Published Work

Reports, Policy Briefs, Technical Appendices and Fact Sheets

2024

Policy Brief: Priorities for California’s Water: Are We Ready for Climate Change? (Public Policy Institute of California)

Report: Climate-Smart Tools to Protect California’s Freshwater Biodiversity (Public Policy Institute of California)

Fact Sheet: Floods in California (Public Policy Institute of California)

Fact Sheet: Sea Level Rise in California (Public Policy Institute of California)

2023

Policy Brief: Priorities for California’s Water: Stewarding the Wet Years (Public Policy Institute of California)

Policy Note: Managing Water Scarcity in an Age of Climate Change: The Euphrates-Tigris River Basin (The Wilson Center)

Fact Sheet: Water Use in California’s Environment (Public Policy Institute of California)

2022

Fact Sheet: Water and Energy in California (Public Policy Institute of California)

Policy Brief: Priorities for California’s Water: Thriving with Less (Public Policy Institute of California)

Policy Note: Food Inflation and Agriculture in Turkey (Turkish, IstanPol)

Report: Storing Water for the Environment (Public Policy Institute of California)

Policy Brief: Storing Water for the Environment

Technical Appendix C: Proposition 1 Water Storage Investment Program

2021

Report: İklim Krizine Karşı Yeşil Adil Dönüşüm: Türkiye İçin Politika Önerileri (Friedrich-Ebert Stiftung and İvme)

Policy Brief: Priorities for California’s Water: Responding to the Changing Climate (Public Policy Institute of California)

Policy Note: Green Just Transition Opportunities and Policy Suggestions for Turkey (Turkish, IstanPol)

Report: Improving California’s Water Market (Public Policy Institute of California)

Policy Brief: Improving California’s Water Market

Technical Appendix B: California’s Water Market, By the Numbers: Update 2021

Fact Sheet: California’s Water Market (update, Public Policy Institute of California)

Fact Sheet: Groundwater Recharge in California (update, Public Policy Institute of California)

Report: Advancing Ecosystem Restoration with Smarter Permitting (Public Policy Institute of California)

Policy Brief: Advancing Ecosystem Restoration with Smarter Permitting

Fact Sheet: Droughts in California (Public Policy Institute of California)

2020

Policy Brief: Priorities for California’s Water 2020 (Public Policy Institute of California)

Report: Water Partnerships between Cities and Farms in Southern California and the San Joaquin Valley (Public Policy Institute of California)

Technical Appendix A:  Water Supply and Demand Planning in Southern California

Technical Appendix B:  Costs of Alternative Water Supplies and Conservation in Southern California 

Technical Appendix C:  A Comparison of GHG Emissions from Water Use in the San Joaquin Valley and Southern California

2019

Report: A Path Forward for California’s Freshwater Ecosystems (research support, Public Policy Institute of California)

Technical Appendix B: Profiles of Freshwater Ecosystem Management in California

Policy Brief: Priorities for California’s Water 2019 (Public Policy Institute of California)

Fact Sheet: California’s Water Market (Public Policy Institute of California)

Fact Sheet: Groundwater Recharge in California (Public Policy Institute of California)

2018

Toward a Carbon Neutral California: Economic and climate benefits of land use interventions. (Next 10)

Securing Water Rights from Decommissioning Coal Plants for Instream Flows in the Western U.S. (University of California, Santa Barbara Bren School of Environmental Science and Management)

Policy Blogs

2024

California Continues to Prioritize Water and Climate Programs Despite Budget Cuts (PPIC Blog)

Extreme Heat Takes a Toll on Californians’ Health (PPIC Blog)

2023

Navigating the Hope (and Hype) around Solar Canals (PPIC Blog)

The Weird Weather of 2023: Better Get Used to It (PPIC Blog)

New State Budget Maintains Water and Natural Resources Funding in an Uncertain Economy (PPIC Blog)

Restoring Rivers, Restoring Community (PPIC Blog)

Sites Reservoir’s Novel Approach to Storing Water for the Environment (PPIC Blog)

2022

California’s Water and Energy Systems Are Inextricably Linked (PPIC Blog)

New State and Federal Measures Aim to Manage Extreme Heat Risks (PPIC Blog)

The Environmental Benefits of the Water Storage Investment Program (PPIC Blog)

Water Trading Can Help California’s Struggling Freshwater Ecosystems (PPIC Blog)

2021

Drought, Water Supply Are Top Environmental Concerns in California (PPIC Blog)

2020

Governor’s Budget Seeks to Build Water Resilience (PPIC Blog)

New Laws Address Safe Drinking Water, Groundwater Recharge, River Health (PPIC Blog)

2019

The Russian River: Managing at the Watershed Level (PPIC Blog)

Record-High Share of Californians Worried about Climate-Fueled Wildfires (PPIC Blog)

The LA River and the Trade-Offs of Water Recycling (PPIC Blog)

What Does the Colorado River Drought Plan Mean for California? (PPIC Blog)

Governor’s Budget Targets Safe Drinking Water, Wildfires, Healthy Soils (PPIC Blog)

2018

Local Measures Address Water, Fire in the Midterm Elections (PPIC Blog)