to 5 inches of rain in the Sacramento region on Saturday, said Eric Kurth, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rainfall in downtown San Francisco hit 5.46 inches on New Year’s Eve, making it the second-wettest day on record, behind a November 1994 deluge, the National Weather Service said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1935067]Another powerful system is expected Wednesday and Thursday and could bring up to 3.5 inches of rain in the Sacramento Valley and up to 3 feet of snow in the Sierra. Then, yet another storm is forecast to arrive this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, a National Weather Service forecast warned Wednesday’s storm could cause widespread flooding and power outages, calling it “truly a brutal system that we are looking at [that] needs to be taken seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repeated storms make floods more likely. “It’s something we’re going to be keeping a close eye on, especially with elevated stream levels [and] saturated ground from our previous storm,” Kurth said. “With what we’re going to be getting … adding on to that previous storm is really the big issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Wilton Rancheria Tribe said floodwaters threatened to disturb ancestral burial sites along the Cosumnes River and asked the public to report to them any sightings of washed-up artifacts or remains, but to leave them undisturbed. Unlike most major California rivers, the Cosumnes River is not dammed, meaning there is no basin to collect excess water during major rain events.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re just kind of at nature’s mercy,” said Mark Hite, a member of the board for Reclamation District 800, which oversees the levee system.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents on Monday were still drying out from Saturday’s storm, which prompted officials to order the evacuation of the Point Pleasant community near the Cosumnes River in South Sacramento County. That included 1,075 incarcerated people plus staff at the Rio Cosumnes Correctional Center, who evacuated as a precaution though the jail had not flooded. Incarcerated people were taken to nearby jails with no timetable for their return, according to Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Amar Gandhi.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Emergency crews rescued motorists on New Year’s Eve into Sunday morning. On Sunday they found one person dead inside a submerged vehicle near Highway 99, which Dan Quiggle, deputy fire chief for operations for Cosumnes Community Services District Fire Department, told The Sacramento Bee. Highway 99 was closed for much of the day Sunday, but has since reopened in both directions\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State highway workers spent the holiday weekend clearing traffic-stopping heavy snow from major highways through the Sierra Nevada.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Near Lake Tahoe, dozens of drivers were rescued on New Year’s Eve along Interstate 80 after cars spun out in the snow during the blizzard, the California Department of Transportation said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rain was welcomed in drought-parched California. 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Then, yet another storm is forecast to arrive this weekend.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the Bay Area, a National Weather Service forecast warned Wednesday’s storm could cause widespread flooding and power outages, calling it “truly a brutal system that we are looking at [that] needs to be taken seriously.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Repeated storms make floods more likely. “It’s something we’re going to be keeping a close eye on, especially with elevated stream levels [and] saturated ground from our previous storm,” Kurth said. “With what we’re going to be getting … adding on to that previous storm is really the big issue.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Wilton Rancheria Tribe said floodwaters threatened to disturb ancestral burial sites along the Cosumnes River and asked the public to report to them any sightings of washed-up artifacts or remains, but to leave them undisturbed. 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The CHP said it had no prediction of when the highway could be reopened as of Saturday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jonathan Baxter, a public information officer for the San Francisco Fire Department, said the department was responding to hundreds of emergencies, including flooding and landslides, and asked everyone to stay home if possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are asking the public to call 311 and not call 911 unless it’s a life-threatening emergency,” said Baxter. “Also, the New Year’s Eve light show will go on today but we are asking the public to not come into the city until after 7 p.m.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Department of Public Works said they had responded to 10 downed trees, some of which hit parked cars, a small mudslide in Glen Park, and roadway flooding at Marina Boulevard, as well as at the intersection of 17th and Folsom Streets. 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Ashley Keehn, a public information officer with the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office, said that the nearby San Lorenzo River had risen dangerously high.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our deputies are out there risking their lives to try to save other people so they don’t have to risk their lives once those water levels get to that dangerous point,” said Keehn. “Unless there is a reason to be on the road, please stay home, that’s probably the safest place to be,”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Lieutenant Ray Kelly, a public information officer for the Alameda County Sheriff’s department, said that overflowing local creeks caused road closures in parts of Castro Valley and that water pooling on the 580 and 880 highways contributed to multiple car accidents. He also urged people to stay home.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Flooding was also reported in Marin City where\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1980525/it-comes-to-race-marin-city-residents-demand-flood-protections\"> residents have been demanding flood protections\u003c/a> and an overhaul of their long-neglected water system, having experienced flooding regularly for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Sausalito has seven or eight ways for water to go out from there, and we only have one way — and that’s into the wetland,” said local resident and climate activist Terrie Harris Greene, who was out placing sandbags and surveying flooding in the neighborhood on New Year’s Eve. “Now, we have been advocating with the county of Marin that, on Donahue Street, we must have a drain system put in there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services\u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/cal-oes-prepositions-personnel-and-resources-due-to-winter-weather/\"> announced they were prepositioning flood fighting personnel\u003c/a>, resources and materials to be available if needed. 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The CHP said it had no prediction of when the highway could be reopened as of Saturday evening.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jonathan Baxter, a public information officer for the San Francisco Fire Department, said the department was responding to hundreds of emergencies, including flooding and landslides, and asked everyone to stay home if possible.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We are asking the public to call 311 and not call 911 unless it’s a life-threatening emergency,” said Baxter. “Also, the New Year’s Eve light show will go on today but we are asking the public to not come into the city until after 7 p.m.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The San Francisco Department of Public Works said they had responded to 10 downed trees, some of which hit parked cars, a small mudslide in Glen Park, and roadway flooding at Marina Boulevard, as well as at the intersection of 17th and Folsom Streets. 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The current system is expected to be warmer and wetter, while next week’s storms will be colder, lowering snow levels in the mountains, said Hannah Chandler-Cooley, a meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Sacramento.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Sacramento region could receive a total of 4 to 5 inches of rain over the span of the week, Chandler-Cooley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Highway Patrol reported some local roads in eastern Sacramento were under water and impassable at times on Friday. 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Will you do it?’” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Woiwode said no. “I’m not going to actively subvert democracy,” he told The Associated Press.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This didn’t just happen to Woiwode. Several California residents who spoke to the AP allege they were misled by signature gatherers over the last two months as a campaign, Stop the Energy Shutdown, sought to gather enough signatures to get a referendum on the 2024 statewide ballot to overturn SB 1137.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Mary-Beth Moylan, professor, McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific\"]‘It’s hard … to crack down on misinformation and disinformation in the process of signature gathering.’[/pullquote]Among them was a man in Oildale, in oil-rich Kern County, who said a petitioner told him drilling near neighborhoods has no effect on human health. Another man, in Los Angeles, said a petitioner falsely told him the referendum would ban oil and gas drilling next to schools and hospitals.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>SB 1137 — signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom in September — was celebrated by environmental justice advocates who had been pushing for this regulation for years to lower air pollution in lower-income communities and communities of color.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But days after the bill passed, Nielsen Merksamer, a law firm that specializes in ballot measures, \u003ca href=\"https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/initiatives/pdfs/22-0006%20%28Referendum%20of%20SB%201137%29.pdf\">filed a referendum to overturn SB 1137 (PDF)\u003c/a> on behalf of Jerome Reedy, a board member of the California Independent Petroleum Association. That association has opposed several state and local measures to regulate oil and gas drilling, including bans and phaseouts in Los Angeles County and the city of Los Angeles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Stop the Energy Shutdown campaign \u003ca href=\"https://www.cipa.org/files/Signature_Gathering_Begins_Press_Release_102022(1).pdf\">began collecting signatures (PDF)\u003c/a>. Last week, \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/politics-business-california-gavin-newsom-climate-and-environment-27ebf1d22b0bab5b6e11756e1b3c3df6\">it announced it had gathered nearly a million\u003c/a>, well over the approximately 630,000 needed to qualify the measure for the 2024 statewide election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>These are now going through certification with the secretary of state’s office. If enough are certified and the referendum qualifies for the ballot, SB 1137 will not become law in January. It will be put on hold until after the referendum.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It’s unclear what the secretary of state will do about the alleged use of misinformation by signature gatherers. Joe Kocurek, a spokesperson for the office, confirmed it received several complaints alleging misinformation but declined to share other details, citing an “ongoing or potential investigation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Rock Zierman, CEO of the California Independent Petroleum Association, told the AP in a statement that “signature gatherers were given explicit talking points about how SB 1137 increases the state’s reliance on foreign oil, which is exempt from our strict environmental and labor laws.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>PCI Consulting, the company that managed the petition drive, responded to a call Tuesday from the AP and took a message for someone to call back, but did not.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mary-Beth Moylan, associate dean for academics and a professor at the McGeorge School of Law at the University of the Pacific, has studied California ballot initiatives for nearly 20 years. Since 2003, she’s supervised and edited the \u003cem>California Initiative Review\u003c/em>, a journal that analyzes ballot measures ahead of every election.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A lot of times,” she said, “the people gathering the signatures don’t actually know what they’re doing. 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Five said they filed complaints with the secretary of state’s office, and the other said he was preparing to file one.[aside label='Related Stories' postID='news_11933853,news_11930321']Woiwode said he was “frustrated” and “appalled” by his experiences with petitioners, in part because he’s a community organizer and manager with Reclaim Our Power, an Oakland-based organization that works to get clean energy access for communities of color and lower-income communities. In other words, he works in opposition to fossil fuel companies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ilonka Zlatar, president of the climate action nonprofit 350 Sacramento, was on her way to get Halloween candy from a grocery store when she saw the unattended table with signs that urged residents to support a ban on oil and gas emissions near schools and hospitals and halt the rise of gas prices to $10 per gallon. She said seeing the “blatant lies” on the signs was “infuriating” and that she included photos with her complaint to the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jesus Alonso, the man from Oildale, said it was upsetting to hear the petitioner say there were no health impacts from neighborhood drilling, considering there are days when he has to keep his two sons home from school if air quality is bad enough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Residents and environmental advocates say there’s a lot riding on whether the referendum qualifies for the ballot.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s Department of Conservation announced on Monday that \u003ca href=\"https://www.conservation.ca.gov/calgem/Pages/Oil%2c-Gas%2c-and-Geothermal-Rulemaking-and-Laws.aspx\">it’s proposing emergency regulations along the lines of drilling restrictions\u003c/a> in SB 1137. 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"content": "\u003cp>California’s air board today unanimously approved a sweeping state plan to battle climate change, creating a new blueprint for the next five years to cut carbon emissions, reduce reliance on fossil fuels and speed up the transition to renewable energy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Called a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2022-12/2022-sp.pdf\">scoping plan (PDF)\u003c/a>, the 297-page strategy could serve as a road map for other states and countries to follow, including a long list of proposed measures that, once adopted, would slash California’s greenhouse gases and clean up air pollution in the smoggiest state in the nation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Air Resources Board’s plan sets an aggressive target of cutting greenhouse gases by 48% below 1990 levels by 2030, up from the 40% by 2030 required by state law. The ultimate goal is to cut use of oil 94% and become carbon neutral — which means the amount of carbon removed is greater than the carbon generated — by 2045.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Dave Weiskopf, senior policy adviser, NextGen Policy\"]'If we do it right, we will save thousands of lives, reduce economic inequality, and begin to repair the harm that low-income communities and Californians of color disproportionately suffer for the sake of oil companies' profits. If we do it wrong, we risk perpetuating those injustices for generations to come.'[/pullquote]“This is an extraordinary exercise and document, and it’s the most comprehensive, detailed plan for getting to net zero anywhere in the world,” said Air Resources Board Member Daniel Sperling, who also is director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To meet the plan’s targets, state officials project that California over the next 20 years will need about 30 times more electric vehicles, six times more household electric appliances to replace gas appliances and four times more wind and solar generation capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Achieving the targets would cost $18 billion in 2035 and $27 billion in 2045, the air board estimates.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“If we do it right, we will save thousands of lives, reduce economic inequality, and begin to repair the harm that low-income communities and Californians of color disproportionately suffer for the sake of oil companies’ profits,” said Dave Weiskopf, senior policy advisor with NextGen Policy, a progressive advocacy group. “If we do it wrong, we risk perpetuating those injustices for generations to come.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The oil industry, however, says the plan is too ambitious in eliminating fossil fuels from California. “Under [Gov. Gavin] Newsom’s plan, California would become solely dependent on foreign oil,” said Rock Zierman, CEO of the California Independent Petroleum Association, an industry trade group.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Before the vote, 99 members of the public spoke at today’s eight-hour meeting. Most opposed the plan’s reliance on technologies to capture carbon emissions from oil refineries and other fossil fuel plants, which allows them to keep polluting lower-income communities rather than shutting them down more quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The air board held three hearings and multiple workshops over the past six months to obtain public comments before voting today. \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/05/climate-change-strategy-california/\">The plan, which is updated every five years\u003c/a>, was first unveiled in May and has gone through \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/11/california-revises-climate-change-plan/\">one major revision that strengthened several strategies\u003c/a>, including offshore wind development, climate-friendly housing construction, cleaner aviation fuels, reducing miles traveled and fast-tracking carbon-removal projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some board members today expressed lingering concerns over carbon capture, but said the emphasis should now be placed on how to deploy those projects so they do the least harm to lower-income communities near the industries.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The true test is really going to be in the rulemaking … and the devil is really going to be in the details,” said \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/about/leadership/davina-hurt\">air board member Davina Hurt\u003c/a>, who represents San Mateo County cities on the Bay Area’s air district board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The measures outlined in the plan could transform Californians’ everyday lives. Here are six key ways that people could be affected in the years ahead — if the plan’s rules and other measures are enacted:\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>1. Californians will be driving electric cars\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>About 7.5 million electric cars are expected on the state roads by 2030. Currently, \u003ca href=\"https://tableau.cnra.ca.gov/t/CNRA_CEC_PUBLIC/views/DMVDataPortal/STOCK_Dashboard?%3Adisplay_count=n&%3Aembed=y&%3AisGuestRedirectFromVizportal=y&%3Aorigin=viz_share_link&%3AshowAppBanner=false&%3AshowVizHome=n\">only 2.3% of the state’s 29 million cars are zero emission\u003c/a>, or about 837,000, though \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2022/10/19/california-zev-sales-near-18-of-all-new-car-sales-in-2022/\">electric car sales this year have grown\u003c/a>, increasing to 17% of all new cars sold in the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s plan places a heavy emphasis on replacing gasoline and diesel vehicles — the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/documents/2020-mobile-source-strategy\">state’s biggest sources of planet-warming greenhouse gases, smog and fine particles\u003c/a>. The transportation sector accounts for about 40% of California’s greenhouse gas emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In August, the Newsom administration’s air board already set a \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/rulemaking/2022/advanced-clean-cars-ii?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery\">groundbreaking regulation\u003c/a> that will \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/08/electric-cars-california-to-phase-out-gas-cars/\">ban sales of all new gas-powered cars by 2035\u003c/a>. Car manufacturers will have to gradually electrify their fleets of new vehicles, beginning with 35% of 2026 models, then increasing to 68% in 2030 and 100% for 2035 models.[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11935502,news_11930288,science_1980933\"]Owners who have gasoline-powered cars will be allowed to keep driving them. But the goal of the new rule is to drive the market and force automakers to produce electric vehicles at a faster pace. The new standards are among the most aggressive actions that state regulators have ever taken to clean up vehicle exhaust and improve poor air quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air board officials expect that an abundance of electric vehicles will make them more affordable over time. More will enter the used car market, where most Californians buy their cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, questions linger about the costs of the cars and the need for more charging capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Electric cars currently are more expensive than their fossil-fueled counterparts. But the air board says price drops plus savings on gas and maintenance could end up saving drivers about $3,200 over 10 years for a 2026 car and $7,500 for a 2035 car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Californians qualify for incentive programs that provide grants and rebates worth between $7,000 and $9,500 to help them with the purchases. But the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/08/california-electric-cars-rebates/\">programs often have long waiting lists\u003c/a> and often run out of funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2010, California has allocated more than $1.84 billion for three programs: the \u003ca href=\"https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/msprog/lct/vehiclescrap.htm\">Clean Cars 4 All\u003c/a> program, the \u003ca href=\"https://cleanvehiclerebate.org/eng\">Clean Vehicle Rebate Project\u003c/a> and the\u003ca href=\"https://cleanvehiclegrants.org/\"> Clean Vehicle Assistance Program\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California will need about 1.2 million charging stations by 2030. That’s a 15-fold increase in just seven years. Currently, about \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/zero-emission-vehicle-and-infrastructure-statistics/electric-vehicle\">80,000 public chargers are operating statewide\u003c/a>, with another about 17,000 on the way, according to state data.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-californians-will-be-sharing-the-road-with-cleaner-trucks\">\u003cstrong>2. Californians will be sharing the road with cleaner trucks\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Trucks in California also will gradually be powered by electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-sheets/advanced-clean-fleets-regulation-summary\">1.8 million trucks, delivery vans and other medium and heavy-duty trucks are driving state roads and highways\u003c/a>. Their diesel exhaust has been linked to many health problems, including asthma and lung cancer.[aside postID=news_11926059 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2022/09/072522-AB5-TRUCKER-PROTEST-OAKLAND-MHN-01-CM-1020x638.jpg']The air board in September unveiled \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/09/california-phase-out-diesel-trucks-zero-emission/\">a proposal that would require new big rigs and other trucks to be zero emissions within the next 18 years\u003c/a>. Under the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/barcu/regact/2022/acf22/isor2.pdf\">proposed rule (PDF)\u003c/a>, manufacturers wouldn’t be able to sell new gas- and diesel-powered trucks that operate in California by 2040, instead relying on electric models. Large trucking companies would also need to gradually convert their existing fleets to zero-emission vehicles, buying more over time until all are zero emissions by 2042.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/10/electric-trucks-california-rules/\">vehemently opposed by the trucking industry\u003c/a>, which says the technology is not yet ready for widespread use. The air board is expected to vote next spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed rule could put about 510,000 carbon-free medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on California’s roads in 2035, increasing to 1.2 million in 2045 and nearly 1.6 million in 2050, according to the air board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For communities near ports with lots of diesel vehicles, such as the Los Angeles-Long Beach complex, air quality would improve. Air board officials say the proposal could save more than 5,000 California lives between 2024 and 2050.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. More Californians will live in climate-friendly homes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Households will have more heat pumps and electric stoves, washing machines and water heaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan sets a goal for developers, businesses and local governments to construct at least 3 million climate-friendly homes by 2030 and 7 million by 2035, and install 6 million heat pumps by 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Climate-friendly homes use more energy-efficient systems, such as replacing gas appliances with electric ones and adding solar rooftop panels. They also have better ventilation and battery storage systems, as well as updated electric circuits to support electric cars and appliances. Updating older buildings is considered critical to accomplishing the state’s clean energy goals. State officials say half of those investments need to go to lower-income, marginalized communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan designates heat pumps as the go-to device for developers constructing homes to comply with the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/programs-and-topics/programs/building-energy-efficiency-standards\">building efficiency standards\u003c/a>. A heat pump converts thermal energy from outside, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/heat-pump-systems\">making the cool space cooler and the warm space warmer\u003c/a>,” according to the U.S. Department of Energy. It is a more efficient alternative to furnaces and air conditioners.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The goals are not mandatory, but the state will play an important role in providing financial incentives for homeowners and businesses.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Energy Commission offers \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/programs-and-topics/topics/energy-efficiency/energy-efficiency-financing-opportunities\">zero- and no-interest loans and grants\u003c/a>. Cities, counties, public schools, colleges, universities, hospitals and other facilities also qualify and can apply. The federal government offers \u003ca href=\"https://programs.dsireusa.org/system/program/ca\">loan programs, tax credits, grants and rebates\u003c/a> to California residents. Commercial and residential buildings in California use 70% of the state’s electricity and account for \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2021-08/CEC_2022_EnergyCodeUpdateSummary_ADA.pdf\">25% of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions (PDF)\u003c/a>, the second largest behind the transportation sector, according to state data.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>4. California's economy will change, with more green jobs\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The economy will grow, but jobs will change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s economy is projected to rapidly grow under the plan at a rate of about 2% each year, from $3.2 trillion in 2021 to $5.1 trillion in 2045. Employment also is expected to grow by about 4 million new jobs, increasing from 23.5 million in 2021 to 27.7 million in 2045.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some sectors will hold fewer jobs, such as gas station workers, automobile parts dealers, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/05/california-electric-cars-mechanics-jobs/\">mechanics\u003c/a> and those in fossil fuel industries. On the other hand, the power industry and renewable energy sectors will grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s industrial sector, which includes cement plants, oil and gas producers and other manufacturers, is expected to shrink in the next two decades as the state electrifies. The sector\u003cem> \u003c/em>employs about 1.2 million people and produced $324 billion in 2019, representing about 10% of the state’s economic output.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why state leaders are prioritizing the need for a “just transition,” where the livelihoods of oil company employees and others are protected as the economy shifts. Creating new jobs for employees whose jobs are at risk is crucial. The transition to clean energy will result in employment opportunities in the renewable energy industry and power sectors. But many of these workers will need to be retrained.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. Californians will get more power from solar, wind\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/06/california-climate-plan-electricity/\">Electricity use is expected to soar\u003c/a> as much as 68% by 2045. That means the state needs to make major investments in clean energy to ensure the power grid can handle the uptick in demand.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One source the state is counting on is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/12/california-offshore-wind/\">offshore wind development\u003c/a> off the coasts of Humboldt County and Morro Bay. The scoping plan calls for at least 20 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2045, making it a critical clean-energy source. In addition, Newsom hopes to add between 2 and 5 gigawatts of offshore wind by 2030.[aside postID=science_1980900 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2022/12/GettyImages-1407548832-1020x733.jpg']California’s offshore wind farms would be the first in the country constructed with floating platforms at a large scale — the turbines are hundreds of feet tall with blades that are bigger than a football field.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five companies recently leased tracts in federal waters off California to build wind farms. They are at least six to seven years from operation, since the companies need many federal and state permits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California also will need to rapidly build special port facilities and vessels to construct and transport the gigantic turbines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan also requires a big push for solar. California currently has 39,458 gigawatts of solar, 14.2% of California’s total power mix. The plan’s goal is to increase solar power capacity fourfold.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the California Public Utilities Commission \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/12/california-solar-rules-overhauled/\">overhauled old rules governing residential solar\u003c/a>, in a highly contested move that the solar industry says will slow construction of new rooftop solar panels.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>6. Carbon will be captured and stored\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The plan calls for capturing and storing carbon dioxide. Carbon capture and storage involves using technology to directly capture carbon dioxide emitted by a source, often a smokestack. Another technique, called carbon removal, uses technology to eliminate carbon dioxide that is already in the atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Combined, 15% of all the state’s targeted greenhouse gas cuts will come from carbon removal and capture processes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Under \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/wp-admin/post.php?post=279592&action=edit\">a new law that Newsom prioritized in his climate package\u003c/a>, the air board must create a new program that puts guardrails on carbon capture and storage projects while streamlining the permitting process. Newsom set an ambitious target for these technologies: capturing and storing at least 20 million metric tons of carbon by 2030 and 100 million metric tons by 2045.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Olivia Seideman, climate policy advocate, Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability.\"]'California's shiny new climate strategies still sacrifice low-income and communities of color with increased pollution across the state.'[/pullquote]Once captured from smokestacks, the carbon could be transported to sites in the Central Valley. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Owners who have gasoline-powered cars will be allowed to keep driving them. But the goal of the new rule is to drive the market and force automakers to produce electric vehicles at a faster pace. The new standards are among the most aggressive actions that state regulators have ever taken to clean up vehicle exhaust and improve poor air quality.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Air board officials expect that an abundance of electric vehicles will make them more affordable over time. More will enter the used car market, where most Californians buy their cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, questions linger about the costs of the cars and the need for more charging capacity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Electric cars currently are more expensive than their fossil-fueled counterparts. But the air board says price drops plus savings on gas and maintenance could end up saving drivers about $3,200 over 10 years for a 2026 car and $7,500 for a 2035 car.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many Californians qualify for incentive programs that provide grants and rebates worth between $7,000 and $9,500 to help them with the purchases. But the \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/08/california-electric-cars-rebates/\">programs often have long waiting lists\u003c/a> and often run out of funding.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since 2010, California has allocated more than $1.84 billion for three programs: the \u003ca href=\"https://ww3.arb.ca.gov/msprog/lct/vehiclescrap.htm\">Clean Cars 4 All\u003c/a> program, the \u003ca href=\"https://cleanvehiclerebate.org/eng\">Clean Vehicle Rebate Project\u003c/a> and the\u003ca href=\"https://cleanvehiclegrants.org/\"> Clean Vehicle Assistance Program\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California will need about 1.2 million charging stations by 2030. That’s a 15-fold increase in just seven years. Currently, about \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/zero-emission-vehicle-and-infrastructure-statistics/electric-vehicle\">80,000 public chargers are operating statewide\u003c/a>, with another about 17,000 on the way, according to state data.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2 id=\"h-californians-will-be-sharing-the-road-with-cleaner-trucks\">\u003cstrong>2. Californians will be sharing the road with cleaner trucks\u003c/strong>\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Trucks in California also will gradually be powered by electricity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>About \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-sheets/advanced-clean-fleets-regulation-summary\">1.8 million trucks, delivery vans and other medium and heavy-duty trucks are driving state roads and highways\u003c/a>. Their diesel exhaust has been linked to many health problems, including asthma and lung cancer.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The air board in September unveiled \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/09/california-phase-out-diesel-trucks-zero-emission/\">a proposal that would require new big rigs and other trucks to be zero emissions within the next 18 years\u003c/a>. Under the \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/barcu/regact/2022/acf22/isor2.pdf\">proposed rule (PDF)\u003c/a>, manufacturers wouldn’t be able to sell new gas- and diesel-powered trucks that operate in California by 2040, instead relying on electric models. Large trucking companies would also need to gradually convert their existing fleets to zero-emission vehicles, buying more over time until all are zero emissions by 2042.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposal is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/10/electric-trucks-california-rules/\">vehemently opposed by the trucking industry\u003c/a>, which says the technology is not yet ready for widespread use. The air board is expected to vote next spring.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The proposed rule could put about 510,000 carbon-free medium- and heavy-duty vehicles on California’s roads in 2035, increasing to 1.2 million in 2045 and nearly 1.6 million in 2050, according to the air board.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For communities near ports with lots of diesel vehicles, such as the Los Angeles-Long Beach complex, air quality would improve. Air board officials say the proposal could save more than 5,000 California lives between 2024 and 2050.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>3. More Californians will live in climate-friendly homes\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Households will have more heat pumps and electric stoves, washing machines and water heaters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan sets a goal for developers, businesses and local governments to construct at least 3 million climate-friendly homes by 2030 and 7 million by 2035, and install 6 million heat pumps by 2030.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Climate-friendly homes use more energy-efficient systems, such as replacing gas appliances with electric ones and adding solar rooftop panels. They also have better ventilation and battery storage systems, as well as updated electric circuits to support electric cars and appliances. Updating older buildings is considered critical to accomplishing the state’s clean energy goals. State officials say half of those investments need to go to lower-income, marginalized communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan designates heat pumps as the go-to device for developers constructing homes to comply with the state’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/programs-and-topics/programs/building-energy-efficiency-standards\">building efficiency standards\u003c/a>. A heat pump converts thermal energy from outside, “\u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/heat-pump-systems\">making the cool space cooler and the warm space warmer\u003c/a>,” according to the U.S. Department of Energy. 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Employment also is expected to grow by about 4 million new jobs, increasing from 23.5 million in 2021 to 27.7 million in 2045.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some sectors will hold fewer jobs, such as gas station workers, automobile parts dealers, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/05/california-electric-cars-mechanics-jobs/\">mechanics\u003c/a> and those in fossil fuel industries. On the other hand, the power industry and renewable energy sectors will grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s industrial sector, which includes cement plants, oil and gas producers and other manufacturers, is expected to shrink in the next two decades as the state electrifies. The sector\u003cem> \u003c/em>employs about 1.2 million people and produced $324 billion in 2019, representing about 10% of the state’s economic output.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>That’s why state leaders are prioritizing the need for a “just transition,” where the livelihoods of oil company employees and others are protected as the economy shifts. Creating new jobs for employees whose jobs are at risk is crucial. The transition to clean energy will result in employment opportunities in the renewable energy industry and power sectors. But many of these workers will need to be retrained.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>5. Californians will get more power from solar, wind\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/06/california-climate-plan-electricity/\">Electricity use is expected to soar\u003c/a> as much as 68% by 2045. 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"content": "\u003cp>California air regulators voted unanimously Thursday to approve an ambitious plan to drastically cut reliance on fossil fuels by changing practices in the energy, transportation and agriculture sectors, but critics say it doesn’t go far enough to combat climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan sets out to achieve so-called carbon neutrality by 2045, meaning the state will remove as many carbon emissions from the atmosphere as it emits. It aims to do so in part by reducing fossil fuel demand by 86% within that time frame.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California had previously set this carbon neutrality target, but Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation making it a mandate earlier this year. The Democrat has said drastic changes are needed to position California as a global climate leader.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Connie Cho, environmental justice attorney, Communities for a Better Environment\"]'Our communities have been suffering from chronic disease and dying at disproportionate rates for far too long because of the legacy of environmental racism in this country.'[/pullquote]“We are making history here in California,” Newsom said in a statement Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the plan's road to approval by the California Air Resources Board was not without criticism. Capturing large amounts of carbon and storing it underground is one of the most controversial elements of the proposal. Critics say it gives the state's biggest emitters reason not to do enough on their part to mitigate climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a meeting that lasted several hours, activists, residents and experts used their last chance to weigh in on the plan ahead of the board's vote. Many said the latest version, while not perfect, was an improvement from \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/climate-technology-pollution-carbon-neutrality-d89c04fe08f09863eba5342b123c787d\">earlier drafts\u003c/a>, committing the state to do more to curb planet-warming emissions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davina Hurt, a board member, said she was proud California is moving closer to its carbon-neutrality goal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m glad that this plan is bold and aggressive,” Hurt said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan does not commit the state to taking any particular actions but sets out a broad road map for how California can achieve its goals. 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It underwent changes after public comments earlier this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Ultimately, achieving carbon neutrality requires deploying all tools available to us to reduce emissions and store carbon,” Randolph said.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Transportation\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Officials hope a move away from gas-powered cars and trucks reduces greenhouse gas emissions while limiting the public health impact of chemicals these vehicles release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/07.22.2022-Governors-Letter-to-CARB.pdf?emrc=1054d6\">July letter to the air board (PDF)\u003c/a>, Newsom requested that the agency approve aggressive cuts to emissions from planes. This would accompany other reductions in the transportation sector as the state transitions to all zero-emission vehicle sales by 2035.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan's targets include having 20% of aviation fuel demand come from electric or hydrogen sources by 2045 and ensuring all medium-duty vehicles sold are zero-emission by 2040. The board has already passed a policy to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/technology-california-air-resources-board-climate-and-environment-dc75c11280f85a8ab134cf392497be68\">ban the sale of new cars powered solely by gasoline\u003c/a> in the state starting in 2035.\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Carbon capture\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The plan refers to carbon capture as a “necessary tool” to implement in the state alongside other strategies to mitigate climate change. 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