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Several House \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/climate/democrats-california-ban-electric-vehicles.html\">Democrats\u003c/a> joined Republicans in voting to block California’s waivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s rules would \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039494/senate-weighs-repeal-of-california-clean-air-rules-raising-stakes-for-ev-market-and-public-health\">ban the sale of new gas cars in the state\u003c/a> starting in 2035, reduce pollution from heavy-duty trucks and buses, and require truck manufacturers to start selling more electric vehicles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The resolutions are a significant win for auto dealers and automakers, including General Motors and Toyota, who lobbied against California’s regulations.[aside postID=science_1997275 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/06/250603-POLLUTERSPAY-21-BL-KQED-1020x680.jpg']During a live-streamed press conference on Thursday, Trump called California’s clean air rules “a disaster for this country” and touted his actions as a “rescue of the U.S. auto industry from destruction.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Representatives of the petroleum industry applauded the administration’s move.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Today’s historic signing is critical for protecting U.S. families, manufacturing workers, and our national security,” American Petroleum Institute president Mike Sommers and American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers president Chet Thompson wrote in a joint statement. “We thank President Trump for keeping his promise to American voters to end these extreme and restrictive policies.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Eric Sauer, CEO of the California Trucking Association, told KQED he thanks the Trump Administration for signing the resolutions, saying, “trucking companies across the country faced crushing economic consequences from unattainable and unachievable regulations.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We now look forward to a productive dialogue on setting and achieving realistic goals,” Sauer added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The majority of \u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/ghg-inventory-graphs\">California’s\u003c/a> planet-warming emissions come from transportation, and the same is true \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions\">nationwide\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1994309\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1994309\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/BerkeleyPollutionGetty1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1374\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/BerkeleyPollutionGetty1.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/BerkeleyPollutionGetty1-800x550.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/BerkeleyPollutionGetty1-1020x701.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/BerkeleyPollutionGetty1-160x110.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/BerkeleyPollutionGetty1-768x528.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/BerkeleyPollutionGetty1-1536x1055.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/09/BerkeleyPollutionGetty1-1920x1319.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vehicles travel along Interstate 80 on Jan. 16, 2024, in Berkeley.\u003cbr>Californians are breathing significantly less harmful vehicle pollution than 25 years ago, thanks to a 65% drop in PM2.5 exposure from cars, trucks and other vehicles, according to a new study by UC Berkeley, CalEPA and the University of Washington. \u003ccite>(Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>California has regulated its own vehicle pollution since the 1960s, before the Clean Air Act was signed into law in 1970. 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The blooms, predicted to become \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/habs/climate-change-and-freshwater-harmful-algal-blooms#:~:text=Scientists%20continue%20to%20document%20many,more%20often%20in%20more%20waterbodies.\">more severe with climate change\u003c/a>, have lasted \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02052025/california-toxic-algae-marine-life-poisoning/#:~:text=This%20is%20the%20fourth%20year,for%20longer%2C%E2%80%9D%20Lefebvre%20said.\">longer\u003c/a> this year — and produced not one but two types of neurotoxins: domoic acid and saxitoxin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then came the starving babies. The majority of the roughly 250 pelicans International Bird Rescue received since March were less than 6 months old. The center gets about two-thirds of the birds statewide and considers 90 birds a month highly unusual. The state’s seabird scientists are still looking for answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibble said the breeding season was early and especially successful this year. It’s natural to see the fledglings struggle more to forage than adults, so that might just be amplified right now. In 2012, there was a similar large starvation event for young birds after a booming breeding season.[aside postID=news_11988320 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/05/240530-BrownPelicans-10-BL-1020x680.jpg']Rebecca Duerr, director of research and veterinary science for International Bird Rescue, said that’s a possibility. An additional theory about these starving young, she said, is that their parents, sickened by the harmful algal blooms, might have abandoned them before they were ready to forage alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These young birds didn’t know how to eat yet,” Duerr said. “It’s circumstantial evidence, but it looked like, you know, if mom doesn’t come back, they have to leave the nest or they’ll die.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This California subspecies of brown pelicans breeds from the Channel Islands south into Mexico. Both the male and female pelicans should feed their chicks until they learn to fly, what’s called fledging, at around 3 months old. V-formations of pelicans then typically migrate north together during the warmer months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibble, who handles the state’s dead seabirds, will wait to hazard more guesses about what went wrong this year until she has additional test results later this month. She wants to see if the algal blooms also affected the starving young pelicans that died, even though they hadn’t shown symptoms while alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996959\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996959 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sierra Koop, wildlife rehabilitation technician, fills a tray of herring with water to feed rescued California Brown Pelicans at International Bird Rescue in Fairfield on May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Luckily, the numbers indicate the starvation event is slowing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Ciera Duits-Cavanaugh, the manager of the SPCA Monterey County’s Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, the influx of young pelicans this year is a mystery. “This may be just an annual thing that happens now,” she said. “Three of the past four years have broken our averages, so something is different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Times have been tough for brown pelicans before. The birds \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/places/000/california-brown-pelican.htm#:~:text=In%20the%201960s%20and%201970s,the%20sea%20as%20the%20cause.\">almost went extinct\u003c/a> in the 1960s, thanks to the now-banned pesticide DDT, and were listed as endangered until 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warming seas present a newer kind of threat. Back in 2014, some seabird populations \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencenews.org/article/blob-marine-heat-wave-killed-seabirds\">plummeted\u003c/a> due to fish die-offs during the marine heat wave scientists called “the blob.” Some\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992933/california-has-a-theory-on-why-brown-pelicans-are-starving-and-dying\"> researchers\u003c/a> think pelicans in particular might find fewer fish with warmer sea surface temperatures, such as during El Niño cycles, which are expected to \u003ca href=\"https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/has-climate-change-already-affected-enso\">intensify\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996956 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rescued California Brown Pelicans at an outdoor pen at International Bird Rescue in Fairfield on May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re really on the frontline of climate change here,” said JD Bergeron, the CEO of International Bird Rescue. “You can read a research paper and get it intellectually. But the feeling of seeing all these birds struggling when they were previously doing just fine is a scary thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Bergeron’s staff and volunteers at International Bird Rescue’s two facilities in Fairfield and Los Angeles are working around the clock to bring the rescued pelicans back to life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pelicans that the International Bird Rescue releases live on average for six years in the wild. The younger birds have a slightly lower chance of survival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996951\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996951 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SickPelicans_GC-33_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SickPelicans_GC-33_qed.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SickPelicans_GC-33_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SickPelicans_GC-33_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SickPelicans_GC-33_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SickPelicans_GC-33_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SickPelicans_GC-33_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SickPelicans_GC-33_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A rescued California Brown Pelican lands on a pole of an outdoor pen at International Bird Rescue in Fairfield on May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The one bird that stranded in Mendocino County on Albion Flat Beach had flown the greatest distance of any other pelican at the Fairfield rescue center. The small bird is likely a female, though still too young — at around 3 months — for the vets to tell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since arriving earlier this month, the pelican has graduated from an inside enclosure, where the birds that need routine medicine and other care reside, to an outside space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, the other pelicans stretched their wings, swooping between high perches. The fledgling rested by the swimming pool, sometimes watching and other times tucking its face under its wing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To explain last year’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992933/california-has-a-theory-on-why-brown-pelicans-are-starving-and-dying\">starving pelicans\u003c/a>, scientists hypothesized that the birds could not see their prey in choppy, murky water after late-season storms. Another possibility is that anchovies and other fish swam farther below the warm sea surface, too deep for the pelicans to reach.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For last year’s event, the state recorded roughly 1,000 pelicans captured for rehabilitation — and in 2022, for similar reasons, 800.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, there are only 250 ailing pelicans tallied so far, but fresh challenges. The seabirds arrived in two waves, sick and then starving.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996960\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2500px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996960\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2500\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-DIPTYCH-1-KQED.jpg 2500w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-800x269.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1020x343.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-160x54.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-768x258.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1536x517.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-2048x689.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-DIPTYCH-1-KQED-1920x646.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2500px) 100vw, 2500px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Finn Watson (left), Wildlife Rehabilitation Technician, and Kelly Buffa, Registered Veterinary Technician, examine a California Brown Pelican at International Bird Rescue in Fairfield on May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>At first, rescue centers received adults poisoned by a \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/feature-story/early-bloom-toxic-algae-southern-california-sickens-hundreds-sea-lions-and-dolphins\">toxic algae bloom\u003c/a> in Southern California. The blooms, predicted to become \u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/habs/climate-change-and-freshwater-harmful-algal-blooms#:~:text=Scientists%20continue%20to%20document%20many,more%20often%20in%20more%20waterbodies.\">more severe with climate change\u003c/a>, have lasted \u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02052025/california-toxic-algae-marine-life-poisoning/#:~:text=This%20is%20the%20fourth%20year,for%20longer%2C%E2%80%9D%20Lefebvre%20said.\">longer\u003c/a> this year — and produced not one but two types of neurotoxins: domoic acid and saxitoxin.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And then came the starving babies. The majority of the roughly 250 pelicans International Bird Rescue received since March were less than 6 months old. The center gets about two-thirds of the birds statewide and considers 90 birds a month highly unusual. The state’s seabird scientists are still looking for answers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibble said the breeding season was early and especially successful this year. It’s natural to see the fledglings struggle more to forage than adults, so that might just be amplified right now. In 2012, there was a similar large starvation event for young birds after a booming breeding season.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Rebecca Duerr, director of research and veterinary science for International Bird Rescue, said that’s a possibility. An additional theory about these starving young, she said, is that their parents, sickened by the harmful algal blooms, might have abandoned them before they were ready to forage alone.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“These young birds didn’t know how to eat yet,” Duerr said. “It’s circumstantial evidence, but it looked like, you know, if mom doesn’t come back, they have to leave the nest or they’ll die.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This California subspecies of brown pelicans breeds from the Channel Islands south into Mexico. Both the male and female pelicans should feed their chicks until they learn to fly, what’s called fledging, at around 3 months old. V-formations of pelicans then typically migrate north together during the warmer months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Gibble, who handles the state’s dead seabirds, will wait to hazard more guesses about what went wrong this year until she has additional test results later this month. She wants to see if the algal blooms also affected the starving young pelicans that died, even though they hadn’t shown symptoms while alive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996959\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996959 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-28-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sierra Koop, wildlife rehabilitation technician, fills a tray of herring with water to feed rescued California Brown Pelicans at International Bird Rescue in Fairfield on May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Luckily, the numbers indicate the starvation event is slowing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For Ciera Duits-Cavanaugh, the manager of the SPCA Monterey County’s Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Center, the influx of young pelicans this year is a mystery. “This may be just an annual thing that happens now,” she said. “Three of the past four years have broken our averages, so something is different.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Times have been tough for brown pelicans before. The birds \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/places/000/california-brown-pelican.htm#:~:text=In%20the%201960s%20and%201970s,the%20sea%20as%20the%20cause.\">almost went extinct\u003c/a> in the 1960s, thanks to the now-banned pesticide DDT, and were listed as endangered until 2009.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warming seas present a newer kind of threat. Back in 2014, some seabird populations \u003ca href=\"https://www.sciencenews.org/article/blob-marine-heat-wave-killed-seabirds\">plummeted\u003c/a> due to fish die-offs during the marine heat wave scientists called “the blob.” Some\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992933/california-has-a-theory-on-why-brown-pelicans-are-starving-and-dying\"> researchers\u003c/a> think pelicans in particular might find fewer fish with warmer sea surface temperatures, such as during El Niño cycles, which are expected to \u003ca href=\"https://www.climate.gov/news-features/blogs/enso/has-climate-change-already-affected-enso\">intensify\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996956\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996956 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/20250519_SICKPELICANS_GC-7-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rescued California Brown Pelicans at an outdoor pen at International Bird Rescue in Fairfield on May 19, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“We’re really on the frontline of climate change here,” said JD Bergeron, the CEO of International Bird Rescue. “You can read a research paper and get it intellectually. But the feeling of seeing all these birds struggling when they were previously doing just fine is a scary thing.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, Bergeron’s staff and volunteers at International Bird Rescue’s two facilities in Fairfield and Los Angeles are working around the clock to bring the rescued pelicans back to life.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pelicans that the International Bird Rescue releases live on average for six years in the wild. 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The small bird is likely a female, though still too young — at around 3 months — for the vets to tell.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since arriving earlier this month, the pelican has graduated from an inside enclosure, where the birds that need routine medicine and other care reside, to an outside space.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>On Monday, the other pelicans stretched their wings, swooping between high perches. The fledgling rested by the swimming pool, sometimes watching and other times tucking its face under its wing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta said they will sue the federal government after Congress moved to revoke its electric vehicle mandate and two other clean air act rules Thursday. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The move, led by Senate Republicans, attempted to block California from regulating the pollution that comes from cars, trucks and buses, and roll back the state’s long-standing authority to set higher air quality standards than the nation. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Our lawsuit will be about ensuring California can enforce its state laws,” said Bonta at a press event, adding that through the years, the allowances granted by the Environmental Protection Agency, called waivers, have lowered harmful emissions and improved public health. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“That’s better for our people, it’s better for our planet. This attack on these waivers will put more Californians’ lives at risk, undermine the clean vehicle industry, and stifle innovation and job creation, including in the electric vehicle sector,” he said. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California’s rules would \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12039494/senate-weighs-repeal-of-california-clean-air-rules-raising-stakes-for-ev-market-and-public-health\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">ban the sale of new gas cars in the state\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> starting in 2035, reduce pollution from heavy duty trucks and buses and require truck makers to start selling more electric vehicles. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Newsom said the decision to overturn the state’s waivers will benefit other countries who are pursuing a clean energy economy. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“China is celebrating. This was a day that marks a moment of acceleration and their capacity to dominate in the next big global industry,” he said, referring to the electric vehicle market. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“We have real-world evidence that these rules are improving public health,” said Dr. John Balmes, a longtime member of the California Air Resources Board. Balmes pointed to studies showing reductions in \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://today.usc.edu/electric-vehicles-already-improving-health-and-air-quality-study-shows/\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">asthma-related emergency room visits\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in zip codes with higher infiltration of electric vehicles, and \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://newsroom.ucla.edu/releases/electric-vehicles-improve-air-quality-less-impact-polluted-areas\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">reductions in pollutants\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> as use of zero-emission vehicles rose. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“These studies and others show that our clean car and truck rules bring necessary co-benefits, reduced asthma attacks in children and younger adults, and reduced deaths in older adults, as well as reduced greenhouse gas emissions,” Balmes said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">The majority of \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/ghg-inventory-graphs\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California’s\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> planet-warming emissions come from transportation, and the same is true \u003c/span>\u003ca href=\"https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions\">\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">nationwide\u003c/span>\u003c/a>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=news_12040286 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250203_MartinezRefineryFolo_GC-26_qed-1020x680.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">California has regulated its own vehicle pollution since the 1960s, before the Clean Air Act was signed into law in 1970. Due to the state’s historically horrendous air pollution, the federal government granted California the authority to set its own emissions standards, as long as they were stricter than federal rules. Those rules would then require approval from the EPA through waivers for final approval.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Republicans sidestepped the filibuster by using a little-known tool called the Congressional Review Act to revoke the waivers. Both the Senate parliamentarian, essentially the chamber’s referee, and the Government Accountability Office, an independent agency overseeing the government, said using this procedure to rule on California’s rules was not allowed. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Democrats like California’s Sen. Adam Schiff objected, calling the move a “nuclear option,” and saying that going down this road was a slippery slope.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“Because what we have at stake is also a state’s ability, it’s right to make its own laws,” Schiff said. “And to protect its own citizens without having this body overturn that right.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Environmentalists and scientists were defiant upon hearing the news, which some said did not come as a surprise. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“While this is a big setback, we’re not out for the count,” said Adrian Martinez, an attorney with EarthJustice. “We still have many options to clean up this pollution and we need to pursue them immediately at the state and local level.” \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Martinez said the state could use its authority under the California Air Resources Board to write new rules for cars and trucks. \u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">Brian Maas of the California New Car Dealers Association, which represents franchise dealerships of new cars and trucks across the state, welcomed the opportunity to “recalibrate the state’s approach.” \u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u003cbr>\n\u003c/span>\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400\">“California needs a durable, market-aligned electric vehicle policy that reflects consumer demand, infrastructure availability, and affordability,” he said.\u003c/span>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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River forecasts in the north end of the Sierra Nevada are about 100% of normal, although that story changes further south along the range and into the mountains of Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But what he’s concerned about is that the faster rates of snowmelt — especially in the south — could exacerbate wildfire danger in this region.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The south had a really lousy year, and the mountains are super dry,” Reising said. “That’s why we had the fires back in January. 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Scientists say the faster-than-usual melt may be linked to human-caused climate change — raising concerns of an early fire season amid predictions of another record-hot summer. \u003ccite>(NASA satellite image)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Roger Bales, a hydrology and water resources engineering professor at UC Merced and UC Berkeley, said snow melting between April and June is normal. Still, when looking at the snow cover from an aerial view, he said it’s clear that the snowpack is getting thinner. He sees faster rates melt across all parts of the Sierra Nevada, but they are more pronounced in the south.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When looking at state historical data, Bales said the snowpack across the Sierra Nevada this year is visually and strikingly low compared to the 30-year average.[aside postID=news_12040286 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/20250203_MartinezRefineryFolo_GC-26_qed-1020x680.jpg']“You can see the difference in the data,” Bales said. “As you warm the climate by each degree Fahrenheit, the snowline goes up about 250 feet in average long-term warming. 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They also accused Newsom of favoring agricultural interests and Southern California over the needs of Northern California communities, and said the project will harm fish species, the environment and local economies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This project will devastate the delta’s ecosystem and place an enormous financial burden on ratepayers at a time when Californians are already struggling with the cost of living,” said Assemblymember Lori Wilson, D-Suisun City, who represents communities throughout the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email Tuesday afternoon, the Newsom administration disputed the caucus members’ comments, saying they demonstrate “why this fast track is necessary, as it is clear that misinformation will continue to delay and obfuscate this critical project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials said that not all taxpayers will pay for the project, which they noted will serve more than 27 million people and 750,000 acres of farmland. Public water agencies in the Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California that receive water from the State Water Project and have signed onto the project will fund it, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996925\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996925\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. 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However, its members said that other solutions, including water recycling and fortifying delta levees, are better options to cure the state’s ongoing water woes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=science_1996769 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/DeltaGetty-1020x574.jpg']\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Robbing water from the north and drying out the north just to water the south doesn’t make it better at all,” said Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, D–Elk Grove. “We need to have a balanced approach and go back and invest in water recycling and storage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the administration called the caucus’ calls for other solutions “simplistic” and said they “ignore the practical realities and complexities of serving 27 million Californians.” The state needs an all-hands-on-deck approach that includes “modernizing the State Water Project while also advancing local solutions like recycling and desalination,” officials wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malissa Tayaba, vice chairperson of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, whose ancestral lands include the delta, said her tribe would be “irreparably harmed” by the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will not only lose access to our homelands that we have cared for and stewarded for time immemorial, but we will also lose our delta estuary, already in crisis,” she said. “More importantly, the Delta Conveyance Project would destroy and desecrate the resting place of our ancestors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ashley Overhouse, water policy adviser for Defenders of Wildlife, said that the tunnel would undermine Southern California’s efforts to promote water resilience on its own and that Newsom needs “to end his obsession with the tunnel\u003cem>.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, she said Newsom should “start working more closely with Southern California communities” instead of “trying to force the tunnel down our throats” and work with delta communities on “a collaborative approach” that “everyone can get behind. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email Tuesday afternoon, the Newsom administration disputed the caucus members’ comments, saying they demonstrate “why this fast track is necessary, as it is clear that misinformation will continue to delay and obfuscate this critical project.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Officials said that not all taxpayers will pay for the project, which they noted will serve more than 27 million people and 750,000 acres of farmland. Public water agencies in the Bay Area, San Joaquin Valley and Southern California that receive water from the State Water Project and have signed onto the project will fund it, they said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996925\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996925\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Gavin Newsom stands in front of a state flag during a press conference about President Donald Trump’s tariffs on April 16, 2025, at an almond farm in Ceres, California. \u003ccite>(Noah Berger/AP Photo)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Delta Conveyance Project has been through many iterations and decades of debate by California lawmakers, going from a proposed canal to two tunnels and now a single tunnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of his \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040025/newsom-blames-trump-california-budget-deficit-aims-cap-undocumented-health-care\">revised budget proposal\u003c/a> last week, Newsom laid out in an announcement and \u003ca href=\"https://trailerbill.dof.ca.gov/public/trailerBill/pdf/1263\">trailer bill\u003c/a> how he wants the Legislature to accelerate the 45-mile-long tunnel through the delta by taking action to simplify permitting and land acquisition, confirm that the Department of Water Resources has the authority to issue bonds to cover the project’s cost, prevent unnecessary litigation delays and support construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom argues that the tunnel is imperative for adapting the state to a hotter and drier climate that could result in 10% less water by the 2040s.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re done with barriers — our state needs to complete this project as soon as possible, so that we can better store and manage water to prepare for a hotter, drier future,” he said in a release.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Delta Caucus agreed with Newsom that California’s current water system is outdated and unprepared to handle the storms or dry periods of the future. However, its members said that other solutions, including water recycling and fortifying delta levees, are better options to cure the state’s ongoing water woes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Robbing water from the north and drying out the north just to water the south doesn’t make it better at all,” said Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen, D–Elk Grove. “We need to have a balanced approach and go back and invest in water recycling and storage.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the administration called the caucus’ calls for other solutions “simplistic” and said they “ignore the practical realities and complexities of serving 27 million Californians.” The state needs an all-hands-on-deck approach that includes “modernizing the State Water Project while also advancing local solutions like recycling and desalination,” officials wrote.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Malissa Tayaba, vice chairperson of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, whose ancestral lands include the delta, said her tribe would be “irreparably harmed” by the project.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We will not only lose access to our homelands that we have cared for and stewarded for time immemorial, but we will also lose our delta estuary, already in crisis,” she said. “More importantly, the Delta Conveyance Project would destroy and desecrate the resting place of our ancestors.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Ashley Overhouse, water policy adviser for Defenders of Wildlife, said that the tunnel would undermine Southern California’s efforts to promote water resilience on its own and that Newsom needs “to end his obsession with the tunnel\u003cem>.”\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Instead, she said Newsom should “start working more closely with Southern California communities” instead of “trying to force the tunnel down our throats” and work with delta communities on “a collaborative approach” that “everyone can get behind. It’s not too late.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the Southern California Water Coalition commended Newsom’s proposal, calling it a “bold initiative” that would enhance “water resiliency and reliability for Southern California.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This initiative is vital for the 85% of Southern Californians who recognize the need for a secure water future,” said Charley Wilson, the group’s executive director.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Gov. Gavin Newsom’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12040025/newsom-blames-trump-california-budget-deficit-aims-cap-undocumented-health-care\">revised budget proposal\u003c/a> announced Wednesday includes a push to fast-track a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11986659/newsom-says-california-water-tunnel-will-cost-20-billion-officials-and-experts-say-its-worth-it\">contentious tunnel project\u003c/a> that could deliver more water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to farms and cities throughout the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Delta Conveyance Project has been through many iterations and decades of debate by California lawmakers, going from a proposed canal to two tunnels and now a single tunnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom wants the Legislature to adopt his plan to accelerate the $20 billion, 45-mile-long tunnel through the delta by passing bills to simplify permitting, confirm that the Department of Water Resources has the authority to issue bonds to cover the project’s cost, prevent unnecessary litigation delays and support construction.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The governor believes the tunnel is imperative for adapting the state for a hotter and drier climate that could result in 10% less water by the 2040s. But some lawmakers and environmental groups vehemently oppose the idea, saying it will \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12018557/will-californias-new-plan-for-water-rules-save-salmon-from-extinction\">harm fish species\u003c/a>, the environment and local economies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s current water system is outdated and unprepared to handle the storms or dry periods of the future, Newsom said, adding that not investing in a new tunnel would cost Californians more in the long run.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996801\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996801\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SacramentoDelta-17_qed-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SacramentoDelta-17_qed-1.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SacramentoDelta-17_qed-1-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SacramentoDelta-17_qed-1-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SacramentoDelta-17_qed-1-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SacramentoDelta-17_qed-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SacramentoDelta-17_qed-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SacramentoDelta-17_qed-1-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Rio Vista Bridge spanning the Sacramento River in California on the afternoon of Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. The area is part of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, which is the hub of California’s water supply, supplying fresh water to two-thirds of the state’s population and millions of acres of farmland. \u003ccite>(Joyce Tsai/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The delta tunnel project, he said, could capture additional water during years of excess rain. Had it been operational during \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1935067/rivers-in-the-sky-what-you-need-to-know-about-atmospheric-river-storms\">atmospheric rivers\u003c/a> in 2024, he said the project could have captured enough water for 9.8 million people to use for a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“For too long, attempts to modernize our critical water infrastructure have stalled in endless red tape, burdened with unnecessary delay,” Newsom said in a release. “We’re done with barriers — our state needs to complete this project as soon as possible, so that we can better store and manage water to prepare for a hotter, drier future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom said the state completed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/12/08/governor-newsom-reaffirms-support-for-updated-delta-conveyance-proposal/\">environmental impact report\u003c/a> in 2023 and has gained the support of water agencies across California. But he said the project’s “path forward is burdened by complicated regulatory frameworks and bureaucratic delays.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>His announcement comes as President Donald Trump has \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12023248/trump-again-wades-into-california-water-use-fight-drawing-skepticism-from-experts\">called on the state to deliver more water\u003c/a> from Northern California to farms and Southern California.[aside postID=news_12040025 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/05/GavinNewsom2025AP2-1020x680.jpg']The State Water Project can already capture, move and store enough water to be used by 27 million people and service 750,000 acres of farmland.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The State Water Contractors, a nonprofit representing 27 public water agencies, celebrated Newsom’s idea and said it could reduce administrative delays that would push the project out years, if not decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The Delta Conveyance Project review and approval process has been hampered by red tape and frivolous delay tactics for decades, costing Californians millions of dollars without addressing our very real challenges with water supply reliability,” said Jennifer Pierre, the nonprofit’s general manager.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, State Sen. Jerry McNerney (D–Pleasanton), co-chair of the California Legislative Delta Caucus, called the plan “poorly conceived” and encouraged the Legislature to reject it. He said the tunnel project would destroy farmland, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992309/californias-commercial-salmon-season-is-closed-again-this-year\">salmon fisheries\u003c/a> and tribal resources.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Plus, the tunnel’s costs would have to be shouldered by ratepayers who are already overburdened by skyrocketing utility bills,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996805\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1999px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996805 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/007_KQED_LoriWilson_03172022_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1999\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/007_KQED_LoriWilson_03172022_qed.jpg 1999w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/007_KQED_LoriWilson_03172022_qed-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/007_KQED_LoriWilson_03172022_qed-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/007_KQED_LoriWilson_03172022_qed-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/007_KQED_LoriWilson_03172022_qed-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/007_KQED_LoriWilson_03172022_qed-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/007_KQED_LoriWilson_03172022_qed-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1999px) 100vw, 1999px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City) poses for a portrait in Suisun City on March 17, 2022. \u003ccite>(Beth LaBerge/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Assemblymember Lori Wilson (D-Suisun City), who represents communities throughout the delta, called Newsom’s proposal a “last-ditch effort” to push the project through before his term ends. She said if the plan is approved, it would devastate ecosystems and burden ratepayers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This approach threatens the livelihood of our local communities and undermines the sustainability of our regional economy,” she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Peter Gleick, co-founder of the Pacific Institute, said in an email he is generally “not a fan of ‘fast tracking’ massive projects that are controversial, costly, and opposed by diverse coalitions and communities.”[aside postID=news_12023248 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/01/GettyImages-1495481816_qed-1020x652.jpg']California “has many other options for building resilience into our water systems that don’t cost so much money, take so much time and affect so many people,” he said, pointing to conservation efforts, efficiency programs, wastewater reuse, accelerated stormwater capture and updates to agricultural irrigation systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other longtime California water experts were similarly skeptical of the delta tunnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Walker, professor emeritus of economic and urban geography at UC Berkeley, called the project a “terrible idea” and a tactic to deliver more water to the agricultural sector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just a pipe dream,” he said. “It’s a lousy idea and everybody knows it who has wits in their head and who isn’t beholden to agribusiness and developers. 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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>California “has many other options for building resilience into our water systems that don’t cost so much money, take so much time and affect so many people,” he said, pointing to conservation efforts, efficiency programs, wastewater reuse, accelerated stormwater capture and updates to agricultural irrigation systems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other longtime California water experts were similarly skeptical of the delta tunnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Richard Walker, professor emeritus of economic and urban geography at UC Berkeley, called the project a “terrible idea” and a tactic to deliver more water to the agricultural sector.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s just a pipe dream,” he said. “It’s a lousy idea and everybody knows it who has wits in their head and who isn’t beholden to agribusiness and developers. Well, guess who’s beholden to agribusiness and developers? Governor Newsom.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scott Artis, executive director of the Golden State Salmon Association, called Newsom’s proposal “an attack on the salmon fishing industry and the state’s biggest rivers.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“At the end of the day, this proposal is a nail in the coffin of California’s once mighty salmon runs, a stake in the heart of the Delta, and a raid on the pocketbooks of the people of Southern California and Silicon Valley,” Artis said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>",
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"content": "\u003cp>Pacifica can continue using old seawalls and reinforce or expand them to protect the city from crashing waves, erosion and \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12016813/bay-area-now-has-first-ever-regional-sea-level-rise-plan\">sea level rise\u003c/a> over the next two decades, the California Coastal Commission ruled Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The controversial ruling serves as a stopgap so the city can develop a long-term strategy to deal with sea level rise, which was \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984830/california-mandates-coastal-cities-plan-for-future-sea-level-rise\">mandated by a state law\u003c/a> passed in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The city is known for its sweeping beach, homes with views of the Pacific Ocean, big waves for surfing, a shoreline Taco Bell and hiking trails. However, many of the reasons people love and live in Pacifica are at risk from the effects of climate change, primarily rising seas and flooding from intensifying storms.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Pacifica’s push to improve and continue to use its old seawalls, backed by local elected officials and developers, was part of updating its more than 40-year-old local coastal program land use plan.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That plan is no longer sufficient to address the challenging conditions we face in Pacifica: significant bluff erosion impacts from intensifying weather events, flooding from storm surges, rising sea levels and other effects of climate change,” Mayor Sue Beckmeyer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1915665\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1915665\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/09/Fig4-9_PacificaCliff_Griggs.jpeg\" alt=\"Eroding sea cliffs have forced the demolition of several apartment buildings in Pacifica.\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/09/Fig4-9_PacificaCliff_Griggs.jpeg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/09/Fig4-9_PacificaCliff_Griggs-160x120.jpeg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/09/Fig4-9_PacificaCliff_Griggs-800x600.jpeg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/09/Fig4-9_PacificaCliff_Griggs-768x576.jpeg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/09/Fig4-9_PacificaCliff_Griggs-1020x765.jpeg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/09/Fig4-9_PacificaCliff_Griggs-1920x1440.jpeg 1920w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/09/Fig4-9_PacificaCliff_Griggs-1180x885.jpeg 1180w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/09/Fig4-9_PacificaCliff_Griggs-960x720.jpeg 960w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/09/Fig4-9_PacificaCliff_Griggs-240x180.jpeg 240w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/09/Fig4-9_PacificaCliff_Griggs-375x281.jpeg 375w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2017/09/Fig4-9_PacificaCliff_Griggs-520x390.jpeg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Eroding sea cliffs have forced the demolition of several apartment buildings in Pacifica. \u003ccite>(Gary Griggs/Getty Images)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Under the new plan approved by the commission, Pacifica can continue to armor its shoreline at Beach Boulevard near Pacifica Pier and Rockaway Beach. Existing seawalls and riprap can be rebuilt or expanded.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental groups, residents and other elected officials who opposed the seawall plan said it would make it more difficult to protect the coastline.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Both Gov. Gavin Newsom and the Trump administration are closely watching the decisions of the Coastal Commission, which the president has called for dismantling as federal lawmakers aim to weaken its purview.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Justin Cummings, chair of the commission, commended Pacifica for being one of the first cities to begin to adapt to sea level rise as part of the state’s mandate, in the face of a long history of erosion and the need to prepare for more in the future.[aside postID=science_1996728 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SanFranciscoSinkingGetty-1020x680.jpg']“The fact that there is tension shows this has been made very public,” Cummings said. “Our coastline is not the same, and there is no one-size-fits-all approach to dealing with sea level rise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The ruling attempts to balance developers’ needs with coastal protection, but opponents argue the plan to upgrade seawalls violates the Coastal Act, is short-sighted and will make it more complicated in the long run to adapt to sea level rise.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“When large-scale seawalls are built or rebuilt or reinforced, and the new development goes in behind it, long-term solutions like relocating out of harm’s way will fall by the wayside and seawalls will remain,” said Mandy Sackett, California policy manager for the Surfrider Foundation. “But in truth, it’s giving away our leverage now with no guarantee of results later.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Opponents also argue that seawalls cause beaches to erode and can exacerbate flooding or the loss of coastal homes, roads and infrastructure in the long run. They said continuing to armor Pacifica’s coastline will ultimately lock the city into using seawalls as long-term strategies and sacrifice more of the city to the rising ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Catalina Gomes, founder of the Muchia Te’ Indigenous Land Trust and descendant of a Ramaytush Ohlone settlement village in Pacifica, opposes the plan and said the commission declined her tribal consultation, although it agreed to work with tribes on any new projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996757\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1777px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996757\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/LindaMar_qed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1777\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/LindaMar_qed.jpg 1777w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/LindaMar_qed-800x600.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/LindaMar_qed-1020x765.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/LindaMar_qed-160x120.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/LindaMar_qed-768x576.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/LindaMar_qed-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1777px) 100vw, 1777px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Linda Mar Beach in Pacifica is a common surf spot, and for many, just a great place to relax. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Bill Zeller)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>“This is a culturally sensitive area for us. This is sacred land,” she said. “It’s a very short-sighted approach, and science proves that restoration of wetlands, marshes and dunes is the best solution to dealing with sea level rise.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Surfers worry that more seawalls will eventually limit beach access, and some residents said that coastal hazards like erosion have already caused the city to tear down homes over the decades to prevent them from collapsing into the ocean.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cindy Abbott, who has lived in Pacifica for decades, said intense storms and strong waves have resulted in “the end of her street being closed off every year and multiple times.” She asked the commission to denounce the plan and instead “honor the coast.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, Kate Huckelbridge, executive director of the Coastal Commission, emphasized that the 20-year seawall plan is a temporary solution for the “existential threat” from the long-term effects of sea level rise brought about by human-caused climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The scope and scale of that challenge here in Pacifica, but also for the rest of our coastal communities, is daunting,” she said. “Our beaches will disappear if we do not change how we live, work and play on our coastline. 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This phenomenon, often caused by overpumping groundwater, can increase flood potential.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Settlement can allow cracks to propagate across structures, causing warping of roads and pavement, which can strain infrastructure,” said lead author Leonard Ohenhen, a postdoctoral researcher at the Columbia Climate School’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Francisco, groundwater pumping isn’t a problem. Because much of the city’s fringes are built on filled-in land and the region is influenced by tectonic activity, the authors suggest that soil is compacting over time in areas like Treasure Island and Islais Creek.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996736\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996736\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SinkingCities.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2004\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SinkingCities.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SinkingCities-800x802.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SinkingCities-1020x1022.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SinkingCities-160x160.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SinkingCities-768x770.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SinkingCities-1533x1536.jpg 1533w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/05/SinkingCities-1920x1924.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The researchers looked at four California cities for rates of subsidence: San Francisco, San José, Los Angeles and San Diego. \u003ccite>(Courtesy of Leonard Ohenhen)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The authors found that parts of the city subsided around 5 millimeters a year. 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But in places like San Francisco, where you have tectonic forces and earthquakes, you’re already weakening the foundations of the buildings.”[aside postID=news_12027540 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2025/02/BayFarmShoreline_001_qed-1020x680.jpg']Ohenhen said the extra pressure from seismic activity can “lead eventually to such high-end catastrophes like a building collapse or more prominent structural failure.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The good news is that with this knowledge, cities can prepare for a future that involves sinking land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“As opposed to just saying it’s a problem, we can respond, address, mitigate, adapt,” Ohenhen said in a release. “We have to move to solutions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12027540/land-sinking-fast-around-bay-area-worsening-effects-sea-level-rise\">separate study from this year\u003c/a>, also using satellite imagery, found that land along San Francisco Bay in San Rafael, Corte Madera, Foster City and Alameda’s Bay Farm Island is subsiding more than 0.4 inches, about 10 millimeters, a year. When considering the subsidence rate, local sea levels could rise by more than double the regional estimate by 2050.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Areas might be affected by the rising water much sooner than we anticipate, and that brings by itself increased flooding and tidal inundation,” said Marin Govorcin, the study’s lead author and a NASA remote sensing scientist in Southern California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to the study, infrastructure such as San Francisco International Airport could see nearly a foot of sea level rise by 2050.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What this says is that our situation in relation to flooding is worse than we thought,” said Kristina Hill, a UC Berkeley professor and a leading sea level rise scientist who was not involved in the study. “The region’s economy depends on the airports, so we’ll need to continue to focus on how to adapt those airports to these new conditions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n",
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They mulled over how to preserve \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11973656/bay-area-creatives-find-unexpected-welcome-in-small-town-delta\">free-spirited\u003c/a> Isleton — known for its crawdad and Spam festivals — and the troubles the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/places/isleton-chinese-and-japanese-commercial-districts.htm\">historic\u003c/a> city faces, some of which stem from the nearby Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isleton has a high risk of flooding but few resources, with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.html\">fifth\u003c/a> of the city’s roughly 800 residents living in poverty. After rainstorms damaged its wastewater treatment facility, Isleton narrowly avoided bankruptcy this year. Walton consulted lawyers, accountants and flood insurance experts to bail it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re in lightning mode,” Walton said. “There’s been a tendency for things to take a while to come to fruition here — you might call that ‘Delta time.’ But now, the faster, the better, so we can start to build up our city again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996621\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996621 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-20-KQED-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-20-KQED-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-20-KQED-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-20-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-20-KQED-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-20-KQED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-20-KQED.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iva Walton, Mayor of Isleton, poses for a photo at her bar, Mei Wan Beer Room, in Isleton on April 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984643/reluctant-retreat-one-familys-fight-against-climate-induced-flooding\">As climate change drives up flooding risk\u003c/a>, the safest move for Isleton residents might be to abandon their small city — but short of that drastic option, insurance could provide a safety net. Now, with help from researchers, the state has \u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/release051-2024.cfm\">funded\u003c/a> its first community flood program, providing one private insurance policy for all Isleton residents at no cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isleton is piloting community-based insurance for California, which desperately needs alternatives. Wildfires supercharged by climate change have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026808/fair-plan-bailout-from-insurance-companies-policyholders-following-la-fires\">cratered the home insurance market\u003c/a> — and many Californians don’t buy flood insurance at all, even as severe storms batter the state and its aging levees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isleton hoped to fund the program independently after the pilot ends in 2027 by establishing a parcel tax, but many residents seem unsupportive of paying it. Despite the uncertain future, Isleton’s new leadership said they plan to lock in the insurance policy this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea of insurance for the city of Isleton is hugely important and our number-one priority,” Kent said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-six miles of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2025/04/delta-levees-risk-of-floods-repairs-cost-3-billion/\">underperforming\u003c/a> levees encircle Isleton, which sits on one of the Delta’s \u003ca href=\"https://ca.water.usgs.gov/projects/central-valley/delta-eastside-streams.html\">many islands\u003c/a>. The city ranges from around 6 feet below to 6 feet above sea level. The region is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2025/04/delta-levees-risk-of-floods-repairs-cost-3-billion/\">accustomed\u003c/a> to flooding, but the June 21, 1972, flood was the most \u003ca href=\"https://californiarevealed.org/do/167c554e-972a-4634-b6ac-407ac3d4d3e1\">infamous\u003c/a> in Isleton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isleton resident Pam Bulahan was 9 years old at the time. Her family received word before dawn of a levee breach. They borrowed a flatbed truck and scrambled to load up their nice furniture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m watching the water creep across the road,” remembered Bulahan, who today sits on the City Council with Walton and supports the insurance pilot. “It was the eeriest thing I ever saw. I figured the houses were going down, and they did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996624\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pam Bulahan poses for a photo outside of her home in Isleton, which flooded in 1972, on April 9, 2025. She was only 9 years old when her family had to evacuate during the 1972 flood after a levee was breached. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By sunrise, up to 5 feet of floodwater soaked her property. Around 200 buildings remained flooded for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofisleton.com/files/51f09522f/City_of_Isleton_General_Plan_2000_Part_I_Introduction_to_the_General_Plan_and_Executive_Su82959.pdf\">months\u003c/a>, forcing the entire community to evacuate. It took Bulahan’s family a couple of years and a loan to repair their house, where she still lives today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most recently, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/isleton-sewage-overflows-into-surrounding-rivers-are-you-at-risk/\">in 2023\u003c/a>, excessive rainfall cracked sewer pipes and overtopped Isleton’s wastewater treatment ponds, spilling sewage into the neighboring rivers — \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/water-basics/the-delta\">major sources\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886536/bay-area-do-you-know-where-your-water-comes-from-2\">drinking water\u003c/a> for the Bay Area and across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to disasters like this, FEMA can \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/fact-sheet/understanding-individual-assistance-and-public-assistance#:~:text=Public%20Assistance%20can%20reimburse%20for,remaining%2025%20percent%20of%20costs\">reimburse\u003c/a> cities for public infrastructure damage. But as Isleton awaited FEMA’s relief, Walton said the city took out a bridge loan to assist with the repairs — and then struggled to make payments. \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-feb-04-me-isleton4-story.html\">Added to a long history of financial mismanagement\u003c/a>\u003cu>,\u003c/u> the city this year had to lay off 12 of its 16 staff members to avoid bankruptcy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isleton’s challenges are not going away. With climate change, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15474-2#Sec7\">models predict\u003c/a> annual flood damages from atmospheric rivers in the western U.S. could increase from $1 billion up to $3 billion by the end of this century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996625 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pam Bulahan points to the San Joaquin River, at the site where a levee breach caused the 1972 flood, on W Brannan Island Road, in Isleton, on April 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Together, Walton, Kent and Bulahan form the board of Isleton’s \u003ca href=\"https://marineapps.naturalcapitalproject.org/california/docs/GeologicHazardAbatementDistricts.pdf\">Geologic Hazard Abatement District\u003c/a>, the entity tasked with purchasing the new community-wide insurance policy. With the help of the engineering firm \u003ca href=\"https://www.engeo.com/\">ENGEO\u003c/a>, the district plans to finalize the policy in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the district’s planning meeting in January, Walton clunked her water bottle on the table: “Call to order.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group was joined by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938647/it-was-like-a-river-flood-insurance-is-often-out-of-reach-for-bay-area-residents-who-need-it-most\">Kathy Schaefer\u003c/a>, an insurance advisor who left her longtime job as a FEMA engineer to pursue her civil and environmental engineering PhD from UC Davis. She took an interest in Isleton’s high flood risk. In her December dissertation, Schaefer outlined a program she argued offers more affordable and effective private insurance for Isleton than FEMA’s, and then successfully lobbied the state to fund that program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I became convinced that FEMA was fundamentally broken,” Schaefer explained. “I went back to school to find out exactly what the problem was and how we could solve it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996617\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Schaefer points to elevated homes, which meet FEMA requirements, in Isleton on April 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schaefer considers FEMA too costly and slow, leading many people to avoid flood insurance altogether. FEMA not only provides flood disaster funds for public infrastructure but, unlike the separate and privatized home insurance market, also sells most individual flood insurance policies. Although FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program is widely available, it only covers around \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/a-conversation-about-flood-risk-with-insurance-commissioner-ricardo-lara/\">2% of California\u003c/a> properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because Isleton falls into its \u003ca href=\"https://msc.fema.gov/portal/home\">high-risk flood zone\u003c/a>, FEMA mandates that most homeowners with a mortgage buy flood insurance. But Schaefer found that less than a quarter of the some 500 Isleton households comply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaefer fought hard to bring dollars to Isleton, so the entire community could have insurance.[aside postID=news_11938251 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/01/RS62026_GettyImages-1455813510-qut-672x372.jpg']Last fall, the California Department of Water Resources dedicated $200,000 for Isleton’s $2.5 million insurance policy through insurer \u003ca href=\"https://floodflash.co/us/about-floodflash-commercial-flood-insurance/\">FloodFlash\u003c/a> and with underwriting from Munich Re.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Schaefer wanted this policy to be fast and flexible, she chose an innovative insurance structure dubbed “\u003ca href=\"https://www.icrrl.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/102/files/2022/09/Parametric-Insurance-22.pdf\">parametric\u003c/a>.” Floodwaters trigger an immediate payout with this plan. By contrast, a more traditional “indemnity” insurance requires a lengthy claims adjustment process to determine payments based on damages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, if sensors on Isleton’s wastewater pump detect water rising above a certain level, the city automatically receives its $2.5 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new geological district still has to decide how to distribute this money. One possibility is for $5,000 to go to each homeowner to cover temporary living expenses, cleaning and repairs. The district is also looking into options to include renters and for excess funds to go toward the city’s infrastructure. The dollars won’t necessarily make anyone whole, but will provide immediate aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FEMA won’t be obsolete in Isleton, however. Schaefer anticipates that if homeowners know the first $5,000 — and maybe one day $10,000 — is covered, they could actually afford traditional flood insurance by raising their deductibles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1445\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED-800x578.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED-1020x737.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED-768x555.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED-1536x1110.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED-1920x1387.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of the 1970s Isleton flood is displayed at the Isleton Museum in Isleton on April 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That would lower their total insurance costs to as low as $800 annually, Schaefer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, residents pay an estimated $1,100 per year — a significant cost, given the median household income in Isleton is about $60,000. By contrast, the statewide median household income is $96,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, Schaefer hoped Isleton property owners would greenlight a parcel tax to fund the parametric policy in the long term, but a recent survey revealed a lack of support in the community. A contractor stopped after interviewing just three residents, since they all voiced similar, strong doubts — such as not wanting to prioritize flood insurance in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime property owner \u003ca href=\"https://rafu.com/2020/05/jean-yokotobi-named-sacramento-county-woman-of-the-year/\">Jean Yokotobi\u003c/a> helped with the pilot early on but became disillusioned. She did not feel confident in Isleton’s ability to navigate an effective program, and she doubts her neighbors can afford it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can say now [a tax] is not going to pass,” Yokotobi said. “This is a severely depressed, disadvantaged community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An alternative to a tax, Schaefer said, could be to obtain additional grant money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996616\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996616\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown Isleton on April 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992401/homeowners-insurance-market-stretched-even-thinner-as-2-more-companies-leave-california\">many home insurers\u003c/a> have either left entirely, stopped offering new policies or raised premiums. While home and flood insurance are distinct, similar issues around affordability and the climate crisis beg for new solutions. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.montereyherald.com/2025/01/25/rethinking-flood-insurance-monterey-county-considering-new-approach/\">range\u003c/a> of parametric products for different disasters, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsurance.com/more-buyers-seek-parametric-wildfire-cover/\">wildfires\u003c/a>, are making inroads in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/258352?f=c4d97bfcfc43c58ab7d6fabc70dc76a8\">California\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/extreme-weatherinsuranceclimate-changestorms-064635f482e66a5e22dd030f3fa8b7cb\">globally\u003c/a>. In \u003ca href=\"https://blogs.edf.org/markets/2023/11/02/harnessing-community-insurance-lessons-from-nycs-innovative-post-flood-assistance-program/\">New York City\u003c/a>, the country’s first community parametric flood insurance program launched in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Insurance helped spearhead the Isleton pilot. “We need to help our communities be more resilient to climate change,” Commissioner Ricardo Lara said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/release051-2024.cfm\">press release\u003c/a>. “We need to think creatively about how new insurance pilots like this Delta community project can be tested and scaled to help our most vulnerable communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “transparency and cleanliness” of parametric policies also appeals to insurers, according to Alex Kaplan, an executive vice president with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.amwins.com/products/atmospheric-river-flood-insurance-program\">insurance broker Amwins.\u003c/a>[aside postID=science_1984643 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/10/03242023_kqed_pajaroreturning-1305-qut-1020x678.jpg']Parametric insurance streamlines the claim process and caps liability for insurers, since the payouts are predetermined — an appealing option in the face of heightened natural disasters.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tom Corringham, a \u003ca href=\"https://tcorringham.scrippsprofiles.ucsd.edu/\">climate economist\u003c/a> from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, said he is rooting for Isleton, though infrastructure improvements and insurance can only go so far.“\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We’ve spent a lot of money helping people rebuild after a disaster and, in some cases, it may be better to actually move people to a safer location,” he said. “Underneath all of this is the changing climate, which is intensifying our storms, making us more susceptible to floods.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walton and Kent lingered after the January insurance meeting, discussing the responsibility to balance Isleton’s books, especially so the insurance plans could continue. In their long view, addressing the city’s flood risk helps ensure its prosperity.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They envision a flourishing Main Street with hotels, shops and restaurants drawing more tourists to enjoy Isleton’s undeniable charm.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This tiny spot on the map has so much impact, and that’s why we have to take care of it,” Walton said. “That’s why I’m doing this.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Walton sat across a table from Vice Mayor David Kent at her bar on a Friday morning in January, drinking coffee. They mulled over how to preserve \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11973656/bay-area-creatives-find-unexpected-welcome-in-small-town-delta\">free-spirited\u003c/a> Isleton — known for its crawdad and Spam festivals — and the troubles the \u003ca href=\"https://www.nps.gov/places/isleton-chinese-and-japanese-commercial-districts.htm\">historic\u003c/a> city faces, some of which stem from the nearby Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isleton has a high risk of flooding but few resources, with a \u003ca href=\"https://www.census.gov/data/developers/data-sets/acs-5year.html\">fifth\u003c/a> of the city’s roughly 800 residents living in poverty. After rainstorms damaged its wastewater treatment facility, Isleton narrowly avoided bankruptcy this year. Walton consulted lawyers, accountants and flood insurance experts to bail it out.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re in lightning mode,” Walton said. “There’s been a tendency for things to take a while to come to fruition here — you might call that ‘Delta time.’ But now, the faster, the better, so we can start to build up our city again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996621\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 800px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996621 size-medium\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-20-KQED-800x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-20-KQED-800x1200.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-20-KQED-1020x1530.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-20-KQED-160x240.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-20-KQED-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-20-KQED-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-20-KQED.jpg 1333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Iva Walton, Mayor of Isleton, poses for a photo at her bar, Mei Wan Beer Room, in Isleton on April 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1984643/reluctant-retreat-one-familys-fight-against-climate-induced-flooding\">As climate change drives up flooding risk\u003c/a>, the safest move for Isleton residents might be to abandon their small city — but short of that drastic option, insurance could provide a safety net. Now, with help from researchers, the state has \u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/release051-2024.cfm\">funded\u003c/a> its first community flood program, providing one private insurance policy for all Isleton residents at no cost.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isleton is piloting community-based insurance for California, which desperately needs alternatives. Wildfires supercharged by climate change have \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/12026808/fair-plan-bailout-from-insurance-companies-policyholders-following-la-fires\">cratered the home insurance market\u003c/a> — and many Californians don’t buy flood insurance at all, even as severe storms batter the state and its aging levees.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isleton hoped to fund the program independently after the pilot ends in 2027 by establishing a parcel tax, but many residents seem unsupportive of paying it. Despite the uncertain future, Isleton’s new leadership said they plan to lock in the insurance policy this month.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The idea of insurance for the city of Isleton is hugely important and our number-one priority,” Kent said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Twenty-six miles of \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2025/04/delta-levees-risk-of-floods-repairs-cost-3-billion/\">underperforming\u003c/a> levees encircle Isleton, which sits on one of the Delta’s \u003ca href=\"https://ca.water.usgs.gov/projects/central-valley/delta-eastside-streams.html\">many islands\u003c/a>. The city ranges from around 6 feet below to 6 feet above sea level. The region is \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2025/04/delta-levees-risk-of-floods-repairs-cost-3-billion/\">accustomed\u003c/a> to flooding, but the June 21, 1972, flood was the most \u003ca href=\"https://californiarevealed.org/do/167c554e-972a-4634-b6ac-407ac3d4d3e1\">infamous\u003c/a> in Isleton.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isleton resident Pam Bulahan was 9 years old at the time. Her family received word before dawn of a levee breach. They borrowed a flatbed truck and scrambled to load up their nice furniture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m watching the water creep across the road,” remembered Bulahan, who today sits on the City Council with Walton and supports the insurance pilot. “It was the eeriest thing I ever saw. I figured the houses were going down, and they did.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996624\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996624\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-30-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pam Bulahan poses for a photo outside of her home in Isleton, which flooded in 1972, on April 9, 2025. She was only 9 years old when her family had to evacuate during the 1972 flood after a levee was breached. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>By sunrise, up to 5 feet of floodwater soaked her property. Around 200 buildings remained flooded for \u003ca href=\"https://www.cityofisleton.com/files/51f09522f/City_of_Isleton_General_Plan_2000_Part_I_Introduction_to_the_General_Plan_and_Executive_Su82959.pdf\">months\u003c/a>, forcing the entire community to evacuate. It took Bulahan’s family a couple of years and a loan to repair their house, where she still lives today.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Most recently, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cbsnews.com/sacramento/news/isleton-sewage-overflows-into-surrounding-rivers-are-you-at-risk/\">in 2023\u003c/a>, excessive rainfall cracked sewer pipes and overtopped Isleton’s wastewater treatment ponds, spilling sewage into the neighboring rivers — \u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/water-basics/the-delta\">major sources\u003c/a> of \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11886536/bay-area-do-you-know-where-your-water-comes-from-2\">drinking water\u003c/a> for the Bay Area and across the state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to disasters like this, FEMA can \u003ca href=\"https://www.fema.gov/fact-sheet/understanding-individual-assistance-and-public-assistance#:~:text=Public%20Assistance%20can%20reimburse%20for,remaining%2025%20percent%20of%20costs\">reimburse\u003c/a> cities for public infrastructure damage. But as Isleton awaited FEMA’s relief, Walton said the city took out a bridge loan to assist with the repairs — and then struggled to make payments. \u003ca href=\"https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2009-feb-04-me-isleton4-story.html\">Added to a long history of financial mismanagement\u003c/a>\u003cu>,\u003c/u> the city this year had to lay off 12 of its 16 staff members to avoid bankruptcy.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Isleton’s challenges are not going away. With climate change, \u003ca href=\"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-15474-2#Sec7\">models predict\u003c/a> annual flood damages from atmospheric rivers in the western U.S. could increase from $1 billion up to $3 billion by the end of this century.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996625\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1996625 size-full\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-38-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pam Bulahan points to the San Joaquin River, at the site where a levee breach caused the 1972 flood, on W Brannan Island Road, in Isleton, on April 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Together, Walton, Kent and Bulahan form the board of Isleton’s \u003ca href=\"https://marineapps.naturalcapitalproject.org/california/docs/GeologicHazardAbatementDistricts.pdf\">Geologic Hazard Abatement District\u003c/a>, the entity tasked with purchasing the new community-wide insurance policy. With the help of the engineering firm \u003ca href=\"https://www.engeo.com/\">ENGEO\u003c/a>, the district plans to finalize the policy in May.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the district’s planning meeting in January, Walton clunked her water bottle on the table: “Call to order.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The group was joined by \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/news/11938647/it-was-like-a-river-flood-insurance-is-often-out-of-reach-for-bay-area-residents-who-need-it-most\">Kathy Schaefer\u003c/a>, an insurance advisor who left her longtime job as a FEMA engineer to pursue her civil and environmental engineering PhD from UC Davis. She took an interest in Isleton’s high flood risk. In her December dissertation, Schaefer outlined a program she argued offers more affordable and effective private insurance for Isleton than FEMA’s, and then successfully lobbied the state to fund that program.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I became convinced that FEMA was fundamentally broken,” Schaefer explained. “I went back to school to find out exactly what the problem was and how we could solve it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996617\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996617\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-9-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kathy Schaefer points to elevated homes, which meet FEMA requirements, in Isleton on April 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Schaefer considers FEMA too costly and slow, leading many people to avoid flood insurance altogether. FEMA not only provides flood disaster funds for public infrastructure but, unlike the separate and privatized home insurance market, also sells most individual flood insurance policies. Although FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program is widely available, it only covers around \u003ca href=\"https://www.ppic.org/blog/a-conversation-about-flood-risk-with-insurance-commissioner-ricardo-lara/\">2% of California\u003c/a> properties.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Because Isleton falls into its \u003ca href=\"https://msc.fema.gov/portal/home\">high-risk flood zone\u003c/a>, FEMA mandates that most homeowners with a mortgage buy flood insurance. But Schaefer found that less than a quarter of the some 500 Isleton households comply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Schaefer fought hard to bring dollars to Isleton, so the entire community could have insurance.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Last fall, the California Department of Water Resources dedicated $200,000 for Isleton’s $2.5 million insurance policy through insurer \u003ca href=\"https://floodflash.co/us/about-floodflash-commercial-flood-insurance/\">FloodFlash\u003c/a> and with underwriting from Munich Re.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since Schaefer wanted this policy to be fast and flexible, she chose an innovative insurance structure dubbed “\u003ca href=\"https://www.icrrl.org/wp-content/blogs.dir/102/files/2022/09/Parametric-Insurance-22.pdf\">parametric\u003c/a>.” Floodwaters trigger an immediate payout with this plan. By contrast, a more traditional “indemnity” insurance requires a lengthy claims adjustment process to determine payments based on damages.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In other words, if sensors on Isleton’s wastewater pump detect water rising above a certain level, the city automatically receives its $2.5 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The new geological district still has to decide how to distribute this money. One possibility is for $5,000 to go to each homeowner to cover temporary living expenses, cleaning and repairs. The district is also looking into options to include renters and for excess funds to go toward the city’s infrastructure. The dollars won’t necessarily make anyone whole, but will provide immediate aid.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>FEMA won’t be obsolete in Isleton, however. Schaefer anticipates that if homeowners know the first $5,000 — and maybe one day $10,000 — is covered, they could actually afford traditional flood insurance by raising their deductibles.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996623\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996623\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1445\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED-800x578.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED-1020x737.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED-160x116.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED-768x555.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED-1536x1110.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-28-KQED-1920x1387.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A photo of the 1970s Isleton flood is displayed at the Isleton Museum in Isleton on April 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>That would lower their total insurance costs to as low as $800 annually, Schaefer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Currently, residents pay an estimated $1,100 per year — a significant cost, given the median household income in Isleton is about $60,000. By contrast, the statewide median household income is $96,000.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At first, Schaefer hoped Isleton property owners would greenlight a parcel tax to fund the parametric policy in the long term, but a recent survey revealed a lack of support in the community. A contractor stopped after interviewing just three residents, since they all voiced similar, strong doubts — such as not wanting to prioritize flood insurance in the first place.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Longtime property owner \u003ca href=\"https://rafu.com/2020/05/jean-yokotobi-named-sacramento-county-woman-of-the-year/\">Jean Yokotobi\u003c/a> helped with the pilot early on but became disillusioned. She did not feel confident in Isleton’s ability to navigate an effective program, and she doubts her neighbors can afford it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I can say now [a tax] is not going to pass,” Yokotobi said. “This is a severely depressed, disadvantaged community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An alternative to a tax, Schaefer said, could be to obtain additional grant money.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_1996616\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 2000px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1996616\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1333\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED.jpg 2000w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED-768x512.jpg 768w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2025/04/20250409_DELTAINSURANCE_GC-1-KQED-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Downtown Isleton on April 9, 2025. \u003ccite>(Gina Castro/KQED)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>In California, \u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/science/1992401/homeowners-insurance-market-stretched-even-thinner-as-2-more-companies-leave-california\">many home insurers\u003c/a> have either left entirely, stopped offering new policies or raised premiums. While home and flood insurance are distinct, similar issues around affordability and the climate crisis beg for new solutions. A \u003ca href=\"https://www.montereyherald.com/2025/01/25/rethinking-flood-insurance-monterey-county-considering-new-approach/\">range\u003c/a> of parametric products for different disasters, including \u003ca href=\"https://www.businessinsurance.com/more-buyers-seek-parametric-wildfire-cover/\">wildfires\u003c/a>, are making inroads in \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.digitaldemocracy.org/hearings/258352?f=c4d97bfcfc43c58ab7d6fabc70dc76a8\">California\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/extreme-weatherinsuranceclimate-changestorms-064635f482e66a5e22dd030f3fa8b7cb\">globally\u003c/a>. In \u003ca href=\"https://blogs.edf.org/markets/2023/11/02/harnessing-community-insurance-lessons-from-nycs-innovative-post-flood-assistance-program/\">New York City\u003c/a>, the country’s first community parametric flood insurance program launched in 2023.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The California Department of Insurance helped spearhead the Isleton pilot. “We need to help our communities be more resilient to climate change,” Commissioner Ricardo Lara said in a \u003ca href=\"https://www.insurance.ca.gov/0400-news/0100-press-releases/release051-2024.cfm\">press release\u003c/a>. “We need to think creatively about how new insurance pilots like this Delta community project can be tested and scaled to help our most vulnerable communities.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The “transparency and cleanliness” of parametric policies also appeals to insurers, according to Alex Kaplan, an executive vice president with the \u003ca href=\"https://www.amwins.com/products/atmospheric-river-flood-insurance-program\">insurance broker Amwins.\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>",
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