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Untangling Housing Affordability & Groundwater Regulation This explainer takes a look at the updates to the Certificate of Assured Water Supply and how it will impact housing affordability. To ensure long-term water supplies for current residents, the state has imposed limitations on some new housing subdivisions and other types of development.
Northern Arizona Water Affordability Study Access to safe, reliable, affordable drinking water is the foundation of public health, economic opportunity, and quality of life in any community. Yet, significant challenges associated with providing and maintaining this access exist across Arizona, perhaps most acutely on Native American reservations and in small, physically isolated rural communities across the state.
Downtown Phoenix directions: If you hit Taft Street, you’ve gone too far Joseph Garcia February 14, 2018 Happy Valentine’s Day. Or should I say, Happy Statehood Day. It was on this day – 106 years ago on Feb. 14, 1912 – when President William Howard Taft made an honest woman out of the Arizona Territory by making her the 48th state.
'Latino vote' is larger than simply votes cast by Latinos Joseph Garcia January 23, 2019 With every new election cycle, I am asked many questions by many news organizations about the Latino vote, mainly: "Is this the year Latinos make their presence felt at the ballot box?"
A paint-by-number portrait of Arizona’s nebulous independent voter Joseph Garcia March 20, 2019 It’s a new year in politics. As of Jan. 1, there were 3,782,218 people registered to vote in Arizona, according the state Secretary of State’s Office. Perhaps you’re among them.
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Impacts of Colorado River Shortage to Tap Water Deliveries in Central Arizona This primer provides information regarding Colorado River shortage impacts to the provision of tap water. The intent of this primer is to:
Morrison Institute Housing Research Arizona Community Foundation generously funded Morrison Institute for Public Policy to examine issues related to housing insecurity in Arizona. On this page, you will find all of the Morrison Institute research conducted as part of this project. New research will be added throughout 2021 and 2022.
Arizona Town Hall: Equity for All Arizonans