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Expanded access to exercise will make a healthier California
Image by Rawpixel via ShutterstockAccess to a safe and consistent place to exercise can help improve the health and well-being of countless Californians.
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Exercise key to fight COVID-19’s toll on mental, behavioral health
A hiker takes a break during the pandemic. (Photo: Leah-Anne Thompson, via Shutterstock.OPINION: The coronavirus pandemic is taking a toll on public health, a toll that extends well beyond those who have been infected by the virus. Nearly all of us have experienced or witnessed the effects: increased stress, heightened anxiety, at least a bit of depression. These conditions are to be expected given the isolation and disruption of our daily lives.
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Defining a groundwater management system
Watering crops in California's Central Valley. (Photo: CRSHELARE, via Shutterstock)OPINION: In the past 30 years, perhaps no legislative effort to bolster the state’s water policy has received as much attention as the management of groundwater. This effort lead to the expansion of water district powers, the creation of special act districts with unique powers, the authorization of voluntary plans and finally culminated in the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA).