A changing climate means drought and wildfire are always lurking. The time to prepare is now. We do that by passing Proposition 4 on the November ballot.
“And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way,” John Steinbeck wrote in “The Grapes of Wrath.”We’ve been blessed with two consecutive wet years. Our reservoirs are mostly full and the horrors of the 2017-2021 drought-fueled wildfire seasons are fading. Yet we can’t let this brief good fortune lull us into complacency.
Perhaps most concerning, the San Francisco Bay is expected to rise 13 inches by 2050, threatening 59 miles of highways, 48 miles of freight railway lines, 20 miles of passenger rail lines, 780 acres of seaports, and 30 wastewater treatment plants, among other critical infrastructure. A major storm event could inflict $10.4 billion in damages to our region’s economy under today’s sea levels.
How old is too old to hold federal office? In columnist's college classroom and across the country, Americans favor age limits for federal officials To prevent wildfires and toxic smoke, Proposition 4 provides $1.5 billion to create fire breaks near communities, improve forest health, support specialized firefighting equipment, and deploy early detection and response systems. To protect safe drinking water access, it provides $3.8 billion to prevent or treat groundwater contaminants, recharge aquifers, recycle wastewater, and restore watersheds. Proposition 4 also provides $1.
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