Archives: 2015-16 Legislative Session

2015-16 Informational & Oversight Hearings

May 25, 2016 

Joint Informational Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality & Assembly Natural Resources Committees

“Joint Public Hearing on the Carryout-Bags.  Charges.  Initiative Statute. (#1734)"  (On July 1, 2016, #1734 was designated Proposition 65 on the November 8, 2016, General Election Ballot)

 

April 6, 2016 

Oversight Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality Committee

“California's Drinking Water Program:  Recent Progress and Ongoing Challenges"

 

March 8, 2016

Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate Transportation and Housing & Environmental Quality Committees

"Volkswagen’s “Defeat Device”:  Update and Implications for California"

 

February 5, 2016  -- HEARING HAS BEEN POSTPONED -- to a Later Date to be Determined

Oversight Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality Committee

“Oversight of the South Coast Air Quality Management District's Regional Clean Air Incentives Market (RECLAIM) Program"

 

February 3, 2016

Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality Committee & the Select Committee on Climate Change and AB 32 Implementation

“Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: The Paris Climate Accord and What it Means for California’s Climate Investments”

 

2015 INFORMATIONAL AND OVERSIGHT HEARINGS SUMMARY [pdf]

 

November 2015

Climate Change Impacts and Adaptation Efforts in California

Summary of Oversight and Informational Hearings held in 2015  

Prepared by Dr. Laurie Harris, California Council on Science & Technology Fellow

 

October 16, 2015

Informational Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality Committee

“Southern California Regional Adaptation Efforts to Climate Change Impacts”

  • 10/16/15 Agenda
  • 10/16/15 Background
  • Alex Hall, Professor, Department of Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences and Institute of the Environment & Sustainability, and Director, Center for Climate Change Solutions, UCLA
  • Manuel Pastor, Professor, Sociology and American Studies & Ethnicity, and Director, Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE), USC
  • Krista Kline, Managing Director, Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability (LARC)
  • Elizabeth Rhoades, Climate Change Liaison, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
  • Kenn Fujioka, Manager, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District, and President-Elect, Mosquito and Vector Control Association of California (MVCAC)
  • Jonathan Parfrey, Executive Director, Climate Resolve

September 22, 2015

Informational Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality Committee

“Central Valley Regional Adaptation Efforts to Climate Change Impacts”

June 17, 2015

Oversight Hearing:  Senate Environmental Quality Committee

"California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s Cost Recovery: Progress in Implementing the California State Auditor Recommendations"

 

May 29, 2015

Informational Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality Committee

“Bay Area Regional Adaptation Efforts to Climate Change Impacts”

 

April 29, 2015

Oversight Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality Committee

"The Department of Toxic Substances Control:  Oversight Update on the Permitting Program"

 

April 15, 2015

Informational Hearing:  Senate Environmental Quality Committee

"Overview of the California Environmental Quality Act"

March 17, 2015

Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate Transportation and Housing & Environmental Quality Committees

"The Road to 2020 and Beyond: The Role of the Transportation Sector in Meeting California's Climate Goals"

  • 3/17/15 Agenda
  • 3/17/15 Background Report
  • Witness Presentation: Richard Corey, Executive Officer — Air Resources Board Handout 1, Handout 2, and Testimony
  • Witness Presentation: Janea A. Scott, Commissioner — California Energy Commission
  • Witness Presentation and Handout: Curt Augustine, Director of Policy and Government Affairs — Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers
  • Witness Presentation: Tim Carmichael, President — California Natural Gas Vehicle Coalition Handout and Testimony
  • Witness Handout: Bill Magavern, Policy Director — Coalition for Clean Air
  • Witness Presentation: Simon Mui, Ph.D., Senior Scientist and Director — California Vehicles and Fuels, Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Safe Routes to School National Partnership Handout on 120 Organizations Supporting More ATP Funding
  • To view a video of the hearing, click here.

March 12, 2015

Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate Budget and Fiscal Review Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy, and Transportation & Environmental Quality Committees

"Oversight (Part A):  California Department of Toxic Substances Control"

March 10, 2015

Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate Natural Resource and Water & Environmental Quality Committees

"Ensuring Groundwater Protection: Is the Underground Injection Control Program Working?"

March 5, 2015

Joint Oversight Hearing: Senate Energy, Utilities and Communications & Environmental Quality Committees

"ExxonMobil Torrance Refinery Explosion: Community Impacts, Emergency Response, and Long-term Safety"

 Live Video Stream

February 25, 2015

Informational Hearing: Senate Environmental Quality Committee

"California’s Adaptation Efforts to Climate Change Impacts on Environmental Quality and Public Health"