natural resources

Public Policy Institute of California’s Ellen Hanak

Friday Night Gym Rat

Ellen Hanak is a senior fellow at the Public Policy Institute of California who researches water and natural resources. Before participating in a panel on the future of the California Delta, she talked allergies, flying dreams, and sherry in the Zócalo green room.

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