Assessing Early Implementation of Urban Water Use Efficiency Requirements

Jan 4, 2024 - Variances. Proposed regulations would allow a supplier to apply for a variance to increase its WUO if water for a specified unique use accounts for 5  percent or more of the supplier ’s WUO, such as for evaporative coolers, significant seasonal population changes, or significant populations of horses or other livestock.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4823

Department of Toxic Substances Control: Performance Improvement Initiatives Merit Oversight

Apr 4, 2017 - Excludes less complex workload such as closure verifications and review of: (1) class 1 permit modifications, (2) class 2 permit modifications, and (3) emergency permits and variances. Legislative Oversight Questions: Is the department on track to completing the number of permitting decisions projected in the current fiscal year, and have your projections for future permitting decisions changed?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3644

Expanding Access to Safe and Affordable Drinking Water in California—A Status Update

Nov 10, 2020 - A separate analysis of water quality data in the San Joaquin Valley found that community water systems serving predominantly socioeconomically disadvantaged communities had both higher levels of arsenic and higher odds of violating water quality standards.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4294

The 2020-21 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 25, 2020 - Moreover, helping to ensure greater local compliance with the act ’s requirements will lessen the odds that the state has to assume what likely would be significant costs to take over management of noncompliant basins.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4178

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - Overall, this analysis concluded that the odds of a structure being destroyed by wildfire were roughly five times higher for noncompliant structures compared to compliant ones. Notably, while there is a general consensus among researchers that defensible space can help protect homes from igniting during wildfires, there are still gaps in knowledge.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

Preparing for Rising Seas: How the State Can Help Support Local Coastal Adaptation Efforts

Dec 10, 2019 - Planning ahead means adaptation actions can be strategic and phased, helps “buy time ” before more extreme responses are needed, provides opportunities to test approaches and learn what works best, and may make overall adaptation efforts more affordable and improve their odds for success.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4121