rich 1.0 Action Network https://actionnetwork.org <link href='https://actionnetwork.org/css/style-embed-v3.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' /><script src='https://actionnetwork.org/widgets/v6/petition/governor-newsom-value-healthy-rivers?format=js&source=widget'></script><div id='can-petition-area-governor-newsom-value-healthy-rivers' style='width: 100%'><!-- this div is the target for our HTML insertion --></div> Friends of the River https://actionnetwork.org/groups/friends-of-the-river https://can2-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/share_options/facebook_images/000/334/350/original/Newsom_Petition_Share_Image.jpg Climate change is here and no Californian will be untouched by its impacts. We are feeling it right now in extreme rain events, flooding, historic drought, and catastrophic wildfires. While most of the discourse around climate change focuses on temperature and emissions, water is the fundamental factor that most directly impacts us. This means that for California, climate change is water change. What can help our state build resilience and adapt to such change? Healthy, free-flowing rivers. Unfortunately, this was not a good year for climate policy legislation and California’s Delegation to the recent 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference did not even acknowledge that our state’s water must be equitably managed as part of the climate solution. To make matters worse, the state is still pursuing more deadbeat dam projects and preserving the water status quo - an inequitable and outdated water management system that is vulnerable to drought, leaves over 1 million people without access to clean water, and is killing our rivers. Our state is at a critical juncture. California's current financial windfall is a once in a lifetime opportunity to set us on the course to a brighter, equitable future. Through the lens of funding and policy, we can choose to approach climate resilience holistically and ensure these enormous public investments advance California as far as possible to a climate and water resilient future. Governor Newsom has the power to give our state and all future generations cleaner water, healthier rivers, and a more sustainable California. What can be more important than this? Sign FOR's petition today. https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/governor-newsom-value-healthy-rivers