May 2, 2024 - Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government
9:30 a.m. or Upon Adjournment of Session - State Capitol, Room 113
Agenda: GO-Biz, Department of Insurance, California State Lottery Commission, Secretary of State, State Treasurer, CA Achieving a Better Life Experience Act Board, California Secure Choice Retirement Savings Board, Department of Consumer Affairs, Department of Financial Protection and Innovation, California Arts Council, Fair Political Practices Commission

April 25, 2024 - Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government
9:30 a.m. or Upon Adjournment of Session - State Capitol, Room 113
Agenda: Lithium Oversight, Governor's Office of Business & Economic Development, Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, Department of Tax and Fee Administration

Witness Presentations

• Presentation: Dr. Michael McKibben, Professor, University of California, Riverside 

• Presentation: John Gay, Director, Imperial County Department of Public Works 

• Presentation: Noemí Gallardo, Commissioner, California Energy Commission; Erik Stokes, Chief of Staff to Commissioner Gallardo, California Energy Commission
• Presentation: Genti Droboniku, Research Manager, California Department of Tax and Fee Administrationation

Background Information

Panel One

• Characterizing the Geothermal Lithium Resource at the Salton Sea (2023) Dobson et al, Lawrence National Labs. Available at:
  https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4x8868mf
• Report of the Blue Ribbon Commission on Lithium Extraction in California (2022) Paz et al, California Energy Commission. Available as TN #247861 at:
  https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/Lists/DocketLog.aspx?docketnumber=20-LITHI...
• Status Update on Lithium Valley Commission Recommendations (2024) California Energy Commission. Available as TN #255768 at:
  https://efiling.energy.ca.gov/Lists/DocketLog.aspx?docketnumber=24-OIIP-02

Panel Two

• California Energy Commission Lithium Valley Fact Sheet. Available at: https://www.energy.ca.gov/filebrowser/download/4041

Panel Three

• Lithium Valley Final Baseline Report (2024) Rick Engineering Company for Imperial County. Available at: https://lithiumvalley.imperialcounty.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Lith...
   
• California Lithium Extraction Tax Study (2023) California Department of Tax and Fee Administration Research and Statistics Section. Available at: https://www.cdtfa.ca.gov/taxes-and-fees/LithiumTaxStudy.pdf
• April 25, 2024 - Outcomes

April 18, 2024 - Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government
Agenda: Homelessness Spending Status Update, Assessment, and Budgetary Considerations: Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, Department of Housing and Community Development

• April 18, 2024 - Outcomes

April 4, 2024 - Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government
Agenda: Privacy Protection Agency, Department of Technology, Department of General Services

• Department of Technology - Middle-Mile Broadband Initiative Updates
• Department of Technology - Broadband For All
• Outcomes