The 2023-24 Budget: CalRecycle’s Zero Waste Plan Proposal

Feb 28, 2023 - In 2011, the Legislature enacted Chapter 476 (AB 341, Chesbro), which, among other provisions, established a goal that by 2020, at least 75 percent of statewide solid waste generated be source reduced, recycled, or composted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4719

Summary of Major 2022 Climate and Energy Legislation

Jan 6, 2023 - Of the wells that received state permits since 2011, 76  percent are located in communities with above-average poverty rates. California does not currently have setback or buffer requirements for development near oil and gas wells.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4660

Living Under Smoky Skies—Understanding the Challenges Posed by Wildfire Smoke in California

Nov 14, 2022 - Excepting those two severe years, wildfires between 2011 and 2020 emitted an average of roughly 136 Gg of PM2.5 annually. Thus, recent decades of relatively little smoke—driven by policies of fire exclusion—are likely well below the historical norm.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4644

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