Date:
October 31, 2011
Source:
The Sacramento Bee
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In this article about climate change and local water issues, UC Davis geology professor Jeffrey Mount tells the Sacramento Bee that Proposition 13, passed in 1978, "created a grow-or-die syndrome in California," encouraging new building developments on risky land, such as the Natomas basin. "That has had the effect of putting more people in harm's way," he says.
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