The Water Equity and Climate Resilience (WECR) Caucus’s federal advocacy focuses on closing water access and affordability gaps in the United States while increasing the capacity of frontline water justice organizations to effectively engage in federal policy and advocate for safe, affordable, and reliable water for all. Download to learn about our 2024 federal policy priorities.
| More >The City of Salinas is working on a rental stabilization ordinance. This fact sheet provides a comprehensive overview of housing affordability in Salinas, highlighting the housing and economic challenges renters face.
This fact sheet provides a comprehensive overview of housing affordability in Redwood City, highlighting the housing and economic challenges renters face. It highlights an upcoming ballot measure, including a proposed fair and affordable housing ordinance, and underscores the importance of local policies that protect renters and stabilize housing costs.
Se están eligiendo más personas de diferentes grupos étnicos como funcionarios en el Área de la Bahía. Sin embargo, la mayoría de los principales cargos electos siguen ocupados por personas blancas. Si bien la diversidad en los cargos electos no conduce automáticamente a políticas equitativas, ayuda a garantizar que las personas de comunidades subrepresentadas y excluidas estén en condiciones...
| More >More people of color are being elected in the Bay Area. Yet most of the top elected positions remain held by white people. While diversity in elected office doesn’t automatically lead to equitable policies, it helps ensure that people from underrepresented and excluded communities are positioned to lead and shape the systems and policies that affect their lives. To strengthen our democracy,...
| More >The Fifth National Climate Assessment, released November 14, 2023 summarizes the latest scientific consensus on climate science in the United States. The report finds safe, reliable water supplies in the United States are threatened by drought, flooding, and sea level rise. Climate change is degrading water quality for people and ecosystems, and threatening public health. While many...
| More >The Fifth National Climate Assessment, released November 14, 2023 summarizes the latest scientific consensus on climate science in the United States. The report finds safe, reliable water supplies in the United States are threatened by drought, flooding, and sea level rise. Climate change is degrading water quality for people and ecosystems, and threatening public health. While many...
| More >Fact sheet for federal legislators on the importance of water assistance, needed improvements to the temporary Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP), principles for establishing a permanent program, and the need to shift toward long-term water affordability.
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