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

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 5, 2020 - The largest category of state funding for flood management in the budget consists of $138  million ($103  million from Proposition  68 and $35  million from Proposition  1 [2014]) to undertake eight projects along the State Plan of Flood Control system in the Central Valley.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4275

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Sep 12, 2024 - CARB = California Air Resources Board; CEC = California Energy Commission; ZEV = zero ‑emission vehicle;  CalSTA  =  California  State  Transportation  Agency; and GO ‑Biz = Governor ’s Office of Infrastructure and Economic Development Notable ZEV program reductions contained within the 2024 ‑25 budget package include: (1)  a total of $500  million for ZEV school buses and related infrastructure,
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

The 2019-20 Budget: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 14, 2019 - Agricultural fertilizers and animal wastes app lied to croplands are by far the largest regional sources of nitrate in groundwater, although other sources can be important in certain areas. SWRCB Administers Programs to Provide Safe Drinking Water.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3933

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 16, 2023 - Parks ’ deferred maintenance projects ($31  million in 2021 ‑22, retaining $138  million). CNRA ’s Recreational Trails and Greenways Program ($25  million in 2022 ‑23, retaining $10  million). DOC ’s Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program ($25  million in 2022 ‑23, which eliminates the recent General Fund support for the program).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4807