Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - A key strategy for reducing home losses during wildfires is for homeowners to maintain an area free of excess or dead vegetation around their homes, known as defensible space.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

Overview of California's Ports

Aug 23, 2022 - In response, the Department of General Services (DGS) identified six surplus state properties in proximity to highly congested ports which can store up to 20,000 containers. The state plans to lend these properties to support port operations for one year, with an option to renew for another year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4618

Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Rising  temperatures due to climate change also mean that less of the state ’s water will be stored in snowpack (which historically has been available as additional water supply in dry summer and fall months).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

The 2022-23 Budget: Clean Energy Package

Feb 22, 2022 - The  proposed budget includes a total of $380  million General Fund ($140  million in 2022 ‑23  and $240  million in 2023 ‑24) for demonstrations and early stage deployment of long ‑duration storage technologies —defined as technologies that can store energy for eight hours or more —that are on the verge of commercialization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4554

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - Electricity Cannot Be Easily Stored. Another key difference between electricity and most other commodities is that —unlike water or food, for example —electricity cannot be readily and cheaply stored.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Agriculture

Dec 15, 2021 - Specifically, AMMP funds technologies and specific management practices that increase the amount of manure that is managed in dry form, thus limiting the amount of methane emissions that result from manure being stored in anaerobic conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4483

Summary of Major 2022 Climate and Energy Legislation

Jan 6, 2023 - Carbon dioxide removal (CDR) involves extracting existing CO2 from the atmosphere and storing it using similar me thods as CCUS, or repurposing it into other products such as fuels or chemicals. The state has identified these technologies as an important part of efforts to achieve carbon neutrality.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4660

The 2022-23 Budget: Water and Drought Response Proposals

Jan 31, 2022 - As warmer temperatures contribute to a lower snowpack and more prolonged dry stretches, in the coming years the state likely will want to increase its ability to capture and store water that falls from episodic wet storms when they do occur.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4509

Lessons From Other States to Address California’s Redemption Center Closures

Apr 10, 2017 - However, resources for the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle) to enforce this provision are limited, and some stakeholders have expressed doubt that all of these stores are actually taking containers back.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3649

What Threat Does Sea-Level Rise Pose to California?

Aug 10, 2020 - Flooding from SLR could also lead to toxic contamination from facilities that generate and store hazardous materials, such as laboratories, manufacturing facilities, and gas stations. Floodwaters could penetrate both surface ‑level and underground tanks and force out toxic liquids, or liberate waste from pits or piles.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4261