Join us as we read and discuss books that impact and reflect on the California experience – past, present, and future – and how it informs the work of the State Legislature. We’ll delve into a broad range of topics about our state, such as our immigration stories, the history of our development and business patterns, and possibly water and transportation policy. And, of course, the people behind it all. 

The book we’re reading now is California Against the Sea, Visions for our Vanishing Coastline by Rosanna Xia. How does California live with a Pacific Ocean that is warming and rising, threatening to engulf more and more of our 1,200 miles of coast? In this book, Los Angeles Times reporter Rosanna Xia tours the coast from the Oregon border to Imperial Beach to examine the impact of ocean rise on coastal and near coastal lands, settled and unsettled, and consider the best ways to address this changing iconic landscape. Easy to read, but with lots of facts and interesting interviews with coastal citizens, this is the California Center for the Book 2024 book of the year and a 2023 Golden Poppy Award Winner for Nonfiction chosen by the California Independent Booksellers Alliance.

To sign up for the book club and attend our virtual discussion, go here.