Nearly two-thirds of state residents are concerned about the water supply in their region and the increase of wildfires and drought due to climate change, according to polling data released Thursday by the Public Policy Institute of California.
PPIC’s 21st annual environmental survey polled 1,569 state residents, including 937 likely voters, earlier this month on environmental issues and concerns.
The survey found that one-quarter of participants said water supply and the state’s ongoing drought are their top environmental concerns, followed by 17 percent saying wildfires, 13 percent saying climate change and 6 percent saying air pollution.
Water supply was also a concern for a majority of survey participants in each area of the state – the central valley, Inland Empire, Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties and the San Francisco Bay Area.
However, just under 60 percent of those polled in Southern California said their region’s water supply was a big problem, while 67 percent of those in the central valley and 70 percent of those in the Bay Area said it was a big problem.
“It’s also the most important issue for Democrats and independents while Republicans are equally likely to say the drought or wildfires are the biggest issue,” said Rachel Lawler, a survey analyst with the PPIC.
At least 69 percent of participants in each geographic region said they’ve taken steps to reduce their water use to some extent, with 90 percent of Bay Area participants saying they’ve done so.
huh? only 2/3.
And 1/3 of residents plan on moving out of California. We don’t have power outages/rationing, we have plenty of water, and Newsome isn’t our governor.
BTW- current electric bill-$119, gas- $5, and water- $42. And we are running the A/C every day.
That electric is still high for running an AC everyday. Run mine everyday (due to heat & smoke) with ceiling fans going as well to move the air and my bill was (just paid it) $78.70 for a 1400+ sq ft house. And our electric rates are slated to go down Sept 1 3%. Then again water/sewer is going up 3% to replace lines and other construction.
We have a 3,000 sq ft house. And my wife hates to sweat, so she keeps this place pretty cool.
I keep it cool and live in the desert. Only good thing is the only time it is remotely humid is when a thunder storm blows thru. That’s when you open windows and door and let nature cool things. I could never live east of the Rockies due to humidity.
Difficult decisions will have to be made. That’s why the problems in CA will never go away and only get worse. That’s why we left.
Our new home (not in CA) increased by $100,000 in value during the past 6 months alone. People are moving here and having to rent while they search and bid on homes.
Chuckie
At least your area has rentals. The Carson/Gardnerville/Reno/Sparks area has slightly over 1% of rentals available. Bay area are moving here to telecommute but we are close enough for them to attend in person meeting when necessary.
I am jealous of all of you! I want so badly out of CA but unfortunately my husband likes it here and I can’t really just up and leave by myself because I have three kids and they are nowhere near 18 years old. =(
Well Folks-
You might have a 30-60 minute drive to/from that rental, and you might have to rent an apartment. The people we bought our house from are in an apartment, waiting to build a house. They are in for some serious hurt!
Most coming up here either have to rent out in Yerington or Fallon both are about an hour away from all locations. One that have money are renting vacation properties in Tahoe which is 30 min away from Carson and an hour from south shore and 40 to Reno over Mt Rose. All of these will be fine until winter hits. s
Seems to not matter as it appears there is a housing shortage everywhere. My cousin who recently retired from Boeing wants to sell his house in Renton and move out to Port Angeles. Normally finding a house on the peninsula was never an issue…until now
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Cool you guys have the fix! All we need to do is to get that 1/3 to truly leave the state of California the population will come down it’ll solve our water and power problem yay keep moving people please move move move.
You are forgetting Kamala’s open borders policy. And Gavin’s free stuff for illegals. If they migrate and vote on Sept 14, all the better.
Don’t get too excited yet Donothaveone, as Governor Newsom is flooding in millions of illegal foreigners into the state. Most of whom are poor. So you’re losing us good tax paying citizens that will be replaced by people that you’re going to have to carry yourself.
If the one-third who leave are taxpayers instead of taxtakers, your taxes will go up. And then you will need to pay more for power and water to subsidize all of those low-income households. Don’t have a premature…celebration.
I’m more concerned about the inept politicians at the state and local levels and the two-thirds of residents that keep electing these morons…
Climate change in California is code for government failure.
Climate change in California is an excuse for government failure.
“It’s not our fault we didn’t address overgrowth, it’s climate change.”
Just as racism is the excuse for extreme violence and criminality in the black community.
In an unrelated study, it was concluded that 1/3 of the state population had their houses burn down since 2017.
Driving down I-5 over the past several years, it was sad to see the acres/miles of skeletal remains (dead trees/grapevines) of the orchards that in early 2000s were vibrant and plentiful. Then, the decision to cut off water to preserve a fish led to such apparent destruction. The whole time, running along I-5 was the California aqueduct, full of water. Not sure on the use of that water, but it seemed apparent it was not intended for (some of) the orchards. I have read the reservoirs are below average of capacity, with somewhere that meant 5 years worth of water. Is that the case? Who knows. What I am fairly confident of is that there will be rain in the near future. Droughts come and go, part of nature’s cycle.
Polls are meaningless.1 569 residents, including 937 LIKELY voters in a state with a population of more than 39 million, do not represent the entire state. All polls are the same, they randomly pick a thousand or two, then post the headline, hoping people will not read the entire article.
Not only that, but some people will lie when answering questions during a survey.
so i am bein sensored
ok ty
I guess that’s better than having sensory deprivation.
… not th first time we’ve been in this situation – why haven’t the politicians devoted some of those BILLIONS to building rain water retention facilities and more desalination plants? …. because they fund their own pet projects that will keep them in power and most popular in the eyes of voters the longest..
When a fire starts in a area not readily accessible there is only one way to reach it before it grows totally out of control. We don’t have two things available, fire lookouts and big enough all weather jets.
We are wasting money on unneeded social programs instead of building desalination plants.
That should cover it.
+1
The other third must be in a coma!
Well, the 2/3 of people need to start voting Republican o things will never get better. Imagine being so stupid as to constantly complain about how things are awful, but to still vote for the status quo? Inconceivable.