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Instead, it creates water budgets for cities and districts, which would meet them through rebates, new rate structures and other efforts to cut their customers’ use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislative Analyst’s Office, in a January report, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/01/california-new-water-conservation-rules-analyst-report/\">heavily criticized the original rules,\u003c/a> saying they would set “such stringent standards for outdoor use that suppliers will not have much ‘wiggle room’ in complying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warning that the costs may outweigh the benefits, the analysts recommended relaxing several of the requirements, such as the residential outdoor standard, and extending deadlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board’s new revisions delay the start date for enforcing compliance with the water budgets by two years, until 2027 \u003cstrong>— \u003c/strong>largely because the water board is behind schedule in adopting the regulation, its executive director, \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/about_us/board_members/leadership.html\">Eric Oppenheimer\u003c/a>, said. 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Gavin Newsom has called for \u003ca href=\"https://resources.ca.gov/-/media/CNRA-Website/Files/Initiatives/Water-Resilience/CA-Water-Supply-Strategy.pdf\">at least 500,000 acre-feet in annual conservation by 2030 (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the rules are finalized, each water supplier must meet individualized conservation goals, calculated from a complex formula based on standards for indoor and outdoor residential water use and certain commercial landscapes, as well as losses like leaks. Other variables, such as the presence of livestock in a region or the availability of recycled water, can factor into the calculation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water board said it would vote on the updated plan in July, following public comment, and it would take effect at the beginning of next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Statewide, 63 water suppliers, serving about 9% of the population where household incomes are below the state median, will be required to cut water use by more than 20%. Under the revisions, they could cut use by only 1% per year and still be deemed in compliance, provided they meet other requirements. Another 19 suppliers in wealthier regions facing cuts of 30% or more could cut use by only 2% per year and still comply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Eric Oppenheimer, director, State Water Resources Control Board\"]‘You still have to meet your objective, whatever that may be. But you get more time to get there — in some cases, substantially more time.’[/pullquote]“You still have to meet your objective, whatever that may be. But you get more time to get there — in some cases, substantially more time,” Oppenheimer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That would mean that if your ultimate compliance target was 30%, you’d have 30 years to get there,” compared to approximately 15 years under the old version, Oppenheimer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water suppliers welcomed the extended deadlines because they would have more time to coax customers with rebates and other programs to make lasting changes to irrigated landscapes without harming shade trees and disadvantaged communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The changes will allow “urban retail water suppliers to thoughtfully and cost-effectively implement programs,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.acwa.com/about/leadership-staff/\">Chelsea Haines\u003c/a> of the Association of California Water Agencies, which represents more than 450 public agencies. “I hope that we see this additional time not as a delay but as an opportunity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside label=\"Related Stories\" postID=\"news_11971872,news_11969648,news_11977573\"]The water board does not have an updated cost estimate for the revised rules to compare to the $13.5 billion estimate for the old version. The costs come largely because cities and agencies would offer rebates and rate cuts to those who conserve. The benefits were estimated to reach about $15.6 billion, largely because suppliers and customers will buy less water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists say the delays belie the urgency of preparing for the next inevitable drought and will force more drastic changes to landscapes when emergency conservation measures are needed once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that we aren’t taking steps as quickly as possible to invest in more climate resilient landscapes that will be able to survive those future droughts is unthinkable. Quite frankly, it’s reckless,” Quinn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://pacinst.org/meet-our-staff-heather-cooley/\">Heather Cooley\u003c/a>, director of research for the Pacific Institute, said conservation is cheaper than developing new supplies through desalination or recycling — a burden that customers would eventually bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By weakening the standard, we’re making water more expensive,” Cooley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Heather Cooley, director of research, Pacific Institute\"]‘By weakening the standard, we’re making water more expensive.’[/pullquote]Under a previous version of the rules, about 18% of suppliers — serving about a quarter of the state’s population — wouldn’t have to reduce their customers’ use to meet the 2035 standards, according to the board’s estimates last September. Now, under the new version, 37% of suppliers — serving 42% of the state’s population — wouldn’t have to change their water use by 2035. And by 2040, 31% could still maintain their status quo, according to water board data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked if they were concerned about the reduced savings under the latest version, Oppenheimer said flexibility and feasibility are important.\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think 500,000 acre-feet of saved project savings is a substantial amount,” he said. “More is always better, but that needs to be balanced against providing enough flexibility to the water suppliers and the feasibility of meeting those standards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The revised proposal grants water providers an extra five years to reduce outdoor irrigation. Cities and water agencies that have lobbied for the extension are relieved, while critics say Californians will keep wasting water.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1710441920,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":28,"wordCount":1247},"headData":{"title":"California Weakens Plan for Mandatory Cutbacks in Urban Water Use | KQED","description":"The revised proposal grants water providers an extra five years to reduce outdoor irrigation. Cities and water agencies that have lobbied for the extension are relieved, while critics say Californians will keep wasting water.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"\u003ca>Rachel Becker\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11979392/california-weakens-plan-for-mandatory-cutbacks-in-urban-water-use","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Facing criticism over their ambitious plan to curb urban water use, California’s regulators on Tuesday weakened the proposed rules — giving water providers more\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>years and flexibility to comply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Cities and urban water districts welcome the changes to the state’s draft conservation rules, which they said would have been too costly for ratepayers, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/01/california-new-water-conservation-rules-analyst-report/\">estimated at $13.5 billion\u003c/a>, and too difficult to achieve.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, environmentalists are dismayed by the revisions, which they said won’t save enough water for weather shortages as climate change squeezes supplies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘It’s really looking like this is a ‘do nothing’ regulation. The updated standards are weak, and the regulation includes semi-truck sized loopholes that make it too easy for water suppliers to shirk their obligation to use water more efficiently.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Tracy Quinn, CEO and president, Heal the Bay","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“It’s really looking like this is a ‘do nothing’ regulation,” said \u003ca href=\"https://healthebay.org/staff/tracy-quinn/\">Tracy Quinn\u003c/a>, CEO and president of Heal the Bay, a Los Angeles County environmental group. “The updated standards are weak, and the regulation includes semi-truck sized loopholes that make it too easy for water suppliers to shirk their obligation to use water more efficiently.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Mandated by a package of laws enacted in 2018, the rules from the State Water Resources Control Board aim to make “\u003ca href=\"https://water.ca.gov/-/media/DWR-Website/Web-Pages/Programs/Water-Use-And-Efficiency/Make-Water-Conservation-A-California-Way-of-Life/Files/PDFs/Final-WCL-Primer.pdf?la=en&hash=B442FD7A34349FA91DA5CDEFC47134EA38ABF209\">water conservation a California way of life (PDF)\u003c/a>” by mandating cuts in water use among more than 400 cities and water agencies that supply the vast majority of Californians.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The regulation won’t set mandatory conservation targets for individuals. Instead, it creates water budgets for cities and districts, which would meet them through rebates, new rate structures and other efforts to cut their customers’ use.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Legislative Analyst’s Office, in a January report, \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/01/california-new-water-conservation-rules-analyst-report/\">heavily criticized the original rules,\u003c/a> saying they would set “such stringent standards for outdoor use that suppliers will not have much ‘wiggle room’ in complying.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Warning that the costs may outweigh the benefits, the analysts recommended relaxing several of the requirements, such as the residential outdoor standard, and extending deadlines.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The board’s new revisions delay the start date for enforcing compliance with the water budgets by two years, until 2027 \u003cstrong>— \u003c/strong>largely because the water board is behind schedule in adopting the regulation, its executive director, \u003ca href=\"https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/about_us/board_members/leadership.html\">Eric Oppenheimer\u003c/a>, said. Water suppliers are also granted an extra five years, until 2035, to meet targets ramping down outdoor water use and are given until 2040 for reductions originally planned for 2035.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The latest version would conserve about 520,000 acre-feet of water a year starting in 2040, according to the water board’s estimates. That’s 170,000 acre-feet less than the previous version,\u003cem> \u003c/em>enough to serve more than half a million households for a year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called for \u003ca href=\"https://resources.ca.gov/-/media/CNRA-Website/Files/Initiatives/Water-Resilience/CA-Water-Supply-Strategy.pdf\">at least 500,000 acre-feet in annual conservation by 2030 (PDF)\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When the rules are finalized, each water supplier must meet individualized conservation goals, calculated from a complex formula based on standards for indoor and outdoor residential water use and certain commercial landscapes, as well as losses like leaks. Other variables, such as the presence of livestock in a region or the availability of recycled water, can factor into the calculation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The water board said it would vote on the updated plan in July, following public comment, and it would take effect at the beginning of next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Statewide, 63 water suppliers, serving about 9% of the population where household incomes are below the state median, will be required to cut water use by more than 20%. Under the revisions, they could cut use by only 1% per year and still be deemed in compliance, provided they meet other requirements. Another 19 suppliers in wealthier regions facing cuts of 30% or more could cut use by only 2% per year and still comply.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘You still have to meet your objective, whatever that may be. But you get more time to get there — in some cases, substantially more time.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Eric Oppenheimer, director, State Water Resources Control Board","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“You still have to meet your objective, whatever that may be. But you get more time to get there — in some cases, substantially more time,” Oppenheimer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That would mean that if your ultimate compliance target was 30%, you’d have 30 years to get there,” compared to approximately 15 years under the old version, Oppenheimer said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Water suppliers welcomed the extended deadlines because they would have more time to coax customers with rebates and other programs to make lasting changes to irrigated landscapes without harming shade trees and disadvantaged communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The changes will allow “urban retail water suppliers to thoughtfully and cost-effectively implement programs,” said \u003ca href=\"https://www.acwa.com/about/leadership-staff/\">Chelsea Haines\u003c/a> of the Association of California Water Agencies, which represents more than 450 public agencies. “I hope that we see this additional time not as a delay but as an opportunity.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"Related Stories ","postid":"news_11971872,news_11969648,news_11977573"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>The water board does not have an updated cost estimate for the revised rules to compare to the $13.5 billion estimate for the old version. The costs come largely because cities and agencies would offer rebates and rate cuts to those who conserve. The benefits were estimated to reach about $15.6 billion, largely because suppliers and customers will buy less water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmentalists say the delays belie the urgency of preparing for the next inevitable drought and will force more drastic changes to landscapes when emergency conservation measures are needed once again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact that we aren’t taking steps as quickly as possible to invest in more climate resilient landscapes that will be able to survive those future droughts is unthinkable. Quite frankly, it’s reckless,” Quinn said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://pacinst.org/meet-our-staff-heather-cooley/\">Heather Cooley\u003c/a>, director of research for the Pacific Institute, said conservation is cheaper than developing new supplies through desalination or recycling — a burden that customers would eventually bear.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“By weakening the standard, we’re making water more expensive,” Cooley said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘By weakening the standard, we’re making water more expensive.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Heather Cooley, director of research, Pacific Institute","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Under a previous version of the rules, about 18% of suppliers — serving about a quarter of the state’s population — wouldn’t have to reduce their customers’ use to meet the 2035 standards, according to the board’s estimates last September. Now, under the new version, 37% of suppliers — serving 42% of the state’s population — wouldn’t have to change their water use by 2035. And by 2040, 31% could still maintain their status quo, according to water board data.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Asked if they were concerned about the reduced savings under the latest version, Oppenheimer said flexibility and feasibility are important.\u003cem> \u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We think 500,000 acre-feet of saved project savings is a substantial amount,” he said. “More is always better, but that needs to be balanced against providing enough flexibility to the water suppliers and the feasibility of meeting those standards.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11979392/california-weakens-plan-for-mandatory-cutbacks-in-urban-water-use","authors":["byline_news_11979392"],"categories":["news_31795","news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_20023","news_17996","news_3187","news_483"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11979393","label":"news_18481"},"news_11979008":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11979008","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11979008","score":null,"sort":[1710253846000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"simply-catastrophic-california-salmon-season-to-be-restricted-or-shut-down-again","title":"'Simply Catastrophic': California Salmon Season to Be Restricted or Shut Down — Again","publishDate":1710253846,"format":"standard","headTitle":"‘Simply Catastrophic’: California Salmon Season to Be Restricted or Shut Down — Again | KQED","labelTerm":{"term":18481,"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>California’s fishing industry is bracing for another bad year as federal managers announced Monday plans to heavily restrict or prohibit salmon fishing again after \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/03/california-salmon-fishery-shut-down/\">canceling the entire season last year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pacific Fishery Management Council on Monday released \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-9-a-supplemental-stt-report-1-salmon-technical-team-report-collation-of-preliminary-salmon-management-alternatives-for-2024-ocean-fisheries.pdf/\">a series of options\u003c/a> that are under consideration, all of which either ban commercial and recreational salmon fishing in the ocean off California or shorten the season and set strict catch limits. The council’s decision is expected next month; the commercial season \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/05/16/2022-10430/fisheries-off-west-coast-states-west-coast-salmon-fisheries-2022-specifications-and-management\">typically begins in May and ends in October\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While more Chinook salmon returned from the ocean to spawn last year than in 2022, fishery managers said the population is expected to be so small that they must be protected this year to avoid overfishing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fall-run Chinook salmon are a mainstay of commercial and recreational fishing and tribal food supplies. But their populations are \u003ca href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233103975_Historical_Abundance_and_Decline_of_Chinook_Salmon_in_the_Central_Valley_Region_of_California\">now a fraction of what they once were\u003c/a> — dams have blocked vital habitat, while droughts and water diversions have driven down flows and increased temperatures, killing large numbers of salmon eggs and young fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan is a devastating blow for an industry still reeling from last year’s closure. State officials estimate that last year’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/California-Salmon-Disaster-Request-Letter-04.06.23.pdf?emrc=872969\">closure\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/federal-assistance-for-california-salmon-fisheries-available-in-31-counties/\">cost about $45 million\u003c/a> — which the fishing industry says vastly underestimates the actual toll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no way to sugarcoat it, as it’s simply catastrophic,” said Scott Artis, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://goldenstatesalmon.org/mission-2/\">Golden State Salmon Association\u003c/a>, which represents the commercial and recreational fishing industry, other businesses, restaurants and environmentalists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fishing industry and many thousands of salmon families and businesses eagerly waiting to get back to work are potentially facing another year in the harbor instead of putting food on the table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The options are likely to evolve as the Pacific Fishery Management Council continues to analyze them over the next month. Two call for significantly shortened seasons and harvest limits for both commercial and sport fishing off California this year. The third would cancel the season for the second year in a row.[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Scott Artis, executive director, Golden State Salmon Association\"]‘The fishing industry and many thousands of salmon families and businesses eagerly waiting to get back to work are potentially facing another year in the harbor instead of putting food on the table.’[/pullquote]“In response to poor river and ocean conditions, California stocks are forecast to have 2024 abundance levels that are well below average,” \u003ca href=\"https://fisheries.legislature.ca.gov/sites/fisheries.legislature.ca.gov/files/u8/9%20Marci%20Yaremko%20Biography.pdf\">Marci Yaremko\u003c/a>, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s appointee to the Pacific council, said Monday. “The options that have been developed that do authorize some fishing are very precautionary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvest limits and other restrictions on the number of fish caught per trip are new concepts for managing ocean salmon fisheries, Yaremko said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even the best option that they give us there is crumbs compared to a regular salmon season,” said Jared Davis, captain of the Salty Lady, a charter fishing boat.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, of all the options, he said, he’d prefer complete closure. The shortened seasons don’t offer enough days to sustain his business, and the potential repercussions aren’t worth it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think fishing on low abundance, such as we have this year, is reckless and irresponsible,” he said. “It’s really playing with fire for us to take any fish out of there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/04/close-california-salmon-season-fisherman/\">Sarah Bates\u003c/a>, who owns a commercial fishing boat berthed at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, called the decision “tragic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking at numbers of fish that don’t even make it worthwhile to untie the boat,” she said. “It’s not enough fish to pay for the maintenance and preparation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979039\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-16-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-16-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-16-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-16-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-16-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-16-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jared Davis stands aboard his charter fishing boat, the Salty Lady, in Richmond on March 8, 2023. The end of the salmon season has left him struggling to make a living. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A financial nightmare — some may never fish again\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>RJ Waldron, 48, put his sports fishing boat, the Sundance, up for sale in January\u003cem>.\u003c/em> When the salmon season closed last year, an estimated 85% of his business dried up. Few clients took him up on his offer to switch to halibut, striped bass or rockfish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Buying the boat eight years ago to run a charter fishing business out of the East Bay had been a dream come true for Waldron, a long-time fishing and hunting guide. [pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"RJ Waldron\"]‘Basically, this last year, I’ve just been blowing through my cash, blowing through the savings, just trying to stay afloat. I put everything I had into this fishing business, into the salmon. And it’s totally out of my control. I can’t resurrect it.’[/pullquote]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, this last year, I’ve just been blowing through my cash, blowing through the savings, just trying to stay afloat,” Waldron said. “I put everything I had into this fishing business, into the salmon. And it’s totally out of my control. I can’t resurrect it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s commercial fleet and recreational anglers still await federal disaster aid for last year’s losses. The federal government allocated only \u003ca href=\"https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/us-department-of-commerce-allocates-over-206m-in-fishery-disaster-funding\">$20.6 million in disaster funding\u003c/a>, and a year later, none of the salmon fishers CalMatters interviewed received a check.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waldron called the lack of disaster aid a “big slap in the face.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davis said he tried to weather the storm by arranging trips for halibut, striped bass, rockfish and lingcod. Still, he estimates that his business was down 80% from a normal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seeing the season restricted this year “breaks my heart,” he said. “It’s what I love, and it’s a passion. It’s something I’ve been doing my whole life, and I know that there’s a lot of others in the industry that it’s the same for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979038\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-13-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-13-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-13-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-13-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-13-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-13-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fishing boats at a dry dock in Richmond on March 8, 2023. Many recreational and commercial salmon fishing ventures have shut down. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Salmon fishers fear the closure will drive yet more boats permanently from the fleet — already down to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/02/review-of-2023-ocean-salmon-fisheries.pdf/\">464 vessels\u003c/a> in 2022 from \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/02/review-of-2023-ocean-salmon-fisheries.pdf/#page=356\">nearly 5,000 in the early ‘80s\u003c/a>. Recreational salmon fishing trips plummeted from nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/02/review-of-2023-ocean-salmon-fisheries.pdf/\">99,000 in 2022 to zero\u003c/a> last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bates estimates that about half of the fleet took shore jobs. And some, she said, probably won’t return.[aside postID=\"news_11974963,news_11954645,news_11974205\" label=\"Related Coverage\"]“Some people, I’m sure, will not go fishing again,” she said. “They got a job that will hold them through and their momentum will shift, and I’m sure we’re going to lose members of our fleet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make ends meet last year, Bates picked up bookkeeping work. But she doesn’t know yet what she’ll do this year. Bates’ boat is called the Bounty, a cruel irony now. Still, she said the boat has seen bad seasons before — and it’s bad luck to change a boat’s name, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tommy “TF” Graham also will keep working on land. A commercial fisherman based in Bodega Bay, he got a Class A driver’s license so he could drive a truck and stay afloat through the closures. Now, when he’s not crab fishing, Graham wakes up at 3 a.m. to drive frozen and farmed salmon and other fish from around the world into San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A guy has got to get up and put his boots on and go to work every day,” Graham said. Still, he said, “I used to be a provider; now I’m a consumer. It feels like shit, to tell you the truth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Drought and water diversions kill salmon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Monday’s decision follows \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-5-b-supplemental-nmfs-report-1-nmfs-guidance-letter.pdf/\">the release of population numbers\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/s3/2024-02/D2-FisheryStructurepresentation-for-WG-01302024.pdf\">Sacramento River fall-run Chinook\u003c/a>, which make up the greatest proportion of California and Oregon ocean salmon fisheries. Their numbers are down from an average of more than 200,000 fish that returned to spawn in the mid-2000s. And those numbers are a fraction \u003ca href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233103975_Historical_Abundance_and_Decline_of_Chinook_Salmon_in_the_Central_Valley_Region_of_California\">of the historical counts\u003c/a> of between one and two million fall and spring-run salmon returning to the Central Valley every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/91bCe/4/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" data-external=\"1\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, fewer than \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-5-b-supplemental-nmfs-report-1-nmfs-guidance-letter.pdf/\">134,000 returned to\u003c/a> the Sacramento River. That’s more than double the fish that returned in 2022, which was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/03/california-salmon-fishery-shut-down/\">the third-lowest count on record\u003c/a>. But it barely cleared the federal government’s minimum conservation target of 122,000 fish and fell 19% short of the number that had been projected to return — despite the cancellation of all salmon fishing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, scientists estimate that 213,606 Sacramento River fall-run salmon are swimming off the coast. It’s more than last year — more even than the upper limit of the fishery’s conservation target. However, it is still the second lowest projection in a decade, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-5-b-supplemental-nmfs-report-1-nmfs-guidance-letter.pdf/\">according to a guidance letter from the National Marine Fisheries Service\u003c/a>. “Caution is warranted to reduce the chances that the stock becomes overfished again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-5-b-supplemental-nmfs-report-1-nmfs-guidance-letter.pdf/\">attributed the struggling populations in part to low flows and high temperatures\u003c/a> on the Sacramento River during California’s drought in 2021, when the fish \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-5-b-supplemental-nmfs-report-1-nmfs-guidance-letter.pdf/\">returning this year\u003c/a> were spawned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the salmon industry also points to state and federal management of the Sacramento River and operations of the vast Central Valley Project, which funnels water south from Northern California’s rivers to irrigate \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=506\">a third of the state’s agricultural land and supply a million households\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, almost all of the endangered winter-run Chinook eggs in the Sacramento River were wiped out — \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/climate/river-temperatures-and-survival-endangered-california-winter-run-chinook-salmon\">cooked in dangerously hot water\u003c/a>. The Pacific Fishery Management Council told state and federal water managers in 2022 that \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2022/09/september-2022-letter-to-nmfs-bor-and-ca-state-water-resources-control-board.pdf/\">the conditions\u003c/a> also could harm eggs of spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon. Expressing their “grave concerns,” they said “a major factor” was the “high river temperatures that were under (the U.S. Bureau of) Reclamation’s control.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/aemJd/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" data-external=\"1\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/01/california-salmon-newsom-plan/\">Newsom administration has come under fire\u003c/a> from conservationists and the fishing industry for actions that could jeopardize salmon. These include \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/02/water-board-waives-environmental-rules-delta-water/\">waiving water quality requirements in the Delta\u003c/a> and backing a controversial pact with \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/09/california-delta-bay-plan/\">major water suppliers related to diversions from the Bay-Delta watershed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really hard for me to swallow that we export all this water and have little to no regulation on the farming,” Waldron said. “We’re taking away from a resource to give to another resource. And I don’t understand how we can let that happen, especially (since) the salmon are a natural resource.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Newsom administration \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/01/california-salmon-newsom-plan/\">unveiled a plan\u003c/a> in January aimed at protecting and restoring salmon “amidst hotter and drier weather exacerbated by climate change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Perpetual situation’ for the Yurok Tribe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Yurok Tribe in far Northern California is expecting restrictions this year as well, based on the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Klamath Tribal allocation of \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-9-a-supplemental-stt-report-1-salmon-technical-team-report-collation-of-preliminary-salmon-management-alternatives-for-2024-ocean-fisheries.pdf/#page=5\">roughly 6,300 to 6,600 fish\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A commercial fishery is completely out of the question,” Barry McCovey Jr., who directs the \u003ca href=\"https://www.yuroktribe.org/fisheries\">fisheries program\u003c/a> for the Yurok, the largest tribe in California with a reservation spanning \u003ca href=\"https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/dam-migration/yurok_klamath_doi_2011.pdf\">a 45-mile stretch of the lower Klamath River\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’re looking at now — that’s not enough for one fish for every tribal member. It’s less than that. And a typical family could maybe use 30 or 40, or maybe even 50 fish a year.”[pullquote size='medium' align='right' citation=\"Barry McCovey Jr., biologist, Yurok Tribe fisheries program \"]‘We’re salmon people. That’s who we are. To have that opportunity not be there was very, very devastating on so many levels. It’s not just about food. It’s about culture.’[/pullquote]Collapsing salmon populations on the Klamath have forced the Yurok Tribe to cancel its commercial fishery every year since 2015 but one. Last year, the tribe also closed down subsistence fishing and served no Klamath River salmon at its annual salmon festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re salmon people. That’s who we are,” McCovey said. “To have that opportunity not be there was very, very devastating on so many levels. It’s not just about food. It’s about culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has been going on for a long time,” he added. “It’s starting to be a perpetual situation that we’re in here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said salmon are on life support, although more returned last year than since 2018, which McCovey said might be due to the canceled fisheries. He hopes that the salmon will eventually recover with the demolition of hydroelectric dams and the tribe’s restoration efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Eventually, this is going to end. We’re going to come out of this. We’re too hard-headed to give up,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Chinook counts are less dire than last year, but fishery managers are still opting to heavily reduce or ban commercial and recreational fishing this year because 'caution is warranted.' The salmon industry is devastated.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1710285627,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":true,"iframeSrcs":["https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/91bCe/4/","https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/aemJd/2/"],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":46,"wordCount":2299},"headData":{"title":"'Simply Catastrophic': California Salmon Season to Be Restricted or Shut Down — Again | KQED","description":"Chinook counts are less dire than last year, but fishery managers are still opting to heavily reduce or ban commercial and recreational fishing this year because 'caution is warranted.' The salmon industry is devastated.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/rachel-becker/\">Rachel Becker\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11979008/simply-catastrophic-california-salmon-season-to-be-restricted-or-shut-down-again","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>California’s fishing industry is bracing for another bad year as federal managers announced Monday plans to heavily restrict or prohibit salmon fishing again after \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/03/california-salmon-fishery-shut-down/\">canceling the entire season last year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Pacific Fishery Management Council on Monday released \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-9-a-supplemental-stt-report-1-salmon-technical-team-report-collation-of-preliminary-salmon-management-alternatives-for-2024-ocean-fisheries.pdf/\">a series of options\u003c/a> that are under consideration, all of which either ban commercial and recreational salmon fishing in the ocean off California or shorten the season and set strict catch limits. The council’s decision is expected next month; the commercial season \u003ca href=\"https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2022/05/16/2022-10430/fisheries-off-west-coast-states-west-coast-salmon-fisheries-2022-specifications-and-management\">typically begins in May and ends in October\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While more Chinook salmon returned from the ocean to spawn last year than in 2022, fishery managers said the population is expected to be so small that they must be protected this year to avoid overfishing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Fall-run Chinook salmon are a mainstay of commercial and recreational fishing and tribal food supplies. But their populations are \u003ca href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233103975_Historical_Abundance_and_Decline_of_Chinook_Salmon_in_the_Central_Valley_Region_of_California\">now a fraction of what they once were\u003c/a> — dams have blocked vital habitat, while droughts and water diversions have driven down flows and increased temperatures, killing large numbers of salmon eggs and young fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The plan is a devastating blow for an industry still reeling from last year’s closure. State officials estimate that last year’s \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/California-Salmon-Disaster-Request-Letter-04.06.23.pdf?emrc=872969\">closure\u003c/a> \u003ca href=\"https://news.caloes.ca.gov/federal-assistance-for-california-salmon-fisheries-available-in-31-counties/\">cost about $45 million\u003c/a> — which the fishing industry says vastly underestimates the actual toll.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There’s no way to sugarcoat it, as it’s simply catastrophic,” said Scott Artis, executive director of the \u003ca href=\"https://goldenstatesalmon.org/mission-2/\">Golden State Salmon Association\u003c/a>, which represents the commercial and recreational fishing industry, other businesses, restaurants and environmentalists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fishing industry and many thousands of salmon families and businesses eagerly waiting to get back to work are potentially facing another year in the harbor instead of putting food on the table.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The options are likely to evolve as the Pacific Fishery Management Council continues to analyze them over the next month. Two call for significantly shortened seasons and harvest limits for both commercial and sport fishing off California this year. The third would cancel the season for the second year in a row.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘The fishing industry and many thousands of salmon families and businesses eagerly waiting to get back to work are potentially facing another year in the harbor instead of putting food on the table.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Scott Artis, executive director, Golden State Salmon Association","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“In response to poor river and ocean conditions, California stocks are forecast to have 2024 abundance levels that are well below average,” \u003ca href=\"https://fisheries.legislature.ca.gov/sites/fisheries.legislature.ca.gov/files/u8/9%20Marci%20Yaremko%20Biography.pdf\">Marci Yaremko\u003c/a>, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife’s appointee to the Pacific council, said Monday. “The options that have been developed that do authorize some fishing are very precautionary.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Harvest limits and other restrictions on the number of fish caught per trip are new concepts for managing ocean salmon fisheries, Yaremko said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Even the best option that they give us there is crumbs compared to a regular salmon season,” said Jared Davis, captain of the Salty Lady, a charter fishing boat.\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Still, of all the options, he said, he’d prefer complete closure. The shortened seasons don’t offer enough days to sustain his business, and the potential repercussions aren’t worth it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I think fishing on low abundance, such as we have this year, is reckless and irresponsible,” he said. “It’s really playing with fire for us to take any fish out of there.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/commentary/2023/04/close-california-salmon-season-fisherman/\">Sarah Bates\u003c/a>, who owns a commercial fishing boat berthed at Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, called the decision “tragic.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re looking at numbers of fish that don’t even make it worthwhile to untie the boat,” she said. “It’s not enough fish to pay for the maintenance and preparation.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979039\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979039\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-16-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-16-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-16-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-16-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-16-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-16-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jared Davis stands aboard his charter fishing boat, the Salty Lady, in Richmond on March 8, 2023. The end of the salmon season has left him struggling to make a living. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003ch2>A financial nightmare — some may never fish again\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>RJ Waldron, 48, put his sports fishing boat, the Sundance, up for sale in January\u003cem>.\u003c/em> When the salmon season closed last year, an estimated 85% of his business dried up. Few clients took him up on his offer to switch to halibut, striped bass or rockfish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Buying the boat eight years ago to run a charter fishing business out of the East Bay had been a dream come true for Waldron, a long-time fishing and hunting guide. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘Basically, this last year, I’ve just been blowing through my cash, blowing through the savings, just trying to stay afloat. I put everything I had into this fishing business, into the salmon. And it’s totally out of my control. I can’t resurrect it.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"RJ Waldron","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Basically, this last year, I’ve just been blowing through my cash, blowing through the savings, just trying to stay afloat,” Waldron said. “I put everything I had into this fishing business, into the salmon. And it’s totally out of my control. I can’t resurrect it.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California’s commercial fleet and recreational anglers still await federal disaster aid for last year’s losses. The federal government allocated only \u003ca href=\"https://www.noaa.gov/news-release/us-department-of-commerce-allocates-over-206m-in-fishery-disaster-funding\">$20.6 million in disaster funding\u003c/a>, and a year later, none of the salmon fishers CalMatters interviewed received a check.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Waldron called the lack of disaster aid a “big slap in the face.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Davis said he tried to weather the storm by arranging trips for halibut, striped bass, rockfish and lingcod. Still, he estimates that his business was down 80% from a normal year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Seeing the season restricted this year “breaks my heart,” he said. “It’s what I love, and it’s a passion. It’s something I’ve been doing my whole life, and I know that there’s a lot of others in the industry that it’s the same for.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11979038\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 1568px\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11979038\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-13-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1568\" height=\"1045\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-13-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter.jpg 1568w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-13-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-13-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-13-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2024/03/030823-JARED-DAVIS-MHN-CM-13-ezgif.com-webp-to-jpg-converter-1536x1024.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1568px) 100vw, 1568px\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fishing boats at a dry dock in Richmond on March 8, 2023. Many recreational and commercial salmon fishing ventures have shut down. \u003ccite>(Martin do Nascimento/CalMatters)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Salmon fishers fear the closure will drive yet more boats permanently from the fleet — already down to \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/02/review-of-2023-ocean-salmon-fisheries.pdf/\">464 vessels\u003c/a> in 2022 from \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/02/review-of-2023-ocean-salmon-fisheries.pdf/#page=356\">nearly 5,000 in the early ‘80s\u003c/a>. Recreational salmon fishing trips plummeted from nearly \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/02/review-of-2023-ocean-salmon-fisheries.pdf/\">99,000 in 2022 to zero\u003c/a> last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bates estimates that about half of the fleet took shore jobs. And some, she said, probably won’t return.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11974963,news_11954645,news_11974205","label":"Related Coverage "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Some people, I’m sure, will not go fishing again,” she said. “They got a job that will hold them through and their momentum will shift, and I’m sure we’re going to lose members of our fleet.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>To make ends meet last year, Bates picked up bookkeeping work. But she doesn’t know yet what she’ll do this year. Bates’ boat is called the Bounty, a cruel irony now. Still, she said the boat has seen bad seasons before — and it’s bad luck to change a boat’s name, she said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tommy “TF” Graham also will keep working on land. A commercial fisherman based in Bodega Bay, he got a Class A driver’s license so he could drive a truck and stay afloat through the closures. Now, when he’s not crab fishing, Graham wakes up at 3 a.m. to drive frozen and farmed salmon and other fish from around the world into San Francisco.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A guy has got to get up and put his boots on and go to work every day,” Graham said. Still, he said, “I used to be a provider; now I’m a consumer. It feels like shit, to tell you the truth.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>Drought and water diversions kill salmon\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>Monday’s decision follows \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-5-b-supplemental-nmfs-report-1-nmfs-guidance-letter.pdf/\">the release of population numbers\u003c/a> for \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/s3/2024-02/D2-FisheryStructurepresentation-for-WG-01302024.pdf\">Sacramento River fall-run Chinook\u003c/a>, which make up the greatest proportion of California and Oregon ocean salmon fisheries. Their numbers are down from an average of more than 200,000 fish that returned to spawn in the mid-2000s. And those numbers are a fraction \u003ca href=\"https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233103975_Historical_Abundance_and_Decline_of_Chinook_Salmon_in_the_Central_Valley_Region_of_California\">of the historical counts\u003c/a> of between one and two million fall and spring-run salmon returning to the Central Valley every year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/91bCe/4/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" data-external=\"1\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, fewer than \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-5-b-supplemental-nmfs-report-1-nmfs-guidance-letter.pdf/\">134,000 returned to\u003c/a> the Sacramento River. That’s more than double the fish that returned in 2022, which was \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/03/california-salmon-fishery-shut-down/\">the third-lowest count on record\u003c/a>. But it barely cleared the federal government’s minimum conservation target of 122,000 fish and fell 19% short of the number that had been projected to return — despite the cancellation of all salmon fishing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, scientists estimate that 213,606 Sacramento River fall-run salmon are swimming off the coast. It’s more than last year — more even than the upper limit of the fishery’s conservation target. However, it is still the second lowest projection in a decade, \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-5-b-supplemental-nmfs-report-1-nmfs-guidance-letter.pdf/\">according to a guidance letter from the National Marine Fisheries Service\u003c/a>. “Caution is warranted to reduce the chances that the stock becomes overfished again.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Federal officials \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-5-b-supplemental-nmfs-report-1-nmfs-guidance-letter.pdf/\">attributed the struggling populations in part to low flows and high temperatures\u003c/a> on the Sacramento River during California’s drought in 2021, when the fish \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-5-b-supplemental-nmfs-report-1-nmfs-guidance-letter.pdf/\">returning this year\u003c/a> were spawned.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, the salmon industry also points to state and federal management of the Sacramento River and operations of the vast Central Valley Project, which funnels water south from Northern California’s rivers to irrigate \u003ca href=\"https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=506\">a third of the state’s agricultural land and supply a million households\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, almost all of the endangered winter-run Chinook eggs in the Sacramento River were wiped out — \u003ca href=\"https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/west-coast/climate/river-temperatures-and-survival-endangered-california-winter-run-chinook-salmon\">cooked in dangerously hot water\u003c/a>. The Pacific Fishery Management Council told state and federal water managers in 2022 that \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2022/09/september-2022-letter-to-nmfs-bor-and-ca-state-water-resources-control-board.pdf/\">the conditions\u003c/a> also could harm eggs of spring-run and fall-run Chinook salmon. Expressing their “grave concerns,” they said “a major factor” was the “high river temperatures that were under (the U.S. Bureau of) Reclamation’s control.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/aemJd/2/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border: none;\" width=\"1000\" height=\"650\" data-external=\"1\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/01/california-salmon-newsom-plan/\">Newsom administration has come under fire\u003c/a> from conservationists and the fishing industry for actions that could jeopardize salmon. These include \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/02/water-board-waives-environmental-rules-delta-water/\">waiving water quality requirements in the Delta\u003c/a> and backing a controversial pact with \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/water/2023/09/california-delta-bay-plan/\">major water suppliers related to diversions from the Bay-Delta watershed\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s really hard for me to swallow that we export all this water and have little to no regulation on the farming,” Waldron said. “We’re taking away from a resource to give to another resource. And I don’t understand how we can let that happen, especially (since) the salmon are a natural resource.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Newsom administration \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2024/01/california-salmon-newsom-plan/\">unveiled a plan\u003c/a> in January aimed at protecting and restoring salmon “amidst hotter and drier weather exacerbated by climate change.”\u003c/p>\n\u003ch2>‘Perpetual situation’ for the Yurok Tribe\u003c/h2>\n\u003cp>The Yurok Tribe in far Northern California is expecting restrictions this year as well, based on the Pacific Fishery Management Council’s Klamath Tribal allocation of \u003ca href=\"https://www.pcouncil.org/documents/2024/03/agenda-item-c-9-a-supplemental-stt-report-1-salmon-technical-team-report-collation-of-preliminary-salmon-management-alternatives-for-2024-ocean-fisheries.pdf/#page=5\">roughly 6,300 to 6,600 fish\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A commercial fishery is completely out of the question,” Barry McCovey Jr., who directs the \u003ca href=\"https://www.yuroktribe.org/fisheries\">fisheries program\u003c/a> for the Yurok, the largest tribe in California with a reservation spanning \u003ca href=\"https://media.fisheries.noaa.gov/dam-migration/yurok_klamath_doi_2011.pdf\">a 45-mile stretch of the lower Klamath River\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What we’re looking at now — that’s not enough for one fish for every tribal member. It’s less than that. And a typical family could maybe use 30 or 40, or maybe even 50 fish a year.”\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘We’re salmon people. That’s who we are. To have that opportunity not be there was very, very devastating on so many levels. It’s not just about food. It’s about culture.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Barry McCovey Jr., biologist, Yurok Tribe fisheries program ","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Collapsing salmon populations on the Klamath have forced the Yurok Tribe to cancel its commercial fishery every year since 2015 but one. Last year, the tribe also closed down subsistence fishing and served no Klamath River salmon at its annual salmon festival.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We’re salmon people. That’s who we are,” McCovey said. “To have that opportunity not be there was very, very devastating on so many levels. It’s not just about food. It’s about culture.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This has been going on for a long time,” he added. “It’s starting to be a perpetual situation that we’re in here.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He said salmon are on life support, although more returned last year than since 2018, which McCovey said might be due to the canceled fisheries. He hopes that the salmon will eventually recover with the demolition of hydroelectric dams and the tribe’s restoration efforts.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Eventually, this is going to end. We’re going to come out of this. We’re too hard-headed to give up,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11979008/simply-catastrophic-california-salmon-season-to-be-restricted-or-shut-down-again","authors":["byline_news_11979008"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8","news_356"],"tags":["news_2345","news_23987","news_20023","news_22588","news_3531"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11979040","label":"news_18481"},"news_11978670":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11978670","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11978670","score":null,"sort":[1709935214000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"sausalitos-last-anchor-out-floating-home-removed-from-richardson-bay","title":"Sausalito's Last Floating Anchored Homes Removed From Richardson Bay","publishDate":1709935214,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Sausalito’s Last Floating Anchored Homes Removed From Richardson Bay | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The last floating home in Marin County’s ecologically fragile Richardson Bay has been removed following a state mandate to protect area eelgrass that is a vital part of the water’s ecosystem, a spokesperson for the Richardson Bay Regional Agency said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The removal is also a coda to what had been a controversial floating subculture of boaters living on the waters off Sausalito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission entered into an agreement with the Richardson Bay Regional Agency, ordering that all illegally anchored vessels and floating homes be removed from the Bay by Oct. 15, 2026. The arrangement was also largely driven by the need to protect the vulnerable eelgrass ecosystem in the area.[aside postID=news_11739421 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36515_DSC_2298-qut-1020x676.jpg']Brad Gross, the executive director of Richardson Bay Regional Agency, stressed to KQED that there are still boats out in the bay, but the last floating home, which he said is a different designation from a recreational or commercial boat, was identified as one of four vessels for removal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A boat is a boat that you can transport yourself on the water for recreation or commerce, whereas a floating home is like those houses that are strictly for living that you see off in Sausalito,” Gross said. “These floating homes were out anchored independently in Richardson Bay. That’s what has been removed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the decision to remove the array of floating homes manned by people termed “anchor-outs,” who have lived rent-free on the water in a subculture that romantics might call aquatic-bohemian, but others describe as an eyesore, resulted in at least one lawsuit and accusations that the county and RBRA were throwing people off the Bay and onto the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local agencies raised nearly $6 million to facilitate housing transitions and restore the Bay’s eelgrass. Last year, the county housing authority approved vouchers for those living on boats, who would otherwise face homelessness, to relocate to land-based residences. Many boat residents were moored illegally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of March, Gross estimated about 32 boats left in the anchorage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One such anchor out was Daniel Knight, who won a preliminary injunction against the RBRA last year when it tried to remove his vessel first through offering a voucher — he said the amount would be far less than the boat’s worth — and then tried to remove his boat by calling it “marine debris.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Knight’s attorneys, he eventually settled the case for an undisclosed amount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The environmental impact the boats and vessels had on the eelgrass in the area, however, was indeed significant.[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Richardson Bay Regional Agency\"]‘[Eelgrass] supports herring runs, reduces erosion, sequesters carbon and is a crucial ecological resource for harbor porpoises and sea lions.’[/pullquote]“Eelgrass is a critical component of a healthy and vibrant Richardson Bay,” said a statement released Thursday by the RBRA. “It supports herring runs, reduces erosion, sequesters carbon and is a crucial ecological resource for harbor porpoises and sea lions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of migratory birds also rely on the eelgrass for feeding and resting along the Pacific Flyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>RBRA officials said that when anchors, chains and other ground tackle from vessels scrape the bottom of the Bay, they act as a “lawn mower” for any living plants and create areas where eelgrass cannot grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An area “four times the size of Alcatraz” now exists where the grass has been destroyed, the agency said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the housing vouchers, 16 vessels were removed with the help of a buyback program funded by the RBRA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of the agreement with the state, a small number of vessels will be allowed to remain anchored if they are deemed “seaworthy,” at least through October 2026. After that, all boats and vessels will be allowed only 72-hour anchorage, according to BCDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/opalma\"> KQED’s Oscar Palma\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"State and regional environmental regulators agreed several years ago to clear all illegally anchored vessels and floating homes in the bay, primarily to protect the eelgrass that is vital to its ecologically fragile ecosystem.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1709942338,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":18,"wordCount":697},"headData":{"title":"Sausalito's Last Floating Anchored Homes Removed From Richardson Bay | KQED","description":"State and regional environmental regulators agreed several years ago to clear all illegally anchored vessels and floating homes in the bay, primarily to protect the eelgrass that is vital to its ecologically fragile ecosystem.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/BouncerSF\">Katy St. Clair\u003c/a> \u003cbr> Bay City News","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11978670/sausalitos-last-anchor-out-floating-home-removed-from-richardson-bay","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The last floating home in Marin County’s ecologically fragile Richardson Bay has been removed following a state mandate to protect area eelgrass that is a vital part of the water’s ecosystem, a spokesperson for the Richardson Bay Regional Agency said Thursday.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The removal is also a coda to what had been a controversial floating subculture of boaters living on the waters off Sausalito.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In 2021, the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission entered into an agreement with the Richardson Bay Regional Agency, ordering that all illegally anchored vessels and floating homes be removed from the Bay by Oct. 15, 2026. The arrangement was also largely driven by the need to protect the vulnerable eelgrass ecosystem in the area.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11739421","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2019/04/RS36515_DSC_2298-qut-1020x676.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Brad Gross, the executive director of Richardson Bay Regional Agency, stressed to KQED that there are still boats out in the bay, but the last floating home, which he said is a different designation from a recreational or commercial boat, was identified as one of four vessels for removal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A boat is a boat that you can transport yourself on the water for recreation or commerce, whereas a floating home is like those houses that are strictly for living that you see off in Sausalito,” Gross said. “These floating homes were out anchored independently in Richardson Bay. That’s what has been removed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the decision to remove the array of floating homes manned by people termed “anchor-outs,” who have lived rent-free on the water in a subculture that romantics might call aquatic-bohemian, but others describe as an eyesore, resulted in at least one lawsuit and accusations that the county and RBRA were throwing people off the Bay and onto the street.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Local agencies raised nearly $6 million to facilitate housing transitions and restore the Bay’s eelgrass. Last year, the county housing authority approved vouchers for those living on boats, who would otherwise face homelessness, to relocate to land-based residences. Many boat residents were moored illegally.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As of March, Gross estimated about 32 boats left in the anchorage.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One such anchor out was Daniel Knight, who won a preliminary injunction against the RBRA last year when it tried to remove his vessel first through offering a voucher — he said the amount would be far less than the boat’s worth — and then tried to remove his boat by calling it “marine debris.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Knight’s attorneys, he eventually settled the case for an undisclosed amount.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The environmental impact the boats and vessels had on the eelgrass in the area, however, was indeed significant.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘[Eelgrass] supports herring runs, reduces erosion, sequesters carbon and is a crucial ecological resource for harbor porpoises and sea lions.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Richardson Bay Regional Agency","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Eelgrass is a critical component of a healthy and vibrant Richardson Bay,” said a statement released Thursday by the RBRA. “It supports herring runs, reduces erosion, sequesters carbon and is a crucial ecological resource for harbor porpoises and sea lions.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Thousands of migratory birds also rely on the eelgrass for feeding and resting along the Pacific Flyway.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>RBRA officials said that when anchors, chains and other ground tackle from vessels scrape the bottom of the Bay, they act as a “lawn mower” for any living plants and create areas where eelgrass cannot grow.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An area “four times the size of Alcatraz” now exists where the grass has been destroyed, the agency said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In addition to the housing vouchers, 16 vessels were removed with the help of a buyback program funded by the RBRA.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>As part of the agreement with the state, a small number of vessels will be allowed to remain anchored if they are deemed “seaworthy,” at least through October 2026. After that, all boats and vessels will be allowed only 72-hour anchorage, according to BCDC.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This story includes reporting from\u003ca href=\"https://www.kqed.org/author/opalma\"> KQED’s Oscar Palma\u003c/a>.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11978670/sausalitos-last-anchor-out-floating-home-removed-from-richardson-bay","authors":["byline_news_11978670"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_18538","news_255","news_20023","news_1775","news_3729","news_30111","news_1861","news_655"],"featImg":"news_11978681","label":"news"},"news_11974466":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11974466","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11974466","score":null,"sort":[1706887833000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"californians-boost-electric-vehicle-purchases-as-industry-eyes-slowdown","title":"Californians Boost Electric Vehicle Purchases as Industry Eyes Slowdown","publishDate":1706887833,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Californians Boost Electric Vehicle Purchases as Industry Eyes Slowdown | KQED","labelTerm":{},"content":"\u003cp>Has California’s transition to electric cars hit some bumps in the road? Even though Californians are buying them in record numbers, several industry setbacks have been reported in recent months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rental car company Hertz is selling \u003ca href=\"https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/47129/000165785324000010/htz-20240111.htm\">about a third of its global electric vehicle fleet\u003c/a>, replacing them with gas-powered vehicles. In January, Ford announced that it was \u003ca href=\"https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2024/01/19/ford-adds-third-crew-to-meet-demand-for-bronco-and-ranger--reduc.html\">reducing production\u003c/a> of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck after \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/climate-change/2023/05/california-electric-cars-ford-f150/\">scaling it up last year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tesla sales in California dropped 10% in the last three months of 2023 when compared to the same quarter a year earlier, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cncda.org/wp-content/uploads/Cal-Covering-4Q-23.pdf#page=6\">data from the California New Car Dealers Association\u003c/a>. And some automakers \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/business/ford-f150-lightning-electric-vehicle-prices.html\">last year announced production cutbacks\u003c/a> and delays in new electric models.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the California Energy Commission provided another piece of the puzzle: Sales of electric cars in California reached \u003ca href=\"https://www.veloz.org/q4-2023-data-shows-a-29-percent-year-over-year-increase/\">record levels last year\u003c/a>, with 446,961 sold, up 29% from 2022, according to Veloz, a nonprofit that works with the commission to promote electric vehicle growth in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while sales of electric cars are still growing, it’s a slower pace of growth than the previous year: 2022 sales increased 38% from 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the final three months of 2023, Californians purchased 103,127 electric cars, an 8% increase over the same period in 2022. Fourth quarter sales last year were down 14% from the third quarter. But sales typically slow in the fourth quarter, and higher interest rates may have played a role, the commission said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Electric vehicle sales were up 29% in 2023, though they slowed at yearu2019s end\" aria-label=\"Column Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-mBG1J\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/mBG1J/1/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"400\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nick Nigro, founder of Atlas Public Policy, which researches the electric car market, said the transition to electric cars might be slower than some automakers and experts anticipated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Recognize where we are in a once-in-a-century transition — we’re in the very early stages,” Nigro said. “Even though EVs have been around for about 14 years, in this current iteration, they only really started to pick up sales nationally in the last five years or so.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s no surprise that the industry is going to have to adjust their expectations,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the increased market share for electric vehicles means California is moving toward hitting its goals: Electric vehicles in California made up 25% of the new car market last year, up from nearly 19% in 2022. The state has \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/08/electric-cars-california-to-phase-out-gas-cars/\">mandated \u003c/a>that 35% of new 2026 cars sold must be zero-emissions, ramping up to 68% in 2030 and 100% in 2035. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Nick Nigro, founder, Atlas Public Policy, which researches the electric car market\"]‘Even though EVs have been around for about 14 years, in this current iteration, they only really started to pick up sales nationally in the last five years or so.’[/pullquote]“Transportation electrification is rapidly unfolding,” David Hochschild, chair of the California Energy Commission, said in a recorded video announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationally, an estimated 1.2 million electric vehicles were sold in 2023, which is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.coxautoinc.com/market-insights/q4-2023-ev-sales/\">a record, according to Kelley Blue Book\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pace of California’s transition matters because it is far above America’s leader in sales. A rapid transition to electric vehicles is also key to slashing greenhouse gases responsible for climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When originally introduced, Ford’s electric F-150 Lightning was so popular it had a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kbb.com/car-news/ford-closes-reservations-for-f-150-lightning-has-3-year-backlog/\">three-year waiting list\u003c/a>. But in January, the company said it was \u003ca href=\"https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2024/01/19/ford-adds-third-crew-to-meet-demand-for-bronco-and-ranger--reduc.html\">cutting production\u003c/a> at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, from two shifts to one, with some workers transferred to factories assembling gas-powered cars. Sales of the electric truck were up 55% in 2023, and Ford projected “further growth for 2024” but said it was making the changes to better meet customer demand for its pickups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Sperling, director of the Institute for Transportation Studies at UC Davis, cautioned about reading too much into the slowed-down production of the Ford F-150 Lightning. One interpretation, he said, is that the pickup truck might just simply not be the right product, calling it a “retrofitted vehicle” in which “they just pulled out the drive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, there could be broader financial reasons for the F-150 Lightning slowdown. Sales of all cars slowed last year, and legacy automakers faced cash flow challenges and a strike from the United Auto Workers union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve got financial challenges, so if they can come up with an excuse to slow down their investments, they’re going to do it,” Sperling said. “But every one of them is just delaying. Not one of them is canceling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hertz said it was selling its 20,000 electric car fleet earlier this year. In an \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/business/hertz-electric-vehicles-tesla.html\">interview with \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Hertz Chief Executive Stephen Scherr blamed price cuts by Tesla for lowering the resale value of the cars and added that they were more expensive to repair and more likely to be involved in collisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, sales by Tesla, by far the leader in electric vehicle sales, sold 230,589 cars, up from 185,090 in 2022, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cncda.org/wp-content/uploads/Cal-Covering-4Q-23.pdf#page=6\">according to the California New Car Dealers Association\u003c/a>. But sales dropped in the year’s final three months to 47,592 from 52,782 over the same period the year before. Analysts say various factors, such as lower resale value after Tesla’s sticker prices dropped, may be at play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest problems facing electric car adoption across the U.S. — and the world — is the need for more seamless charging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lack of adequate public chargers has become a major impediment as customers begin to weigh electric cars as an alternative to gas-powered vehicles. To that end, the Biden administration is pouring some $\u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biden-pours-623-million-into-ev-charging-void\">623 million into charging projects\u003c/a> across the nation, with California getting $168.5 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California is meeting its goals for new \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/04/21/california-surpasses-1-5-million-zevs-goal-two-years-ahead-of-schedule/\">electric car\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/10/23/california-hit-zev-truck-sales-goal-two-years-ahead-of-schedule/#:~:text=The%20goal%20%E2%80%93%206%25%20of%20new,years%20before%20the%202025%20goal.\">truck\u003c/a> sales, the state is projecting that it will need a much more robust electric charging network to support its ban on new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 and serve all drivers statewide. [aside postID=science_1991185 hero='https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240122-EV-CHARGING-AP-RV-KQED-1020x663.jpg']An \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/reports/electric-vehicle-charging-infrastructure-assessment-ab-2127\">Energy Commission report\u003c/a> projects that California will need 1.01 million non-private chargers by 2030, and 2.11 million by 2035. It now has only 93,000, \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/zero-emission-vehicle-and-infrastructure-statistics/electric-vehicle\">according to \u003c/a>Energy Commission data. The state has met at least one important charging infrastructure goal, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/18/charging-ahead-california-achieves-yet-another-ev-goal-ahead-of-schedule-as-more-dollars-go-to-communities-to-support-transition/#:~:text=NEW%20YORK%20%E2%80%93%20Today%2C%20during%20Climate,harmed%20by%20pollution%20and%20the\">installing 10,000-plus fast chargers last September\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its budget issues could also stymie California’s efforts to support electric car sales. Last year, California\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/09/california-electric-car-rebates/\"> eliminated its popular electric car rebate program\u003c/a> to focus on providing subsidies only to lower-income car buyers through the Clean Cars 4 All program, which has strict income limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a three-year delay for additional funding for that program, along with other programs to increase lower-income Californians’ access to cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bill Magavern, policy director of the Clean Air Coalition, said he’s concerned that it could leave low-income communities behind. He thinks the funding delays will likely result in cuts to the program. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Bill Magavern, policy director, Clean Air Coalition\"]‘We’re very disappointed in the governor’s proposal because he literally made a promise that he’s not keeping.’[/pullquote]“We’re very disappointed in the governor’s proposal because he literally made a promise that he’s not keeping,” Magavern said. “It’s really a fiction to say, well, we’re maintaining this funding, we’re just delaying it by three years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Changes in federal tax incentives also may impact sales. The Treasury started the\u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04012024/inside-clean-energy-short-list-of-evs-that-qualify-for-tax-credit-2024/#:~:text=EV%20shoppers%20woke%20up%20on,Tesla%20Cybertruck%20and%20Volkswagen%20ID.\"> new year off by announcing a relatively short list of cars\u003c/a> that \u003ca href=\"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1939\">qualified for a $7,500 subsidy\u003c/a>. The incentives are limited to cars with parts sourced from the U.S. and its allies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Globally, electric car sales are likely to face a “reality check” this year “given consumer apathy over a lack of fast public chargers and high prices, though China is an exception,” according to a report by Bloomberg Intelligence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sales of electric calls in Europe fell for the first time since April 2020, \u003ca href=\"https://www.acea.auto/pc-registrations/new-car-registrations-13-9-in-2023-battery-electric-14-6-market-share/\">according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association\u003c/a>. And analysts have warned that German carmakers are falling behind Tesla and Chinese models as global competition intensifies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Some automakers, like Ford and Tesla, are reducing production of electric cars as sales have dropped. Can California sustain its record pace and meet the state mandate?","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1706903983,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":true,"iframeSrcs":["https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/mBG1J/1/"],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":30,"wordCount":1472},"headData":{"title":"Californians Boost Electric Vehicle Purchases as Industry Eyes Slowdown | KQED","description":"Some automakers, like Ford and Tesla, are reducing production of electric cars as sales have dropped. Can California sustain its record pace and meet the state mandate?","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"source":"CalMatters","sourceUrl":"https://calmatters.org/","sticky":false,"nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/author/alejandro-lazo/\">Alejandro Lazo\u003c/a>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11974466/californians-boost-electric-vehicle-purchases-as-industry-eyes-slowdown","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Has California’s transition to electric cars hit some bumps in the road? Even though Californians are buying them in record numbers, several industry setbacks have been reported in recent months.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The rental car company Hertz is selling \u003ca href=\"https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/47129/000165785324000010/htz-20240111.htm\">about a third of its global electric vehicle fleet\u003c/a>, replacing them with gas-powered vehicles. In January, Ford announced that it was \u003ca href=\"https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2024/01/19/ford-adds-third-crew-to-meet-demand-for-bronco-and-ranger--reduc.html\">reducing production\u003c/a> of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck after \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/climate-change/2023/05/california-electric-cars-ford-f150/\">scaling it up last year\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Tesla sales in California dropped 10% in the last three months of 2023 when compared to the same quarter a year earlier, according to \u003ca href=\"https://www.cncda.org/wp-content/uploads/Cal-Covering-4Q-23.pdf#page=6\">data from the California New Car Dealers Association\u003c/a>. And some automakers \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/business/ford-f150-lightning-electric-vehicle-prices.html\">last year announced production cutbacks\u003c/a> and delays in new electric models.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Today, the California Energy Commission provided another piece of the puzzle: Sales of electric cars in California reached \u003ca href=\"https://www.veloz.org/q4-2023-data-shows-a-29-percent-year-over-year-increase/\">record levels last year\u003c/a>, with 446,961 sold, up 29% from 2022, according to Veloz, a nonprofit that works with the commission to promote electric vehicle growth in California.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But while sales of electric cars are still growing, it’s a slower pace of growth than the previous year: 2022 sales increased 38% from 2021.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>During the final three months of 2023, Californians purchased 103,127 electric cars, an 8% increase over the same period in 2022. Fourth quarter sales last year were down 14% from the third quarter. But sales typically slow in the fourth quarter, and higher interest rates may have played a role, the commission said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!-- iframe plugin v.4.3 wordpress.org/plugins/iframe/ -->\u003cbr>\n\u003ciframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Electric vehicle sales were up 29% in 2023, though they slowed at yearu2019s end\" aria-label=\"Column Chart\" id=\"datawrapper-chart-mBG1J\" src=\"https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/mBG1J/1/\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"width: 0; min-width: 100% !important; border: none;\" height=\"400\" data-external=\"1\" width=\"100%\" class=\"iframe-class\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nick Nigro, founder of Atlas Public Policy, which researches the electric car market, said the transition to electric cars might be slower than some automakers and experts anticipated.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Recognize where we are in a once-in-a-century transition — we’re in the very early stages,” Nigro said. “Even though EVs have been around for about 14 years, in this current iteration, they only really started to pick up sales nationally in the last five years or so.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s no surprise that the industry is going to have to adjust their expectations,” he added.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>So far, the increased market share for electric vehicles means California is moving toward hitting its goals: Electric vehicles in California made up 25% of the new car market last year, up from nearly 19% in 2022. The state has \u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2022/08/electric-cars-california-to-phase-out-gas-cars/\">mandated \u003c/a>that 35% of new 2026 cars sold must be zero-emissions, ramping up to 68% in 2030 and 100% in 2035. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘Even though EVs have been around for about 14 years, in this current iteration, they only really started to pick up sales nationally in the last five years or so.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Nick Nigro, founder, Atlas Public Policy, which researches the electric car market","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“Transportation electrification is rapidly unfolding,” David Hochschild, chair of the California Energy Commission, said in a recorded video announcement.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nationally, an estimated 1.2 million electric vehicles were sold in 2023, which is also \u003ca href=\"https://www.coxautoinc.com/market-insights/q4-2023-ev-sales/\">a record, according to Kelley Blue Book\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The pace of California’s transition matters because it is far above America’s leader in sales. A rapid transition to electric vehicles is also key to slashing greenhouse gases responsible for climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>When originally introduced, Ford’s electric F-150 Lightning was so popular it had a \u003ca href=\"https://www.kbb.com/car-news/ford-closes-reservations-for-f-150-lightning-has-3-year-backlog/\">three-year waiting list\u003c/a>. But in January, the company said it was \u003ca href=\"https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/news/2024/01/19/ford-adds-third-crew-to-meet-demand-for-bronco-and-ranger--reduc.html\">cutting production\u003c/a> at its Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan, from two shifts to one, with some workers transferred to factories assembling gas-powered cars. Sales of the electric truck were up 55% in 2023, and Ford projected “further growth for 2024” but said it was making the changes to better meet customer demand for its pickups.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Daniel Sperling, director of the Institute for Transportation Studies at UC Davis, cautioned about reading too much into the slowed-down production of the Ford F-150 Lightning. One interpretation, he said, is that the pickup truck might just simply not be the right product, calling it a “retrofitted vehicle” in which “they just pulled out the drive.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What’s more, there could be broader financial reasons for the F-150 Lightning slowdown. Sales of all cars slowed last year, and legacy automakers faced cash flow challenges and a strike from the United Auto Workers union.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’ve got financial challenges, so if they can come up with an excuse to slow down their investments, they’re going to do it,” Sperling said. “But every one of them is just delaying. Not one of them is canceling.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Hertz said it was selling its 20,000 electric car fleet earlier this year. In an \u003ca href=\"https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/business/hertz-electric-vehicles-tesla.html\">interview with \u003cem>The New York Times\u003c/em>\u003c/a>, Hertz Chief Executive Stephen Scherr blamed price cuts by Tesla for lowering the resale value of the cars and added that they were more expensive to repair and more likely to be involved in collisions.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Last year, sales by Tesla, by far the leader in electric vehicle sales, sold 230,589 cars, up from 185,090 in 2022, \u003ca href=\"https://www.cncda.org/wp-content/uploads/Cal-Covering-4Q-23.pdf#page=6\">according to the California New Car Dealers Association\u003c/a>. But sales dropped in the year’s final three months to 47,592 from 52,782 over the same period the year before. Analysts say various factors, such as lower resale value after Tesla’s sticker prices dropped, may be at play.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One of the biggest problems facing electric car adoption across the U.S. — and the world — is the need for more seamless charging.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>A lack of adequate public chargers has become a major impediment as customers begin to weigh electric cars as an alternative to gas-powered vehicles. To that end, the Biden administration is pouring some $\u003ca href=\"https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/biden-pours-623-million-into-ev-charging-void\">623 million into charging projects\u003c/a> across the nation, with California getting $168.5 million.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>While California is meeting its goals for new \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/04/21/california-surpasses-1-5-million-zevs-goal-two-years-ahead-of-schedule/\">electric car\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/10/23/california-hit-zev-truck-sales-goal-two-years-ahead-of-schedule/#:~:text=The%20goal%20%E2%80%93%206%25%20of%20new,years%20before%20the%202025%20goal.\">truck\u003c/a> sales, the state is projecting that it will need a much more robust electric charging network to support its ban on new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 and serve all drivers statewide. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"science_1991185","hero":"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/35/2024/01/240122-EV-CHARGING-AP-RV-KQED-1020x663.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>An \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/reports/electric-vehicle-charging-infrastructure-assessment-ab-2127\">Energy Commission report\u003c/a> projects that California will need 1.01 million non-private chargers by 2030, and 2.11 million by 2035. It now has only 93,000, \u003ca href=\"https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/energy-almanac/zero-emission-vehicle-and-infrastructure-statistics/electric-vehicle\">according to \u003c/a>Energy Commission data. The state has met at least one important charging infrastructure goal, \u003ca href=\"https://www.gov.ca.gov/2023/09/18/charging-ahead-california-achieves-yet-another-ev-goal-ahead-of-schedule-as-more-dollars-go-to-communities-to-support-transition/#:~:text=NEW%20YORK%20%E2%80%93%20Today%2C%20during%20Climate,harmed%20by%20pollution%20and%20the\">installing 10,000-plus fast chargers last September\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Its budget issues could also stymie California’s efforts to support electric car sales. Last year, California\u003ca href=\"https://calmatters.org/environment/2023/09/california-electric-car-rebates/\"> eliminated its popular electric car rebate program\u003c/a> to focus on providing subsidies only to lower-income car buyers through the Clean Cars 4 All program, which has strict income limits.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>This year, Gov. Gavin Newsom has proposed a three-year delay for additional funding for that program, along with other programs to increase lower-income Californians’ access to cars.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Bill Magavern, policy director of the Clean Air Coalition, said he’s concerned that it could leave low-income communities behind. He thinks the funding delays will likely result in cuts to the program. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘We’re very disappointed in the governor’s proposal because he literally made a promise that he’s not keeping.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Bill Magavern, policy director, Clean Air Coalition","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>“We’re very disappointed in the governor’s proposal because he literally made a promise that he’s not keeping,” Magavern said. “It’s really a fiction to say, well, we’re maintaining this funding, we’re just delaying it by three years.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Changes in federal tax incentives also may impact sales. The Treasury started the\u003ca href=\"https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04012024/inside-clean-energy-short-list-of-evs-that-qualify-for-tax-credit-2024/#:~:text=EV%20shoppers%20woke%20up%20on,Tesla%20Cybertruck%20and%20Volkswagen%20ID.\"> new year off by announcing a relatively short list of cars\u003c/a> that \u003ca href=\"https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/jy1939\">qualified for a $7,500 subsidy\u003c/a>. The incentives are limited to cars with parts sourced from the U.S. and its allies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Globally, electric car sales are likely to face a “reality check” this year “given consumer apathy over a lack of fast public chargers and high prices, though China is an exception,” according to a report by Bloomberg Intelligence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Sales of electric calls in Europe fell for the first time since April 2020, \u003ca href=\"https://www.acea.auto/pc-registrations/new-car-registrations-13-9-in-2023-battery-electric-14-6-market-share/\">according to the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association\u003c/a>. And analysts have warned that German carmakers are falling behind Tesla and Chinese models as global competition intensifies.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"floatright"},"numeric":["floatright"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11974466/californians-boost-electric-vehicle-purchases-as-industry-eyes-slowdown","authors":["byline_news_11974466"],"categories":["news_8","news_1397"],"tags":["news_18538","news_21349","news_22457","news_31926","news_30766","news_20023","news_27626","news_3187","news_20517"],"affiliates":["news_18481"],"featImg":"news_11974468","label":"source_news_11974466"},"news_11970957":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11970957","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11970957","score":null,"sort":[1703691059000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-rules-to-address-contaminated-groundwater-are-driving-farmers-and-residents-to-court","title":"California Rules to Address Contaminated Groundwater Are Driving Farmers and Residents to Court","publishDate":1703691059,"format":"standard","headTitle":"California Rules to Address Contaminated Groundwater Are Driving Farmers and Residents to Court | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>Near fields awash with strawberries and greens, Ileana Miranda and her family pay $72 a month to get water piped into their home in a rural California community — and that’s before they consume a drop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They pay to bring it from more than a mile away because the groundwater beneath them has been contaminated with nitrates leached into the soil from years of large-scale farming.[pullquote align=\"right\" size=\"medium\" citation=\"Ileana Miranda, manager of the San Jerardo cooperative\"]‘We understand crops need these chemicals to grow, but you don’t need to put that much in the groundwater. It is essentially poisoning the groundwater that we need to live.’[/pullquote]Now, the San Jerardo cooperative — where Miranda and 300 others live — and environmental organizations have sued the state, demanding stricter rules about how much fertilizer farmers can use in the hope that the next generation of residents in the community 100 miles southeast of San Francisco will have cleaner water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand crops need these chemicals to grow, but you don’t need to put that much in the groundwater,” said Miranda, who manages the cooperative. “It is essentially poisoning the groundwater that we need to live.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some California farming communities have been plagued for years by \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/health-california-water-quality-climate-and-environment-ca8eb802e95e8704ca0038d718fad541\">problems with their drinking water\u003c/a> due to nitrates and other contaminants in the groundwater that feeds their wells. Advocates have long pushed to remedy the situation, which disproportionately affects lower-income and Latino residents, many of whom worked in the same fields where farmers are accused of leaving too much nitrate behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nitrogen is in fertilizer because plants depend on it, but it can contaminate drinking water supplies. Much of the nitrate detected in wells today comes from fertilizer applied decades ago to ensure crop size and quality. As a result, researchers said the issue of nitrate-laden drinking water, which can cause a blood disease known as blue baby syndrome in infants and affect pregnant women, will likely persist for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has been working to address the problem for years through regional water quality control boards and the State Water Resources Control Board. Different approaches have been taken in the Central Valley, which is home to more dairies and tomato farms, and the Central Coast to the west, where strawberries and leafy greens thrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970958\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970958\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A woman walks by a very large water tank.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ileana Miranda walks in front of the new San Jerardo cooperative water tank near her home in Salinas on Dec. 20, 2023. \u003ccite>(Jeff Chiu/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board issued rules limiting how much fertilizer farmers could apply and protecting areas near streams. This year, the state water board put those plans on hold, arguing that more consistent standards and scientific review are needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision drove San Jerardo residents and water quality advocates to take the state to court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers, meanwhile, filed their own legal action, arguing neither the state nor the regional board fully considered the economic impact of the changes on those responsible for the country’s food supply. Norm Groot, executive director of the Monterey County Farm Bureau, said nitrogen is vital to ensure the size and quality of produce consumed throughout the country, but fertilizer is already being applied more precisely than it was in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003cbr>\n“We just can’t sustain our food supply without some sort of nitrogen application,” Groot said. “We now have a lot more science that supports when applications are needed and how those applications can be measured and metered. We’re not using nearly as much fertilizer as what was done a decade or 30 years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Central Coast board’s limits would have forced some county farmers to grow two crops of leafy greens a year instead of three, he said. Pumping out groundwater laden with nitrates to irrigate fields while replacing it with newer water could help improve the situation over time, he said, adding that farmers depend on local drinking water, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edward Ortiz, a spokesperson for the State Water Resources Control Board, declined to comment on the lawsuits but said in an email that the approach taken in the Central Valley has the support of a panel of scientific experts. A second panel, he said, is expected to review both approaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The litigation comes as California is stepping up efforts to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-groundwater-drought-farming-probation-hearing-38aa9bd2b7d991e6bd1000ec9d8ad771\">regulate \u003c/a>groundwater use after years of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-droughts-weather-climate-and-environment-6f591a7e40f39a0d804706b507fd4022\">drought\u003c/a> and with potentially drier winters due to climate change. Farming is a key part of the state’s economy, with strawberries and lettuce bringing in more than $5 billion combined in 2021, agricultural statistics show.[aside label=\"more on groundwater issues\" tag=\"groundwater\"]Michael Cahn, irrigation and water resource advisor for the University of California, Cooperative Extension, said he’s been working with Central Coast farmers to reduce the nitrogen they leave behind. Strategies include rapid-testing soil before applying fertilizer, improving water management and planting \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/cover-crops-farming-carbon-nitrogen-1648449f90b7072be50b95a21d733618\">cover crops\u003c/a>, he said, but added the problem won’t be resolved quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is the value of vegetables is so high, and a lot of time it is just easier to put more fertilizer and water on than do careful management,” Cahn said. “We have a lot of contaminated groundwater to use, so it will take a long time to clean up. People say this could be 50 years in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some local communities rely on bottled drinking water due to nitrate levels in groundwater wells, said Brandon Bollinger, senior community advocacy manager at Community Water Center. He said his organization delivers bottled water weekly to about 260 households on the Central Coast, and in one area, nitrate levels were six times what’s deemed safe to drink.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We like to say water flows toward money and power, and in California, that generally looks like water flowing toward industrial agriculture,” he said. “We need to have limits and targets and a timeline.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In San Jerardo, which was founded by farmworkers in the 1970s, people rely solely on groundwater for drinking, bathing and washing. The community’s first well was deemed contaminated in 1990, and the second, a few years later. After a third well went bad, the county got involved and drilled the latest well, said Horacio Amezquita, whose father was among the community’s founding members.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Amezquita said efforts can be made to clean up the water system, but the answer is not to use synthetic fertilizers in the first place. He said he’s still farming in the area, growing cover crops and grains, but doesn’t use fertilizer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“They’re more interested in having their crops, at their own time, having their schedule at their own time,” Amezquita said. “It’s not a sustainable agriculture.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"A group of residents in Salinas whose groundwater has been contaminated are suing the state to demand stricter rules about how much fertilizer farmers can use.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1703695205,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":20,"wordCount":1165},"headData":{"title":"California Rules to Address Contaminated Groundwater Are Driving Farmers and Residents to Court | KQED","description":"A group of residents in Salinas whose groundwater has been contaminated are suing the state to demand stricter rules about how much fertilizer farmers can use.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"Amy Taxin\u003cbr>Associated Press","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11970957/california-rules-to-address-contaminated-groundwater-are-driving-farmers-and-residents-to-court","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Near fields awash with strawberries and greens, Ileana Miranda and her family pay $72 a month to get water piped into their home in a rural California community — and that’s before they consume a drop.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>They pay to bring it from more than a mile away because the groundwater beneath them has been contaminated with nitrates leached into the soil from years of large-scale farming.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘We understand crops need these chemicals to grow, but you don’t need to put that much in the groundwater. It is essentially poisoning the groundwater that we need to live.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"align":"right","size":"medium","citation":"Ileana Miranda, manager of the San Jerardo cooperative","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Now, the San Jerardo cooperative — where Miranda and 300 others live — and environmental organizations have sued the state, demanding stricter rules about how much fertilizer farmers can use in the hope that the next generation of residents in the community 100 miles southeast of San Francisco will have cleaner water.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We understand crops need these chemicals to grow, but you don’t need to put that much in the groundwater,” said Miranda, who manages the cooperative. “It is essentially poisoning the groundwater that we need to live.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some California farming communities have been plagued for years by \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/health-california-water-quality-climate-and-environment-ca8eb802e95e8704ca0038d718fad541\">problems with their drinking water\u003c/a> due to nitrates and other contaminants in the groundwater that feeds their wells. Advocates have long pushed to remedy the situation, which disproportionately affects lower-income and Latino residents, many of whom worked in the same fields where farmers are accused of leaving too much nitrate behind.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Nitrogen is in fertilizer because plants depend on it, but it can contaminate drinking water supplies. Much of the nitrate detected in wells today comes from fertilizer applied decades ago to ensure crop size and quality. As a result, researchers said the issue of nitrate-laden drinking water, which can cause a blood disease known as blue baby syndrome in infants and affect pregnant women, will likely persist for decades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has been working to address the problem for years through regional water quality control boards and the State Water Resources Control Board. Different approaches have been taken in the Central Valley, which is home to more dairies and tomato farms, and the Central Coast to the west, where strawberries and leafy greens thrive.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_11970958\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"max-width: 2560px\">\u003ca href=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-scaled.jpg\">\u003cimg loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11970958\" src=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A woman walks by a very large water tank.\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-scaled.jpg 2560w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-800x533.jpg 800w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-1020x680.jpg 1020w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-160x107.jpg 160w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://cdn.kqed.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/12/AP23355285320786-1920x1280.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ileana Miranda walks in front of the new San Jerardo cooperative water tank near her home in Salinas on Dec. 20, 2023. \u003ccite>(Jeff Chiu/AP)\u003c/cite>\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>Two years ago, the Central Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board issued rules limiting how much fertilizer farmers could apply and protecting areas near streams. This year, the state water board put those plans on hold, arguing that more consistent standards and scientific review are needed.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The decision drove San Jerardo residents and water quality advocates to take the state to court.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Farmers, meanwhile, filed their own legal action, arguing neither the state nor the regional board fully considered the economic impact of the changes on those responsible for the country’s food supply. Norm Groot, executive director of the Monterey County Farm Bureau, said nitrogen is vital to ensure the size and quality of produce consumed throughout the country, but fertilizer is already being applied more precisely than it was in the past.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cbr>\n“We just can’t sustain our food supply without some sort of nitrogen application,” Groot said. “We now have a lot more science that supports when applications are needed and how those applications can be measured and metered. We’re not using nearly as much fertilizer as what was done a decade or 30 years ago.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Central Coast board’s limits would have forced some county farmers to grow two crops of leafy greens a year instead of three, he said. Pumping out groundwater laden with nitrates to irrigate fields while replacing it with newer water could help improve the situation over time, he said, adding that farmers depend on local drinking water, too.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Edward Ortiz, a spokesperson for the State Water Resources Control Board, declined to comment on the lawsuits but said in an email that the approach taken in the Central Valley has the support of a panel of scientific experts. A second panel, he said, is expected to review both approaches.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The litigation comes as California is stepping up efforts to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-groundwater-drought-farming-probation-hearing-38aa9bd2b7d991e6bd1000ec9d8ad771\">regulate \u003c/a>groundwater use after years of \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-droughts-weather-climate-and-environment-6f591a7e40f39a0d804706b507fd4022\">drought\u003c/a> and with potentially drier winters due to climate change. Farming is a key part of the state’s economy, with strawberries and lettuce bringing in more than $5 billion combined in 2021, agricultural statistics show.\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"label":"more on groundwater issues ","tag":"groundwater"},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Michael Cahn, irrigation and water resource advisor for the University of California, Cooperative Extension, said he’s been working with Central Coast farmers to reduce the nitrogen they leave behind. Strategies include rapid-testing soil before applying fertilizer, improving water management and planting \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/cover-crops-farming-carbon-nitrogen-1648449f90b7072be50b95a21d733618\">cover crops\u003c/a>, he said, but added the problem won’t be resolved quickly.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The reality is the value of vegetables is so high, and a lot of time it is just easier to put more fertilizer and water on than do careful management,” Cahn said. “We have a lot of contaminated groundwater to use, so it will take a long time to clean up. People say this could be 50 years in the future.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some local communities rely on bottled drinking water due to nitrate levels in groundwater wells, said Brandon Bollinger, senior community advocacy manager at Community Water Center. 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Then, according to your research, when a wildfire occurs, it can trigger the release of those metals into the air. Can you explain that process?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scott Fendorf:\u003c/strong> Sure. In the case of chromium, you have an extra concern that happens. So while a lot of the metals that we worry about can be in the fine particulate and are something that we haven’t necessarily been cognizant of, for chromium, not only do you have a metal, but you have a metal that during a wildfire can change from a benign form — what we call trivalent chromium — into a very toxic form that we call hexavalent chromium. And just as a side note, if you remember the Erin Brockovich movie, that was all about hexavalent chromium. [aside postID=science_1985440 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/230626-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-28-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003cstrong>You conducted your research on burn scars in Northern California: Napa, Sonoma and Lake Counties. What did you see there, and what are the implications for residents and first responders there?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We turned out to have this really great matrix to look at. And what we ended up finding out was that — not totally surprising to us — the areas that had high chromium in the soils ended up generating a lot more hexavalent chromium. And then, the other factor is that the more severe heating you get — meaning the higher temperatures and the longer the duration of that — the more hexavalent chromium ends up getting produced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What that leads to is high levels of this toxin, hexavalent chromium, being a residual of the ash and the upper veneer of the soil being left in these burn scars. So if you are in a community that’s downwind of one of these burn scars, and you have dust coming in, that’s going to be bringing that hexavalent chromium into those communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also means that if you’re coming back to those areas to do revegetation work, when you’re stirring up dust, that dust has all of that hexavalent chromium in it, and you’re getting exposed to that. [aside postID=news_11961878 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-1410429911-qut-1020x680.jpg']\u003cstrong>If these metals occur naturally in soil, is there a way to mitigate this toxic stuff released in a fire? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We see only two mitigation potentials here, and there may be more, but these are what we recognize right now. The first one is really what you can do to protect yourself. And these are all the same things that we hear already: stay indoors; keep your windows and doors closed; if you go outside, wear an N95 mask. I’ll just go aside for a moment and say this certainly changes my risk calculation now. Back when we had these wildfires of 2019 and 2020, I was pretty cavalier, to be truthful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, I would completely change my behavior in terms of how I would protect myself. The other one, though, is the possibility that control burns can really help be a mitigation effort, and I’ll explain why. Once you’ve done the controlled burn, then if we do have a wildfire, those areas still can burn in subsequent years, but they burn in much, much lower severity. So it ends up being this propagating win, if you will, that we keep the heavy metals in their more benign form rather than moving into this really toxic state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Stanford study finds wildfire smoke is more toxic than previously known, posing health risks from gases, particulate matter and the release of heavy metals from the ground.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1704747773,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":14,"wordCount":712},"headData":{"title":"New Stanford Research Reveals How Toxic Wildfire Smoke Can Be | KQED","description":"Stanford study finds wildfire smoke is more toxic than previously known, posing health risks from gases, particulate matter and the release of heavy metals from the ground.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"audioUrl":"https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/0af137ef-751e-4b19-a055-aaef00d2d578/ffca7e9f-6831-41c5-bcaf-aaef00f5a073/a5f6ac86-e2e4-4fe5-bd50-b0dd010ee44b/audio.mp3","sticky":false,"excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11970558/new-stanford-research-reveals-wildfires-release-toxic-heavy-metals-into-air","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>Smoke from wildfires is even more toxic than previously thought, according to new research from a group of Stanford scientists.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Scientists and air regulators have long known the dangers of inhaling wildfire smoke, which can contain toxic gasses, fumes and particulate matter that can trigger asthma and heart attacks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But this new research, published in \u003cem>Nature Communications\u003c/em>, suggests wildfires can also cause the release of toxic heavy metals from the ground into the atmosphere.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>KQED spoke with Stanford researcher and study co-author Scott Fendorf to learn more.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>This interview has been lightly edited for clarity.\u003c/em>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Brian Watt: \u003c/strong>Heavy metals, including chromium, naturally occur in our soils. Then, according to your research, when a wildfire occurs, it can trigger the release of those metals into the air. Can you explain that process?\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Scott Fendorf:\u003c/strong> Sure. In the case of chromium, you have an extra concern that happens. So while a lot of the metals that we worry about can be in the fine particulate and are something that we haven’t necessarily been cognizant of, for chromium, not only do you have a metal, but you have a metal that during a wildfire can change from a benign form — what we call trivalent chromium — into a very toxic form that we call hexavalent chromium. And just as a side note, if you remember the Erin Brockovich movie, that was all about hexavalent chromium. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"science_1985440","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/11/230626-HousingNevadaCoWildfire-28-BL-qut-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cstrong>You conducted your research on burn scars in Northern California: Napa, Sonoma and Lake Counties. What did you see there, and what are the implications for residents and first responders there?\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We turned out to have this really great matrix to look at. And what we ended up finding out was that — not totally surprising to us — the areas that had high chromium in the soils ended up generating a lot more hexavalent chromium. And then, the other factor is that the more severe heating you get — meaning the higher temperatures and the longer the duration of that — the more hexavalent chromium ends up getting produced.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>What that leads to is high levels of this toxin, hexavalent chromium, being a residual of the ash and the upper veneer of the soil being left in these burn scars. So if you are in a community that’s downwind of one of these burn scars, and you have dust coming in, that’s going to be bringing that hexavalent chromium into those communities.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>It also means that if you’re coming back to those areas to do revegetation work, when you’re stirring up dust, that dust has all of that hexavalent chromium in it, and you’re getting exposed to that. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11961878","hero":"https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/10/2023/09/GettyImages-1410429911-qut-1020x680.jpg","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cstrong>If these metals occur naturally in soil, is there a way to mitigate this toxic stuff released in a fire? \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>We see only two mitigation potentials here, and there may be more, but these are what we recognize right now. The first one is really what you can do to protect yourself. And these are all the same things that we hear already: stay indoors; keep your windows and doors closed; if you go outside, wear an N95 mask. I’ll just go aside for a moment and say this certainly changes my risk calculation now. Back when we had these wildfires of 2019 and 2020, I was pretty cavalier, to be truthful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Now, I would completely change my behavior in terms of how I would protect myself. The other one, though, is the possibility that control burns can really help be a mitigation effort, and I’ll explain why. Once you’ve done the controlled burn, then if we do have a wildfire, those areas still can burn in subsequent years, but they burn in much, much lower severity. So it ends up being this propagating win, if you will, that we keep the heavy metals in their more benign form rather than moving into this really toxic state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11970558/new-stanford-research-reveals-wildfires-release-toxic-heavy-metals-into-air","authors":["11362","11238"],"categories":["news_8"],"tags":["news_20341","news_20023","news_27626","news_3187","news_4463"],"featImg":"news_11970576","label":"news"},"news_11969648":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11969648","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11969648","score":null,"sort":[1702504820000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"tunnel-vision-gov-newsoms-ambitious-water-plan-divides-californians","title":"Tunnel Vision: Gov. Newsom’s Ambitious Water Plan Divides Californians","publishDate":1702504820,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Tunnel Vision: Gov. Newsom’s Ambitious Water Plan Divides Californians | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>A long-sought and disputed project in drought-prone California aimed at capturing more water during heavy rain storms reached a key milestone on Friday when Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration finished an environmental review for an underground tunnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-sacramento-jerry-brown-trending-news-82c1f2b378ef01793dc69fb3140cf294\">The tunnel\u003c/a> would be about 45 miles long and 36 feet wide or large enough to carry more than 161 million gallons of water per hour. The tunnel would be another way to get water from Northern California, where most of the state’s water is, to Southern California, where most of the people live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Newsom administration said the tunnel is necessary to upgrade the state’s aging infrastructure because it will protect the water supply from earthquakes and capture more water from rainstorms known as atmospheric rivers that scientists say have been increasing because of climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Adel Hagekhalil, general manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California\"]‘The recent drought was a powerful indicator of just how vulnerable the State Water Project is — deliveries were so low last year that some Southern California communities could only get a fraction of the water they normally rely on.’[/pullquote]But environmental groups, Native American tribes and other opponents say the project will take more water out of the river than is necessary and will harm endangered species of fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday, the California Department of Water Resources released its \u003ca href=\"https://www.deltaconveyanceproject.com/planning-processes/california-environmental-quality-act/final-eir/final-eir-document\">final environmental impact report\u003c/a> for the project. The report is the last step of a complex and lengthy state regulatory process. But it doesn’t mean the project is close to being built. The project still must complete a federal environmental review and obtain various state and federal permits. That process is expected to last until 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials have not said how much it will cost to build it. A previous estimate on a different version of the tunnel was for $16 billion. State officials will release a new cost estimate next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[aside postID=\"news_11967823,science_1983092,science_3509\" label=\"Related Stories\"]Still, Friday’s report is significant because it signals the Newsom administration’s commitment to completing the project despite strong opposition from communities in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Delta region. Newsom said climate change is threatening the state’s access to clean drinking water, warning the state’s supply could drop 10% by 2040.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state recently went three years without significant, sustained rain. The drought dropped reservoirs to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-droughts-government-and-politics-science-business-76709d5854394905e0f46880ed6dab9c\">dangerously low levels\u003c/a>, forcing millions of people to ration their supply. That drought ended suddenly last winter when California was hit by a series of storms that flooded the state’s rivers and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-flooding-snowmelt-tulare-lake-water-c8c9914b12f25233fa9bfd4bedbbd6b4\">filled lake beds\u003c/a> that had been dry for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials said that had this tunnel existed during those storms, the state could have captured and stored enough water for 2.3 million people to use for one year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Doing nothing is not an option,” Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental groups say the Newsom administration is ignoring their concerns. The Sierra Club said in a statement that the tunnel’s construction and operation would “cause mass environmental destruction for Delta communities and ecosystems.” Scott Artis, executive director of the Golden State Salmon Association, called it “an extinction plan for salmon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jon Rosenfield, science director for San Francisco Baykeeper, said California already diverts more than half of the water flowing through Central Valley rivers for farms and big cities, which threaten native species of fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The science clearly demonstrates that fish need increased river flows to survive, but state agencies are ignoring it,” Rosenfield said. “Chinook salmon, steelhead, longfin smelt and other fish that have thrived here for millennia cannot survive the Newsom administration’s assault on San Francisco Bay and its watershed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot said the Newsom administration has secured more than $1 billion in funding over the last three years to increase flows in rivers for environmental purposes and to expand habitat for fish and other wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our commitment remains steadfast for water resilience, not only for human communities but also for our natural communities,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adel Hagekhalil, general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, said the agency will review the findings from the environmental impact report to determine “how best to invest our resources.” The water district provides water to 19 million people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The recent drought was a powerful indicator of just how vulnerable the State Water Project is — deliveries were so low last year that some Southern California communities could only get a fraction of the water they normally rely on,” Hagekhalil said. “Preventing this from happening again will take bold action and a clear recognition of the challenges we face.”\u003c/p>\n\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"The tunnel would be another way to get water from Northern California, where most of the state's water is, to Southern California, where most of the people live.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1702426751,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":19,"wordCount":815},"headData":{"title":"Tunnel Vision: Gov. Newsom’s Ambitious Water Plan Divides Californians | KQED","description":"The tunnel would be another way to get water from Northern California, where most of the state's water is, to Southern California, where most of the people live.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"sticky":false,"nprByline":"Adam Beam\u003cbr>The Associated Press\u003c/br>","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11969648/tunnel-vision-gov-newsoms-ambitious-water-plan-divides-californians","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>A long-sought and disputed project in drought-prone California aimed at capturing more water during heavy rain storms reached a key milestone on Friday when Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration finished an environmental review for an underground tunnel.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-sacramento-jerry-brown-trending-news-82c1f2b378ef01793dc69fb3140cf294\">The tunnel\u003c/a> would be about 45 miles long and 36 feet wide or large enough to carry more than 161 million gallons of water per hour. The tunnel would be another way to get water from Northern California, where most of the state’s water is, to Southern California, where most of the people live.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The Newsom administration said the tunnel is necessary to upgrade the state’s aging infrastructure because it will protect the water supply from earthquakes and capture more water from rainstorms known as atmospheric rivers that scientists say have been increasing because of climate change.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘The recent drought was a powerful indicator of just how vulnerable the State Water Project is — deliveries were so low last year that some Southern California communities could only get a fraction of the water they normally rely on.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Adel Hagekhalil, general manager, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>But environmental groups, Native American tribes and other opponents say the project will take more water out of the river than is necessary and will harm endangered species of fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Friday, the California Department of Water Resources released its \u003ca href=\"https://www.deltaconveyanceproject.com/planning-processes/california-environmental-quality-act/final-eir/final-eir-document\">final environmental impact report\u003c/a> for the project. The report is the last step of a complex and lengthy state regulatory process. But it doesn’t mean the project is close to being built. The project still must complete a federal environmental review and obtain various state and federal permits. That process is expected to last until 2026.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials have not said how much it will cost to build it. A previous estimate on a different version of the tunnel was for $16 billion. State officials will release a new cost estimate next year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"aside","attributes":{"named":{"postid":"news_11967823,science_1983092,science_3509","label":"Related Stories "},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>Still, Friday’s report is significant because it signals the Newsom administration’s commitment to completing the project despite strong opposition from communities in the Sacramento and San Joaquin River Delta region. Newsom said climate change is threatening the state’s access to clean drinking water, warning the state’s supply could drop 10% by 2040.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state recently went three years without significant, sustained rain. The drought dropped reservoirs to \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-droughts-government-and-politics-science-business-76709d5854394905e0f46880ed6dab9c\">dangerously low levels\u003c/a>, forcing millions of people to ration their supply. That drought ended suddenly last winter when California was hit by a series of storms that flooded the state’s rivers and \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-flooding-snowmelt-tulare-lake-water-c8c9914b12f25233fa9bfd4bedbbd6b4\">filled lake beds\u003c/a> that had been dry for years.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State officials said that had this tunnel existed during those storms, the state could have captured and stored enough water for 2.3 million people to use for one year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Doing nothing is not an option,” Newsom said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Environmental groups say the Newsom administration is ignoring their concerns. The Sierra Club said in a statement that the tunnel’s construction and operation would “cause mass environmental destruction for Delta communities and ecosystems.” Scott Artis, executive director of the Golden State Salmon Association, called it “an extinction plan for salmon.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Jon Rosenfield, science director for San Francisco Baykeeper, said California already diverts more than half of the water flowing through Central Valley rivers for farms and big cities, which threaten native species of fish.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The science clearly demonstrates that fish need increased river flows to survive, but state agencies are ignoring it,” Rosenfield said. “Chinook salmon, steelhead, longfin smelt and other fish that have thrived here for millennia cannot survive the Newsom administration’s assault on San Francisco Bay and its watershed.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot said the Newsom administration has secured more than $1 billion in funding over the last three years to increase flows in rivers for environmental purposes and to expand habitat for fish and other wildlife.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Our commitment remains steadfast for water resilience, not only for human communities but also for our natural communities,” he said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Adel Hagekhalil, general manager of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, said the agency will review the findings from the environmental impact report to determine “how best to invest our resources.” The water district provides water to 19 million people.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The recent drought was a powerful indicator of just how vulnerable the State Water Project is — deliveries were so low last year that some Southern California communities could only get a fraction of the water they normally rely on,” Hagekhalil said. “Preventing this from happening again will take bold action and a clear recognition of the challenges we face.”\u003c/p>\n\n\u003c/div>\u003c/p>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}}],"link":"/news/11969648/tunnel-vision-gov-newsoms-ambitious-water-plan-divides-californians","authors":["byline_news_11969648"],"categories":["news_19906","news_8"],"tags":["news_33636","news_17601","news_20023","news_27626","news_33637"],"featImg":"news_11969657","label":"news"},"news_11961400":{"type":"posts","id":"news_11961400","meta":{"index":"posts_1591205157","site":"news","id":"11961400","score":null,"sort":[1694813717000]},"guestAuthors":[],"slug":"california-legislature-approves-plan-allow-state-buy-power","title":"Power Play: California Legislature Allows State to Buy Massive Amounts of Electricity","publishDate":1694813717,"format":"standard","headTitle":"Power Play: California Legislature Allows State to Buy Massive Amounts of Electricity | KQED","labelTerm":{"site":"news"},"content":"\u003cp>The California Legislature voted Thursday to give Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration permission to buy massive amounts of electricity, a move aimed at \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-941c5a94c7bc7b1f93e1ed4bf6560fd4\">avoiding blackouts\u003c/a> by shoring up the state’s power supply while jumpstarting the West Coast’s fledgling offshore wind industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five companies paid roughly \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-california-united-states-government-rwe-ag-climate-and-environment-87f602496e34299f5429a3d8a67ae478\">$750 million\u003c/a> last year to lease areas off the California coast to build wind turbines. Collectively, those projects could generate enough electricity to power 3.5 million homes, helping the state avoid blackouts during extreme heat waves that have routinely strained the electrical grid of the nation’s most populous state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But so far, the state’s largest utility companies have not been willing to commit to buying power from projects like those because it would cost too much money and take too long to build. In addition to building the wind turbines, the projects will require improvements at the state’s ports and new power lines to transport the energy from the ocean to the land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a major, generational series of investments that need to happen, and there’s a real risk [that] it won’t if we can’t provide more certainty,” said Alex Jackson, director of the American Clean Power Association, which represents the companies trying to build the wind projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-blackouts-wind-geothermal-energy-fd6e382afd43c3e88d8a35a8dc22578f\">let the state buy the power\u003c/a>. The money would come from a surcharge imposed on Californians’ electricity bills. State regulators would decide how much this charge would be. Consumers would not pay it until the wind projects are up and running, likely several years from now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California already has among the highest electricity rates in the country. [pullquote size=\"medium\" align=\"right\" citation=\"Alex Jackson, director, American Clean Power Association\"]‘This is a major, generational series of investments that need to happen, and there’s a real risk [that] it won’t if we can’t provide more certainty.’[/pullquote] “This legislation … means that every single ratepayer in California, no matter where you live, is going to pay for this,” said Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle, who opposes the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters argue the bill will save people money in the long run on their electric bills. California has a law requiring all of its electricity to come from renewable or non-carbon sources by 2045. To do that, supporters say the state will have to invest in offshore wind projects, which typically generate the most power at night when solar energy is not as abundant.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters say it would be more efficient for these offshore wind projects to sell all of their electricity to the state instead of selling pieces of it to multiple utility companies, helping to control costs and keep rates lower.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The biggest threat to us meeting our climate goals between now and 2045 are rate impacts to ratepayers,” Scott Wetch, a lobbyist representing various construction trade associations, told lawmakers in a recent public hearing. “[This bill] is the only way to bring down those costs on these large, complex, long lead time projects in order to minimize the rate impacts.” [aside postID=science_1983253 hero='https://ww2.kqed.org/app/uploads/sites/35/2023/07/RS42448_GettyImages-94155086-qut-1020x680.jpg'] The bill gives the Department of Water Resources the authority to purchase the power — but not forever. Their authority would expire in 2035. Lawmakers would have to vote again to extend it.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California has moved quickly to end its reliance on fossil fuels in recent years. State regulators have OK’d rules \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/technology-california-air-resources-board-climate-and-environment-dc75c11280f85a8ab134cf392497be68\">banning the sale\u003c/a> of most new gas-powered cars by 2035. But the state has struggled to maintain its clean energy values amid that transition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>An extreme heat wave in 2020 overwhelmed the state’s power grid, leaving hundreds of thousands of homes in the dark for a few hours over two days. Similar heat waves in the following summers prompted regulators to ask consumers to use less energy when demand was at its peak in the early evenings.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Newsom and the state Legislature have since spent $3.3 billion to build a “strategic reliability reserve” that included purchasing \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/technology-california-sacramento-gavin-newsom-power-outages-0c520b790860fac7326cfdcdb4d3a785#:~:text=(AP)%20%E2%80%94%20A%20record%20heat,use%20of%20oil%20and%20gas.\">diesel-powered generators\u003c/a> and extending the life of some gas-fired power plants that were scheduled to retire. [aside label='More on Clean Energy' tag='clean-energy'] “There are things happening right now in energy policy that give me some pause about the efficacy of our strategy,” Democratic state Sen. Henry Stern lamented during a public hearing on the bill last week.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>State law requires utility companies to have enough energy to meet demand. If they don’t, the bill would require those companies to pay a penalty. The Newsom administration has said this will prevent utilities from relying too much on the strategic reliability reserve, which uses gas-powered generators that pollute the air.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Alice Reynolds, president of the California Public Utilities Commission, said the state has completed more than 100 projects that have added 9,000 megawatts of new clean energy in the past three years. The bill lawmakers approved on Wednesday also includes provisions to fast-track new electric transmission projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We need to act quickly and we need to really have all hands on deck,” Reynolds said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n","blocks":[],"excerpt":"Gov. Gavin Newsom can now buy massive amounts of electricity, with a goal to prevent blackouts, and kickstart the West Coast’s fledging offshore wind industry.","status":"publish","parent":0,"modified":1694815091,"stats":{"hasAudio":false,"hasVideo":false,"hasChartOrMap":false,"iframeSrcs":[],"hasGoogleForm":false,"hasGallery":false,"hasHearkenModule":false,"hasPolis":false,"paragraphCount":17,"wordCount":907},"headData":{"title":"Power Play: California Legislature Allows State to Buy Massive Amounts of Electricity | KQED","description":"Gov. Gavin Newsom can now buy massive amounts of electricity, with a goal to prevent blackouts, and kickstart the West Coast’s fledging offshore wind industry.","ogTitle":"","ogDescription":"","ogImgId":"","twTitle":"","twDescription":"","twImgId":""},"nprByline":"\u003ca href=\"https://twitter.com/adambeam\">Adam Beam\u003c/a> \u003cbr> The Associated Press","excludeFromSiteSearch":"Include","showOnAuthorArchivePages":"No","articleAge":"0","path":"/news/11961400/california-legislature-approves-plan-allow-state-buy-power","audioTrackLength":null,"parsedContent":[{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003cp>The California Legislature voted Thursday to give Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s administration permission to buy massive amounts of electricity, a move aimed at \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-941c5a94c7bc7b1f93e1ed4bf6560fd4\">avoiding blackouts\u003c/a> by shoring up the state’s power supply while jumpstarting the West Coast’s fledgling offshore wind industry.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Five companies paid roughly \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/business-california-united-states-government-rwe-ag-climate-and-environment-87f602496e34299f5429a3d8a67ae478\">$750 million\u003c/a> last year to lease areas off the California coast to build wind turbines. Collectively, those projects could generate enough electricity to power 3.5 million homes, helping the state avoid blackouts during extreme heat waves that have routinely strained the electrical grid of the nation’s most populous state.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But so far, the state’s largest utility companies have not been willing to commit to buying power from projects like those because it would cost too much money and take too long to build. In addition to building the wind turbines, the projects will require improvements at the state’s ports and new power lines to transport the energy from the ocean to the land.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"","name":"ad","attributes":{"named":{"label":"fullwidth"},"numeric":["fullwidth"]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“This is a major, generational series of investments that need to happen, and there’s a real risk [that] it won’t if we can’t provide more certainty,” said Alex Jackson, director of the American Clean Power Association, which represents the companies trying to build the wind projects.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The bill would \u003ca href=\"https://apnews.com/article/california-blackouts-wind-geothermal-energy-fd6e382afd43c3e88d8a35a8dc22578f\">let the state buy the power\u003c/a>. The money would come from a surcharge imposed on Californians’ electricity bills. State regulators would decide how much this charge would be. Consumers would not pay it until the wind projects are up and running, likely several years from now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>California already has among the highest electricity rates in the country. \u003c/p>\u003c/div>","attributes":{"named":{},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"component","content":"‘This is a major, generational series of investments that need to happen, and there’s a real risk [that] it won’t if we can’t provide more certainty.’","name":"pullquote","attributes":{"named":{"size":"medium","align":"right","citation":"Alex Jackson, director, American Clean Power Association","label":""},"numeric":[]}},{"type":"contentString","content":"\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp> “This legislation … means that every single ratepayer in California, no matter where you live, is going to pay for this,” said Republican state Sen. Brian Dahle, who opposes the bill.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Supporters argue the bill will save people money in the long run on their electric bills. California has a law requiring all of its electricity to come from renewable or non-carbon sources by 2045. 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