May 23, 2018
Initiative Statute: Eliminates Certain Liability for Lead-Paint Manufacturers.
Authorizes Bonds to Fund Structural and Environmental Remediation Projects.
Initiative Statute #1845.
April 11, 2018
Informational Hearing of the Senate Environmental Quality Committee
"Implementation of California Climate Adaptation Policies"
February 14, 2018
Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality and Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committees
"Overview and Final Recommendations of the Department of Toxic Substances Control Independent Review Panel"
January 17, 2018
Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy, and Transportation & Environmental Quality Committees
"California's Cap-and-Trade Program: The Air Resources Board's 2018 Scoping Plan"
- 1/17/18 Agenda [pdf]
- 1/17/18 Background [pdf]
- Legislative Analyst's Office Handout [pdf] -- Cap-and-Trade Extension: Issues for Legislative Oversight
- Air Resources Board Responses [pdf]
- Air Resources Board Handout [pdf]
May 10, 2017
Oversight Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality Committee
"California’s Climate Change Market-Based Compliance Mechanism: A Cap-and-Trade Program Post 2020"
March 21, 2017
Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate Transportation and Housing & Environmental Quality Committees
"Volkswagen and Fiat-Chrysler Emissions Control Violations: Impact on California"
March 1, 2017
Oversight Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality Committee
"Oversight Hearing of the Department of Pesticide Regulation: Are Proposed Regulations Protective of Children’s Health?"
February 22, 2017
Informational Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality Committee
"The Federal Clean Air Act: California's Waivers: How California's Strict Air Quality Standards Have Created Economic Growth and Improved Public Health"
- 2/22/17 Agenda [pdf]
- 2/22/17 Background [pdf]
- LEV versus ZEV Standards [pdf]
- Richard M. Frank, Professor of Environmental Practice, UC Davis School of Law
- Kurt Karperos, Deputy Executive Officer, California Air Resources Board
- Afif El-Hasan, Pediatrician, Governing Board Member, American Lung Association in California
- Don Anair, Research & Deputy Director, Clean Vehicles Program, Union of Concerned Scientists
February 15, 2017
Oversight Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality Committee
"An Overview of California's Beverage Container Recycling (Bottle Bill) Program"
- 2/15/17 Agenda [pdf]
- 2/15/17 Background [pdf]
- Modernizing the Beverage Container Recycling Program [pdf]
- Flow of Payments Under the Beverage Container Recycling Program
- LAO Analysis of the Beverage Container Recycling Program - April 2015 [pdf]
February 1, 2017
Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality Committee & Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 2 On Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy and Transportation
"Department of Toxic Substances Control: Presentation of Independent Review Panel Annual Report"
- 2/1/17 Agenda [pdf]
- 2/1/17 Background [pdf]
- Status of Independent Review Panel (IRP) Recommendations to DTSC [pdf]
- IRP Annual Recommendations pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 57014(h) [pdf]
- LAO Summary of Performance-Related and Other Selected Budget Initiatives by Program - A Five-Year Lookback [pdf]
- LAO Five-Year Budget Summary [pdf]
- LAO Permitting Program & Cost Recovery Program - Past and Projected Performance [pdf]
January 18, 2017
Oversight Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality Committee
"California Air Resources Board: An Overview of Air Pollution"
- 1/18/17 Agenda [pdf]
- 1/18/17 Background [pdf]
- Supplemental Material - Charts [pdf]
- Mary D. Nichols, Board Chair, California Air Resources Board
