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March 4, 2010 - This responds to Senator Cogdill's request for an analysis of the net impact on jobs in California that would occur as a result of the implementation of AB 32 (Núñez), the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, Chapter 488, Statutes of 2006. In our response, we briefly summarize the basic provisions of AB 32 and its planned implementation through the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB’s) Scoping Plan (SP), discuss the avenues by which the SP would potentially affect California jobs, and present the jobs-related effects of the SP as estimated by CARB. We then comment on CARB’s analysis and offer our own view about how the SP might affect jobs.
February 9, 2010 - Presented to Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee
January 21, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
January 21, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
January 21, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
January 21, 2010 - Presented to Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Committee
October 30, 2009 - Sent to: Members, Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee and Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee
August 26, 2009 - Presented to Senate Select Committee on Delta Stewardship and Sustainability
June 16, 2009 - Presented to Senate Committee on Energy, Utilities, and Communications
June 2, 2009 - Presented to the Budget Conference Committee
April 2, 2009 - Presented to Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources
March 19, 2009 - The Davis-Dolwig Act is a 47-year-old state law that specifies that the state, not water ratepayers, should fund the recreation component of the the State Water Project (SWP). The budget proposes a number of statutory reforms to the act, in part to provide a dedicated funding source for its implementation. We find that the Governor’s proposal does not address a number of major problems with the implementation of the act and that the administration’s approach improperly limits the Legislature’s oversight role. We also find that, over many years, the Department of Water Resources has been allocating costs to the state under Davis-Dolwig that are significantly in excess of the direct costs to SWP for recreation. In our report, we offer the Legislature a package of statutory reforms to address problems that we have identified with the implementation of Davis-Dolwig. These include clarifying the role of public funding for recreation in SWP. We also recommend that the state evaluate the potential to divest itself of SWP reservoirs that are used mainly for recreation.
March 17, 2009 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Resources
March 17, 2009 - Presented to Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee and Assembly Water, Parks and Wildlife Committee
March 10, 2009 - Presented to Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee.