An Initial Review of the Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program

Dec 13, 2021 - Third, grantees differ in their use of priority ranking. Some partner agencies within regions ranked all of their identified priority projects numerically or in tiers. In other cases, neither the RFFC grantee nor their partner agencies identified any prioritization of the projects in their regional priority plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4482

The 2024-25 Budget: Flood Management Proposals

Feb 26, 2024 - One of the locations has been assigned a risk ‑based assessment of “very high priority ” (the highest level) by the Delta Stewardship Council, with the other rated as “high priority ” (the council ’s middle ranking).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4856

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Other Issues)

Jun 19, 2015 - In the case of rank-and-file employees subject to collective bargaining, the Governor may not order prefunding these benefits except upon legislative approval of future labor agreements or other legislation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3278

The 2024-25 Budget: CalFire—Implementation of a 66-Hour Workweek

Mar 19, 2024 - For example, the Legislature could look into creating a Lieutenant classification as a rank between Fire Captain and Fire Apparatus Engineer, which could enable Fire Apparatus Engineers to promote more quickly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

The 2024-25 Budget: Sustainable Funding for the Department of Pesticide Regulation

Mar 5, 2024 - The  inclusion of the statutory caps also aligns with the recommendations in the independent contractor ’s report. We find the specific new caps the Governor proposes for the two mill assessments —33 .9  mills for all pesticides and the additional 1.04 mills specifically for agricultural use pesticides —to be reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4873

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Water Resources

Mar 2, 2023 - (The remaining 421 basins ranked as being lower in priority —generally smaller and more remote —are encouraged but not required to adhere to SGMA.) While comprising less than one ‑fifth of the groundwater basins in California, the 94 high ‑ and medium ‑priority basins account for 98  percent of California ’s annual groundwater pumping.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4725

Overview of California's Ports

Aug 23, 2022 - For example, nearly all of the census tracts that surround the Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles are ranked in the top one-third of the most pollution burdened in the state, according to the California Communities Environmental Health Screening Tool (CalEnviroScreen), a tool which assesses communities ’ pollution burden and vulnerability.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4618

Enhancing Implementation and Oversight: Proposition 40 Resources Bond [Publication Details]

May 7, 2002 - Proposition 40 provided a $2.6 billion bond for natural resource conservation, parks, and historical and cultural resources. We recommend several actions to improve legislative oversight of these expenditures. We also recommend inclusion of future costs for state parks in the budget process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/888

The 2021-22 Budget: Department of Toxic Substances Control

Mar 19, 2021 - That is, the Governor indicates that he will support inclusion of this $ 300  m illion for addressing brownfields only if the Legislature also approves his proposals to add a new governing board and increase the HWCA and TSCA charges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4406

Improving California’s Response to the Environmental and Safety Hazards Caused by Abandoned Mines

Aug 4, 2020 - EPA, which uses its Hazard Ranking System (HRS) to place sites on the National Priorities List (NPL). The NPL includes the highest ‑priority sites among the known releases of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants throughout the U.S.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4258