Staff for the UC Davis media team spent a day in the field with Dr. Costanza Rampini, an associate professor of environmental studies at San José State University, highlighting her work in collaboration with Dr. Pasternack to better understand the impacts of climate change on urban streams in the 9 SF Bay Area counties and on the people who live and sleep along their banks. As the article says: “Together, their research is part of a two-year study of urban stream corridors throughout the Bay Area centered on climate change and unhoused people. Funded by a Climate Action Seed Grant from the UC Office of the President, the work aims to promote resilient urban streams and help find compassionate solutions to the interconnected issues of climate change and homelessness, which are often missing from current policies. […] As policymakers and communities struggle to balance the needs of society and the environment, the research team has been visiting dozens of encampments to learn first-hand what is happening in the Bay Area’s stream corridors, listen to those living there, and better understand the nature of coexistence. Team members carry clipboards holding a 45-question survey and invite encampment residents to share their perspectives. Questions range from personal history and pets to health, drug use, occupation, food, hygiene, the weather and the good and bad things about living along the creek. ” Another important aspect of the project is that Dr. Rampini has hired 14 SJSU graduate and undergraduate students across 4 departments (Environmental Studies, Geography, Urban and Regional Planning, and Anthropology) as research assistants on the project.