The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals

Feb 9, 2022 - CIAPM noted that successful proposals mostly were submitted by national organizations and coalitions, whereas this proposal is specific to California. While this proposal could duplicate national precision medicine data collection efforts in some ways, its focus on California suggests it may have merit.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4523

The 2024-25 Budget: Salton Sea Management Program

Feb 26, 2024 - USACE Conducting National Environmental Protection Act Review. USACE is the lead agency for the required National Environmental Protection Act environmental assessment process for the Phase 1: 10 ‑Year Plan.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4859

Frequently Asked Questions About Wildfires in California

Jan 28, 2025 - These conditions begin to dry out vegetation, which makes the state increasingly susceptible to wildfires during the summer and early fall —or even later in years when dry conditions persist through the winter.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4952

Assessing California’s Climate Policies—Residential Electricity Rates in California

Jan 7, 2025 - Additionally, although electricity rates in California have exceeded the national average for many years, the gap has grown substantially in recent years. As shown in Figure  7 , the rates charged by California ’s three large IOUs have grown significantly faster than the average electricity rates in the rest of the  nation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4950

New Infrastructure Legislation: Summary and Issues for Legislative Oversight

Aug 8, 2023 - Additionally, this legislation extends and expands the California State Transportation Agency ’s (CalSTA ’s) existing authority to assume the responsibilities of the federal government for the purposes of compliance with the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA) —making the authority available through the end of 2033 (rather than January 1, 2025) and allowing it to cover certain local and regional transportation projects in addition to state projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4785

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

Nov 14, 2022 - However, for these centers to be effective, making them sufficiently accessible and comfortable for people to stay long enough to effectively reduce their smoke exposure is essential. As noted in a 2020 report by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, evidence is still lacking on how effective these
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4644

The 2018-19 Budget: Resources and Environmental Protection

Feb 14, 2018 - Forest Service employs roughly 10,000 firefighters for fire protection in national forests. State Conservation Camps Provide Inmate Firefighter Hand Crews. While in prison, certain inmates have the opportunity to serve as inmate firefighters as part of a hand crew and live in a conservation camp jointly operated by CDCR and CalFire (rather than remain in a prison facility).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3747

The 2022-23 Budget: Office of Planning and Research Budget Proposals [Publication Details]

Feb 9, 2022 - This budget post describes the Governor’s 2022-23 budget proposals for the Office of Planning and Research and provides comments and recommendations to the Legislature.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4523

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Resources and Environmental Protection

Oct 5, 2020 - The new legislation allows the board to issue the certification more quickly if it determines that awaiting completion of the review poses a substantial risk of waiver of the state ’s certification authority.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4275

Options for Creating a Forestry Management Training Center

Jan 4, 2022 - Together, these community colleges have granted about 100 forestry associate degrees and certificates, as well as about 2,500 fire and wildland fire technology associate degrees and certificates annually in recent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4487