Heat is expected to get far more brutal in certain parts of California. People are still moving there in droves
In the 1990s, Justin Johnson was one of two Black kids at his school in Roseville, a suburban community in Placer County northeast of Sacramento. The other one, he says, was his brother, Joel.
Fast forward decades, and that’s changed dramatically, Johnson said. Now, when he drops off his high school senior daughter at school, he sees dozens more Black kids. “Is it what you would consider diverse? Probably not in comparison to the Bay Area. But compared to what it was, it’s a night-and-day difference.”
Placer County is among the places in California where Black, Latino and Asian populations have grown significantly from 2010 to 2020 — and it’s also one of the places in the state that’s expected to get the hottest with global warming.