Instead of building sea walls to protect the coast from flooding, money should be spent helping people retreat inland to higher ground, Miller said.
As warming temperatures and declining snowpack limit water, more farmland will have to be fallowed.
“Remarkably, Gov. Newsom is giving just over 3% of the overall wildfire budget to equitable home hardening, which is the most effective way to protect existing communities with high fire risk,” said Brian Nowicki of the Center for Biological Diversity.