The 2022-23 Budget: Municipal Stormwater and Urban Runoff Discharges Mandate

Feb 28, 2022 - This  limited the number of claimants within the Ballona Creek watershed and made some affected entities within the Los Angeles River watershed ineligible to claim reimbursement after 2008 when that trash TMDL plan was implemented.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4565

Assessing California's Climate Policies—The 2022 Scoping Plan Update

Jan 4, 2023 - For context, since 2000, statewide annual emissions have only ever dropped by more than 3  percent twice: A 6  percent reduction occurred from 2008 to 2009. This was around the time of the Great Recession.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4656

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Electricity Generation

Jan 6, 2020 - One 2008 study found that LBD benefits were roughly ten times greater than the direct environmental benefits associated with the CSI. The study found that, without LBD benefits, environmental benefits did not justify CSI subsidies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4131

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - As shown in Figure  6 , from 2017 ‑18 through 2019 ‑20, the state averaged more than 1,600 schools closed due to wildfires annually, compared to an annual average of about 70 schools from 2008‑09 to 2016‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

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

Aug 4, 2020 - This report consists of three sections. First, in the background section, we describe (1) historical mining practices, (2) the risks AMLs pose to the environment and the physical safety hazards they cause, (3) the coordination across the many state and federal agencies to address AML issues, and (4) laws and programs governing the remediation of AMLs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4258