The 2024-25 Budget: CalFire—Implementation of a 66-Hour Workweek

Mar 19, 2024 - In this brief, we analyze the Governor's proposal to implement a 66-hour workweek for California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection firefighters.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4886

The 2026-27 Budget: Framework for Approaching the Natural Resources, Environmental Protection, and Agriculture Budget

Feb 10, 2026 - In 2024 ‑25, the state began to reduce its firefighter duty week from a 72 ‑hour workweek to a 66 ‑hour workweek, consistent with a 2022 memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the state and the CalFire firefighters ’ union.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5116

Adoption of April 2021 Wildfire and Forest Resilience Early Action Package

Apr 16, 2021 - Figure 1 Wildfire and Forest Resilience Early Action Package for 2020 ‑21 (In Millions) Project implementation in high ‑risk areas SNC Stewardship of state ‑owned land CDFW Stewardship of state ‑owned land Parks Stewardship of state ‑owned land TC Regional Forest and Fire Capacity Program DOC Prescribed fire and hand crews   CalFire CalFire unit fire prevention projects CalFire Ecological
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4414

The 2023-24 Budget: California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s Major Capital Outlay Proposals

Feb 21, 2023 - (Excluding the LA County ‑operated camps, 1,612 people are housed at CalFire ‑operated facilities that have a combined total capacity of 3, 040 —which represents an occupancy rate of just over  50  percent.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4693

The 2024-25 Budget: Insolvency Risks for Environmental and Transportation Special Funds

Feb 27, 2024 - Going forward, the Legislature also could consider MVA ’s fund condition when it is evaluating agreements negotiated between the administration and the employee unions that represent the majority of DMV and CHP employees pertaining to pay and other benefits.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4858

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

Sep 12, 2024 - Subsequently (in August 2024), the Legislature ratified a memorandum of understanding between the state and the union representing CalFire firefighters that includes additional provisions to implement the 66-hour duty week.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4928

The 2022-23 Budget: Pesticide Enforcement

May 5, 2022 - The department also oversees local enforcement of pesticide use la ws and regulations by County Agricultural Commissioners (CACs) and tests pesticide residues of fresh produce —both of which we discuss in more detail below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4592

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Natural Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 18, 2021 - CalFire = California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection; Parks = Department of Parks and Recreation; SNC = Sierra Nevada Conservancy; CDFW = California Department of Fish and Wildlife; TC = Tahoe Conservancy; RMC = San Gabriel & Lower LA Rivers & Mountains Conservancy; SMMC = Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy; SDRC = San Diego River Conservancy; SCC = State Coastal
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4463

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - To be open by February 16, schools would only have a few weeks to complete their reopening plans, arrange routine testing, and develop collective bargaining agreements with their labor unions. It is also unclear whether the state and local health departments have the capacity to provide the support and technical assistance necessary to help schools implement their reopening plans in such a short time frame.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - For example, a 2013 study of two la rge fires in San Diego County found that structures that had vegetation cleared within 30 feet survived at about twice the rate of structures that did not have that vegetation clearance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457