Works

Policy Brief
February 2024
Esther Conrad, Preeti Hehmeyer, Bruce Cain
A policy brief on how to expand the electric vehicle market in California and ensure access to charging stations.
Audio
December 2023
Bruce Cain
On Wednesday, Nov. 29, Bill Lane Center Director Bruce Cain appeared at the Commonwealth Club of California to discuss his new book, "Under Fire and Under Water: Wildfire, Flooding, and the Fight for Climate Resilience in the American West." The event recording is available here.
Paper
November 2023
Nancy Pfund, Lucy Reading, Jake Harris

This year has seen wildfires wreaking devastation in Maui, Canada, and Europe, with 60 million acres burned and 335...

Report
October 2023
Bruce Cain, Preeti Hehmeyer
In a recent shift, population growth in California has stalled. The state is currently hemorrhaging residents to neighboring states like Texas, Arizona, and Nevada. This new report is part of collaborative polling project by researchers at Stanford University, Arizona State University, and the University of Houston.
Report
September 2023
Bruce Cain, David Brady, Kim Fridkin, Mark P. Jones, Patrick Kenney, Richard Murray, Doug Rivers, Preeti Hehmeyer

A three-state survey conducted by the Bill Lane Center and other academic institutions explores citizens' attitudes and...

Report
August 2023
Bruce Cain, David Brady, Kim Fridkin, Mark P. Jones, Patrick Kenney, Richard Murray, Doug Rivers

This report examines the attitudes and opinions of Arizona, California and Texas residents regarding restrictive...

Audio
August 2023
Bruce Cain

Bill Lane Center Director Bruce Cain joins Michael Krasny on his "Grey Matter" podcast for an episode called, "Back to...

Report
June 2023
Bruce Cain, David Brady, Kim Fridkin, Mark P. Jones, Patrick Kenney, Richard Murray, Doug Rivers

Following the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision, the rules governing abortion in the United States have gone from...

Audio
February 2023
Bruce Cain, professor of Political Science at Stanford and Director of the University's Bill Lane Center for the American West, joins Francis Fukuyama to talk about the new book he is writing on the political challenges of adapting to a changing climate in California and other western states.
Report
May 2022
Miri Powell

In recent years, intensifying wildfires in California and the West have prompted renewed calls to enhance fire...

Paper
March 2022
Phillip Polakoff, MD, Dennis Berens, John Langefeld, MD

Today’s health prevention and health care model was the future 20 years ago. Now it’s time to create a new future, based...

Paper
February 2022
Dr. Rebecca Miller, Dr. Iris Hui

Abstract: Climate change impacts such as disasters and higher temperatures can disrupt academic learning and reduce...

Article
January 2022
Dennis Berens, Phillip Polakoff, MD

This article by our partners at A Healthier We (AHW) looks at the shrinking rural health workforce, a problem that will...

Report
January 2022
Phillip Polakoff, MD, Dennis Berens, Chief Rural Strategist, A Healthier WE, June Sargent, Chief Impact Officer, A Healthier WE

A Healthier WE, the 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to addressing critical issues in rural health, has...

Article
January 2022
Dr., Dennis Berens, John Langefeld, MD, June Sargent, David Angelson, PhD

This article by our partners at A Healthier We (AHW) identifies five distinct programmatic areas -
 along with potential...

Report
November 2021
K. Lynn Gallagher, JD, Phillip Polakoff, MD

Rural communities operate, process, live, understand, and feel things differently than larger urban communities. In this...

Report
October 2021
Phillip Polakoff, MD

A Healthier WE, the 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to addressing critical issues in rural health, has...

Paper
July 2021
Iris Hui, John Coyle, Abraham Ryzhik
A paper examining the spatial distribution of EPA violations for water, air and hazardous waste datasets.
Paper
June 2021
Bruce Cain, Iris Hui, Angela Zhao

In recent years, wildfires have ravaged the landscape in many Western American states, especially California. But will...

June 2021
Michael Hotard, Nathan Lee

Local governments are responsible for a large share of infrastructure spending in the United States, but leaders at the...