2013
8/5/14 Informational Hearing
Bay Bridge Lessons Learned: Receipt of Final Reports
- Agenda — 8/5/14
- Background Report — 8/5/14
- Mega-Project Management Lessons Learned Report Cover Letter (Caltrans)
- Lessons Learned Report
- Technical Review of Design and Construction of New East Span of San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (LAO)
- Caltrans Response to LAO Panel
- The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: Basic Reforms for the Future (De Wolk)
- Response to the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: Basic Reforms for the Future Report (Caltrans)
- Studies and Documents for The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: Basic Reforms for the Future (De Wolk) footnotes: https://stran.senate.ca.gov/baybridgeinvestigativehearing
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5/13/14 Informational Hearing
SB 375: From Vision to Implementation
- Agenda — 5/13/14
- Background Report — 5/13/14
- Witness Testimony: Dr. Gian-Claudia Sciara, Postdoctoral Scholar — UC Davis Testimony
- Witness Presentation: Carl Morehouse, President — Southern CA Assoc of Governments Handout and Testimony
- Witness Testimony: Dr. Stephanie Pincetl, Professor — UCLA Testimony
- Witness Testimony: Amanda Eaken, Deputy Director — Natural Resources Defense Council Testimony
- Witness Testimony: Richard Lyon, Senior Vice President — California Building Industry Association Testimony
- The Summary Report from the Informational Hearing Publication 1570-S
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3/27/14 Informational Hearing
Toward a World-Class Passenger Rail System in California: Evaluating High-Speed Rail's Potential for Success
- Agenda — 3/27/14
- Background Report — 3/27/14
- Witness Presentation: Jeremy Fraysse, Fiscal and Policy Analyst — Legislative Analyst's Office Handout
- Witness Testimony: Paul Dyson, President — Rail Passenger Association of California Handout
- Witness Testimony: Professor William Ibbs — UC Berkeley Department of Civil Engineering Testimony
- The Summary Report from the Informational Hearing Publication 1565-S
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2/11/14 Informational Hearing
Reforming Caltrans
- Agenda — 2/11/14
- Background Report — 2/11/14
- Witness Presentation: Joel Rogers, Director — State Smart Transportation Initiative Report
- Witness Presentation: Elizabeth Deakin, Professor — University of California, Berkeley Handout
- Public Comment Pesentation: Terry Parker, Board Secretary — California WALKS Statement and Handout
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1/24/14 Informational Hearing
Lessons Learned from the Development and Construction of the Bay Bridge
- Agenda — 1/24/14
- Background Report — 1/24/14
- Preliminary Report: The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge: Basic Reforms for the Future (Submitted to the Committee by News to the Next Power)
- Witness Presentation: Lisa Thomas, Metallurgical and Materials Engineer — Berkeley Research Company Handout
- Witness Presentation: Steve Heminger, Chair — Toll Bridge Program Oversight Committee Handout
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2013
11/13/13 Informational Hearing
How to Save the State Billions: Improving Megaproject Outcomes
- Agenda — 11/13/13
- Background Report — 11/13/13
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5/14/13 Informational Hearing
Caltrans: The State Auditor's Recent Investigation and a Bay Bridge Update
- Agenda — 5/14/13
- Background Report — 5/14/13
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2/26/13 Joint Informational Hearing
California High-Speed Rail Project: How Should the State Safeguard the Public's Interest?
Senate Transportation and Housing Committee and Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy and Transportation
- Agenda — 2/26/13
- Background Paper — 2/26/13
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3/19/13 Informational Hearing
AB 32 Implementation: Light Duty Vehicles and Their Fuels
- Agenda — 3/19/13
- Background Report — 3/19/13 (Revised)
- Witness Presentation: Alberto Ayala and Richard Corey — California Air Resources Board Presentation
- Witness Presentation: Blake Simmons — Sandia National Laboratories and the Joint BioEnergy InstitutePresentation
- Witness Presentation: Catherine Dunwoody — California Fuel Cell Partnership Handout No. 1, Handout No. 2,Handout No. 3, Handout No. 4
- Witness Presentation: Bob Epstein — Environmental Entrepreneurs Testimony
- Witness Presentation: Catherine Reheis-Boyd — Western States Petroleum Association Handout No. 1, Handout No. 2, Handout No. 3
- Witness Presentation: Eileen Wenger Tutt — California Electric Vehicle Coalition Handout No. 1, Handout No. 2
- Witness Presentation: Adrienne Alvord — Union of Concerned Scientists Handout No. 1, Handout No. 2
- Witness Presentation: Simon Mui — National Resources Defense Council Handout No. 1, Handout No. 2
- Public Comment: Neville Fernandes — Neste Oil Testimony
- Public Comment: Joan Ogden, Ph.D. — University of California, Davis Testimony
