Oversight Hearing: The Human Right To Water: Is California Achieving Its Drinking Water Goals?
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
Joint Informational Hearing: Progress on Department of Toxic Substances Control Reform: One-year update held by the Assembly Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials Committee and the Senate Environmental Quality Committee
August 23, 2022, 9:00a.m., 1021 O Street, Room 1200
- Agenda
- Background
- Materials provided by DTSC (multiple pdfs)
- Republic Services letter dated August 10, 2023
- California Environmental Justice Alliance; Communities for Better Environment; Center on Race, Poverty, and the Environment; and, Physicians for Social Responsibility-Los Angeles letter dated August 21, 2023
- DTSC Director's Priorities Progress Update August 2023
Joint Informational Hearing: First Progress Report on Department of Toxic Substances Control's (DTSC) Reform: Enhancing Transparency and Engaging Communities held by the Assembly
Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials Committee and the Senate Environmental Quality Committee
August 3, 2022, 1:30p.m., State Capitol, Room 444
Joint Informational Hearing: Pesticide Regulation in California: Protecting Our People and Environment held by the Assembly Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials Committee and the Assembly Budget Subcommittee #3
March 8, 2022, Upon Adjournment of ESTM bill hearing beginning at 1:30 p.m., State Capitol, Room 444
- Agenda
- Background Memo
- Kim Harley, PhD's Testimony
- Post hearing testimony from Ron Whitehurst of Ventura: a member of the Sustainable Pest Management Work Group
- Post hearing testimony from Sierra Club
- Coalition comment letter dated March 21 2022
- Ventura Co community leaders coalition comment letter dated March 23 2022
Informational Hearing: Microplastics in our water and environment: understanding a growing pollution source
March 2, 2021, 1:30 p.m., State Capitol, Room 4202
Subject: Overview of microplastic pollution, what it is, where it is, where it comes from, and strategies for preventing its dispersal in the environment.
- Agenda
- Speaker Bios
- Background Memo
- Panelist's Slides, State Water Resources Control Board, Scott Coffin, Ph.D., Implementation of Senate Bill 1422 Microplastics in Drinking Water
- Microplastics Fact Sheet CASA
- Public Comment, Letter regarding Synthetic Plastic Turf, Dianne Woelke, MSN, Ret. Advanced Practice and Public Health Nurse
- Public Comment, Letter of Support from Plastic Pollution Coalition, Dianna Cohen and Jackie Nunez
- Public Comment, Synthetic Nightmare Poem submitted by CleanEarth4Kids
- Public Comment, Letter Opposing Synthetic Turf, CleanEarth4Kids, Suzanne M. Hume
Joint Oversight Hearing held by the Assembly Environmental Safety Committee and the Joint Legislative Audit Committee
November 16, 2020, 9:15 a.m., State Capitol, Room 4202
1. California Department of Toxic Substances Control: The State's Poor Management of the Exide Cleanup Project Has Left Californians at Continued Risk of Lead Poisoning (Report Number 2020-107)
2. Update: Department of Industrial Relations: Its Failure to Adequately Administer the Qualified Medical Evaluator Process May Delay Injured Workers' Access to Benefits (Report Number 2019-102)
- Agenda
- Report 2020-107
- Fact Sheet for Report 2020-107
- Report 2019-102
- Fact Sheet for Report 2019-102
Joint Legislative Oversight Hearing: Childhood Lead Levels: Millions of Children in Medi-Cal Have Not Received Testing for Lead Poisoning (Report Number 2019-105) held by Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials Committee; Joint Legislative Audit Committee, Assembly Health Committee, Senate Environmental Quality Committee, & Senate Health Committee
March 10, 2020, 3:00 p.m., State Capitol, Room 4202
Joint Oversight Hearing: Department of Toxic Substances Control held by the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Resources and Transportation; Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Materials; Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 2 on Resources, Environmental Protection, Energy and Transportation; and, Senate Committee on Environmental Quality
February 27, 2019, 9:30 a.m., State Capitol, Room 4203
Assembly Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials Committee and Senate Environmental Quality Committee Joint Informational Hearing on California's Green Chemistry Program: Are We Protecting People From Toxic Chemicals In Products?
February 12, 2019, 1:30 p.m., State Capitol, Room 437
- Agenda
- Background Memo
- Safer Consumer Products Regulations Background submitted by DTSC
- Public Health Institute Fact Sheet: California's Green Chemistry Initiative at Age 10: An Evaluation of its Progress and Promise
- Public Health Institute Full Report: California's Green Chemistry Initiative at Age 10: An Evaluation of its Progress and Promise
- Testimony of Martin J. Mulvihill, Ph.D.
- Testimony of Gina Soloman, M.D., M.P.H.
- Tesimony of Tom Jacob
- Testimony of Avinash Kar, Senior Attorney, NRDC
- Testimony of Nancy Buermeyer, Senior Policy Strategist, Breast Cancer Prevention Partners
- Letter from Tim Shestek, Senior Director, American Chemistry Council
Joint Informational Hearing on Safe and Affordable Drinking Water held by the Assembly Committees on Water, Parks and Wildlife; Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials; and Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Resources and Transportation
February 6, 2019, 9:30 a.m., State Capitol, Room 4202
- Agenda
- Background
- SB 623 (Monning) ESTM Analysis
- LAO's analysis of the Governor's 2018-19 Budget
- UC Davis Center for Regional Change Report: The Struggle for Water Justice in California's San Joaquin Valley: A Focus on Disadvantaged Unincorporated Communities
Assembly Committees on Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials, Housing and Community Development, and Judiciary and Senate Committee on Environmental Quality Joint Initiative Hearing on Initiative Statute: Eliminates Certain Liability for Lead-Paint Manufacturers, Authorizes Bonds to Fund Structural and Environmental Remediation Projects. (#1845)
May 23, 2018, 2:30 p.m.
State Capitol, Room 4202
- Agenda
- Background Paper
- Initiative
- LAO letter
- Flier referred to in hearing by Asm. Chiu
- Mark Ankcorn's testimony
Assembly Environmental Safety & Toxic Materials Committee and Senate Environmental Quality Committee Joint Oversight Hearing on Overview and Final Recommendations of the Department of Toxic Substances Control's Independent Review
February 14, 2018, 9:30 a.m.
State Capitol, Room 112
- Agenda
- Background paper
- Independent Review Panel Final Report dated January 8, 2018
- Letter from County of Los Angeles Supervisor Hilda L. Solis dated November 28, 2017
- Supervisor Hilda L. Solis' Exide Residential Cleanup Handout
- Supervisor Hilda L. Solis' Exide Residential Cleanup Call to Action Handout
Oversight Hearing on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program: Status of Testing Low-Income Children for Lead Exposure
February 13, 2018, 1:30 p.m.
State Capitol, Room 444
- Agenda
- Background Paper
- CDC Poster "Prevent Childhood Lead Poisoning"
- Written testimony of Catherine of East Oakland
- Written testimony of Victoria B of Oakland
- Written testimony of Debbie Katz of Placerville
Oversight Hearing on Proposition 65 Update: Toxic Chemical Exposure: Protecting and Informing the Public
August 22, 2017, 1:30 p.m.
State Capitol, Room 444
- Agenda
- Background Paper
- Beautycounter-Letter on Proposition 65
- OEHHA-The three handouts referred to in the hearing
- Written Testimony of Megan R. Schwarzman, MD, MPH, University of California, Berkeley
- Written Testimony of Claudia Polsky, Assistant Clinical Professor, UC Berkeley School of Law & Director, Envoronmental Law Clinic
- Written Testimony of Mike Wilson, Ph.D, MPH, National Director, Occupational and Environmental Health Program, BlueGreen Alliance
- The video of this hearing is archived on http://calchannel.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=4922
Informational Hearing on California's Certified Unified Agencies (CUPAs)
June 14, 2016, 1:30 p.m.-1:50 p.m.
State Capitol, Room 444
Informational Hearing on Toxic Waste Facility Closure Plans II
June 9, 2016, 6:00 p.m.
Theodore Roosevelt High School Auditorium, 456 S Mathews Street, Los Angeles, CA
- Agenda
- Background Paper/Memo
- Director Barbara Lee's Remarks
- DTSC Exide Residential Cleanup Map & Chart
- DTSC (CEQA) Compliance Projected Timeline
- Comments from the City of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti
- Letter from Jill Johnston, PhD, USC
Informational Hearing on Toxic Waste Facility Closure Plans
January 26, 2016, 1:30 p.m.
State Capitol, Room 444
- Agenda
- Background Paper
- Executive Summary-Closure Plan Exide Technologies, Vernon, California
- Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) Draft Exide Outreach and Community Engagement Plan
- DTSC News Release
- Exide Preliminary Area of Investigation
- DTSC Packet:
- RCRA Regulatory Process for Permit, Closures, and Corrective Action
- RCRA Closure Process
- Cost Estimate Review Process
- Executive Summary-Closure Plan Exide Technologies, Vernon, California
- Executive Summary Draft Environmental Impact Report Closure Plan Exide Technologies Battery Recycling Facility
- Lead based paint chip photo
- OEHHA: Lead and Your Health both in English and Spanish
- Maps of sampling area near Exide
- DTSC News Release
- Public Notice of Rescheduled Hearing
- Soil Sampling Slides
- DTSC Handouts given to Committee on the day of the hearing:
- James Wells, PG, PhD Handout
- Jane Williams Handout
- City of Maywood Handout Letters
- Public Comment: Letter referred to by constituent Doelorez Mejia
Oversight Hearing on New River Restoration Efforts
March 20, 2015, 10:30 AM
Calexico City Council Chambers, Calexico, CA
- Agenda
- Background Paper
- Strategic plan: New River Improvement Project
- EPA New River March 2015
- Regional Board Letter to US EPA
- US EPA New River Response
- California/Baja California Border 2020 Master Action Plan - Final Closeout Report 2013-2014
- Jose Angel ESTM Testimony
- Used Tires CA MX Border Intro and Recommendations
- Summary of Recommended Actions for the CAL EPA BDOs
- Luis Olmedo New River Testimony
Oversight Hearing on Tijuana River Recovery Strategy
March 19, 2015, 3 PM
Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, Imperial Beach, CA
- Agenda
- Background Paper
- Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Cooperation on Climate Change and the Environment Between the State of California of the United States of America and the Ministry of Environment and National Resources and the National Forestry Commission of the United Mexican States
- Tijuana River Valley Recovery Team, Recovery Strategy, Living With the Water
- EPA Tijuana River Watershed March 2015
- California/Baja California Border 2020 Master Action Plan - Final Closeout Report 2013-2014
Oversight Hearing on Tulare County's Drinking Water: Addressing Water Quality and Water Supply Challenges
February 18, 2015, 2 PM
State Capitol, Room 447
Agenda
- Background Paper
- Witness Denise England, Senior Administrative Water Resources Analyst, Tulare County, "Funding to Support the Human Right to Water" and "The Tulare Lake Basin Disadvantaged Community Water Study", and Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxic Substances Committee Hearing, Tulare Lake Basin Disadvantaged Community Water Study Overview, February 18, 2015.
Oversight Hearing on California's Toxic Waste Cleanup Program: Protecting Communities at Risk
September 25, 2014
State Capitol, Room 444
- Agenda (REVISED)
- Background Paper
- Audit Request
- Fact Sheet
- Letter to Elaine M. Howle, CA State Auditor, from Miriam Barcellona Ingenito, Department of Toxic Substances Control, dated July 18, 2014
- "The People's Senate: Building a New Vision for DTSC," Center on Race, Poverty & the Environment
- CA State Auditor, CA Department of Toxic Substances Control, "Its Lack of Diligence in Cost Recovery Has Contributed to Millions in Unbilled and Uncollected Costs, Report 2013-2014," dated August 2014
- Witness Ronald Ziman, M.D., Testimony, SSFL Community Advisory Group Fact Sheet, Selection Panel Operating Protocols and Member Agreement, updated January 24, 2013, Recommendations for Community Advisory Group (CAG) Membership for the Santa Suzanna Field Laboratory Site, NASA's Environmental Remediation Efforts at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, dated February 14, 2013, Two NASA Documents Raise Serious Concerns about Consesquences of the NASA EIS Cleanup, Bell Canyon Association Board of Directors Resolution Regarding NASA's DEIS 9/30/13
- Witness John Luker, Testimony
- Presentation Material, Witness Xonia Villanueva, Autumnwood, Concerned Neighbors of Wildomar, "American Dream or Toxic Nightmare!", April 2014, pages 8 and 9
- Presentation Material, Witness Esther Rojo, Photographs
- Witness Xonia Villanueva, "Autumnwood Investigation The Community's Perspective," September 19, 2014
- Witness Christina Walsh
- Witness Abe Weitzberg, Comments on September 25, 2014 hearing, Review of Studies of Health Effects Possibly Related to the Operation of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL), dated June 18, 2014, OIG letter, dated November 2, 2010
- Witness Liza Tucker
- Witness Tom Nachtab, Santa Susana Mountain Park Association (SSMPA) board member, on behalf of Teena Takata, SSMPA President, Comments of SSMPA on Assembly Committee on Environmental Safety and Toxic Hearing regarding DTSC on September 25, 2014
- Witness Christine Rowe, Pickard Sodium Reactor Experiment (SRE) presentation, Denning SRE presentation, Answer of Department of Public Health, October 8, 2013, Dr. Mack, Santa Susana, Power Point, Letter to Assemblymember Luis Alejo, dated October 8, 2013.
Oversight Hearing on Green Chemistry: Regulations on Priority Products
May 13, 2014, 1:30 p.m.
State Capitol, Room 444
- Agenda
- Background Paper
Background Documents - Proposed Initial Priority Product Adoption - The Draft Initial Priority Products List, Department of Toxic Substances Control
- Frequently Asked Questions, DTSC Draft Initial Priority Products, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Fact Sheet
- Draft Initial Priority Products, Department of Toxic Substances Control
- Children's Foam Padded Sleeping Products Containing Tris (1,3-dichloro-2-propyl) phosphate (TDCPP), Department of Toxic Substances Control, Fact Sheet
- Paint and Varnish Strippers, and Surface Cleaners with Methylene Chloride, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Fact Sheet
- Spray Polyurethane Foam (SPF) Systems Containing Unreacted Diisocyanates, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Fact Sheet
- Testimony of Dorothy Wigmore. Handouts from Dorothy Wigmore: Prevention Triangle 11 with Precaution, OSHA notice re: Isocyanate Special Emphasis Program 2013, OSHA Hazard Info re: Isocyanates, OSHA Safer Chemicals Toolkit front page, OHB Webpage about Preventing Workers Deaths from Methylene Chloride Paint Strippers, Paint-Removal Methods, Paint Removal Poster, The Four Dog Defense with pictures
Joint Oversight Hearing with Health Committee on Impact of the Drought on Vulnerable Communities' Access to Drinking Water
February 18, 2014, 1:30 p.m.
State Capitol, Room 437
- Background documents - CA Dept. of Public Health News Release, January 28, 2014 and CA Dept. of Public Health News Release, February 10, 2014
- Handout from Ron Chapman, Director, CA Dept. of Public Health, Drought Impact on Public Drinking Water Systems
- Handout from Linda Rudolph, Co-Director, Center for Climate Change and Health, Public Health Institute, Talking Points, February 18, 2014
- Handout from Holly Madrigal, Mayor of Willits, City of Willits, 2013-2014, Drought Overview, February 18, 2014
Oversight Hearing on California Bee Colony Collapse
October 16, 2013, 2:00 p.m.
State Capitol, Room 4202
- Agenda
- Background Paper
- Letter to Brian R. Leahy, Director of the California Department of Pesticide Regulation
- Presentation by Gabriele Ludwig, Associate Director, Environmental Affairs, the Almond Board
- Letter from Cindy Baker Smith, Senior Vice President, AMVAC
Oversight Hearing on Hydralic Fracturing in California: Water Quality Protection
May 14, 2013, 9:30 AM
State Capitol, Room 444
- Agenda
- Background Memorandum
- Jayni Foley Hein, Executive Director, Center for Law, Energy & the Environment at Berkeley Law, and Michael Kiparsky, Associate Director, Wheeler Institute for Water Law and Policy at Berkeley Law, "Regulation of Hydraulic Fracturing in California: A Wastewater and Water Quality Perspective"
- Memorandum of Agreement between the State Water Resources Control Board and the Department of Conservation Division of Oil and Gas, dated May 19, 1988
Oversight Hearing on Finding Alternatives to the Use of Fumigants in Strawberry Production
April 25, 2013, Upon Adjournment of Session
State Capitol, Room 444
- Agenda
- Background Memorandum
- Letter from Karen Ross and Matthew Rodriguez to The Honorable Hillary Clinton and The Honorable Lisa P. Jackson dated October 12, 2012
- Letter from Asa Bradman, MS, PhD, Associate Director, Center for Environmental Research and Children's Health, University of California, Berkeley, to Assembly member Luis Alejo, dated May 2, 2013
- Anne Katten, MPH, Project Director, California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation
Oversight Hearing on Groundwater Contamination and the Threat to California Drinking Water
April 2, 2013, 1:30 p.m.
State Capitol, Room 444
Oversight Hearing on Drinking Water Program Organization: Improving State Assistance and Regulation of Public Drinking Water Systems
March 18, 2013
State Capitol, Room 437
Contaminated Drinking Water in California's Disadvantaged Communities
November 14, 2012, 1:30 p.m.
State Capitol, Room 126
- Agenda
- Background paper
- Background documents submitted by Dr. Thomas Harter, University of California at Davis:
- Background documents submitted by the California Department of Public Health:
- Governor's Drinking Water Stakeholder Group:
- Background document submitted by Joe Prado, County of Fresno:
- Letter submitted by the Tulare County Board of Supervisors:
- Letter submitted by the Safe Water Alliance:
Oversight Hearing on California's Furniture Flammability Standards & the Safety of Flame Retardant Chemicals
June 26, 2012; 1:30 PM
California State Capitol: Room 444
Sacramento, Ca
Testimonies
- American Home Furnishings Alliance (AHFA)
- Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association International (BIFMA)
- Polyurethane Foam Association (PFA)
Oversight Hearing on the Safer Consumer Products (“Green Chemistry”) Informal Draft Regulations
Thursday, December 8, 2011
- Agenda
- Hearing Background Information
- Safer Consumer Products Informal Draft Regulations
- Testimony of Megan R. Schwarzman, MD, MPH
- Testimony of Timothy F. Malloy
- Testimony of Ann Blake, Ph.D.
- Testimony of Davis Baltz, on behalf of the CHANGE Coalition
Oversight Hearing on Underground Storage Tank Clean-up: Progress and Opportunities
November 30, 2011
County of Santa Clara Government Center
- Agenda
- Hearing Background Information
- California State Water Quality Control Board Background Information
- Statement of CORE Environmental Foundation, Inc. and CORE Environmental Reform, Inc.
- Wieckowski Press Release
Oversight Hearing on Alternative Regulatory Systems: Extended Producer Responsibility and Product Stewardship
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
- Agenda
- Hearing Background Information
- Comparison of California and British Columbia Paint Management
Program
Oversight Hearing on Electronic Waste Management in California
Monday, February 28, 2011
- Agenda
- Hearing Background Information
- Sony Electronic Inc. Statement on E-Waste Management
- Update on California’s Covered Electronic Waste Recycling Program
- Hearing Press Release
Oversight Hearing on the Public Health and Environmental Risk of Methyl Iodide Use in California
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
- Agenda
- Hearing Background Information
- Testimony of Gina Solomon, M.D., M.P.H.
- Report of the Scientific Review Committee on Methyl Iodide to the Department of Pesticide
Regulation
Joint Oversight Hearing on the Implementation of the California Green Chemistry Initiative
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
November 3, 2010 Final Report
Oversight Hearing on Cleaning-up the Environmental Legacy of Coastal Oil Drilling
Thursday, September 30, 2010
City of Goleta, City Council Chambers
- Agenda
- Hearing Background Information
- Testimony of Goleta Councilman Roger Aceves
- Hearing Press Advisory
Joint Oversight Hearing on the Implementation of the California Green Chemistry Initiative
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
- Agenda
- Testimony of Michael P. Wilson, Ph.D, MPH
- CHANGE Coalition Comments on the Draft Regulations
- Green Chemistry Alliance Comments on the Draft Regulations
- NGO Comments on the Draft Regulations
- Assemblyman Feuer Comments on the Draft Regulations
- Hearing Press Advisory
- Hearing Press Release
Oversight Hearing on the Environmental Hazards of Oil Drilling and Production in the Baldwin Hills/ Inglewood Oil Fields
Friday, May 14, 2010
Culver City, City Hall
Investigative Hearing on Oil Drilling and Oil Production Hazards
Friday, April 30, 2010
Hermosa Beach, City Hall
Oversight Hearing on the California Green Chemistry (Safer Consumer Products) Regulations
Wednesday, March 17, 2010