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Shark monitoring system pings California lifeguards. But lack of funds could end program

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The Shark Lab tracks more than 200 sharks along California's coasts through a program initially set up in 2018 with more than $3 million in state funding.

Here's something California beachgoers may not know: When some great white sharks get within about 100 yards of certain state beaches, lifeguards get a text alert. A Cal State Long Beach program developed this unique system about six years ago, and hundreds of juvenile white sharks have since been tagged for monitoring. But the program is at risk of shutting down after running out of state funding. The Shark Lab at Cal State Long Beach initially received $3.

But the state's dire budget outlook has halted extra spending amid a projected deficit of at least $38 billion. Long Beach Democratic state Sen. Lena Gonzalez's office said she was aware that Cal State campuses are dealing with funding challenges this year, and that the Shark Lab's alert system 'seems to also face financial shortfalls.' Gonzalez's office did not say whether the senator would push for funding for the lab in the budget.

 

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