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

Nov 10, 2020 - These trends are partially due to historical housing discrimination practices that restricted which racial groups could live and purchase homes in the incorporated cities that contained larger and more developed water systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4294

Reducing the Destructiveness of Wildfires: Promoting Defensible Space in California

Sep 30, 2021 - According to CalFire, 95 p ercent of SRA where there are houses is in a local fire district or served by a county fire department. State law requires jurisdictions to adopt defensible space ordinances if they have VHFHSZs within their boundaries.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4457

The 2016-17 Budget: The State's Drought Response

Feb 5, 2016 - These federal drought monies have helped fund emergency support for drought –affected communities (including food, water, housing, and job training), and provided financial assistance for livestock producers who lost grazing or pasture land.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3343

The Salton Sea: A Status Update

Aug 29, 2018 - Moreover, as the Sea shrinks it will increasingly leave formerly lakeside houses and boat docks stranded far from the water, further depressing their desirability, recreational utility, and res ale value.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3879

Improving California's Forest and Watershed Management

Apr 4, 2018 - First, housing this funding within one department makes it more challenging to involve the other state departments that typically have a role in regulating forest health activities, such as CNRA, DFW, and SWRCB.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3798