Members:
Senator Stephen C. Padilla (Chair)
Senator Roger W. Niello
Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
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Next Subcommittee Hearings:
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
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
Past Agendas
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 4, 2024 - Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government
Agenda: Privacy Protection Agency, Department of Technology, Department of General Services
March 14, 2024 - Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government
Agenda: Housing Budget Programs and Budget Proposals
March 7, 2024 - Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government
Agenda: Government Operations Agency, Office of Planning and Research, Department of Cannabis Control, Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, Department of Real Estate, Military Department, Department of Veterans Affairs
February 21, 2024 - Joint Hearing - Subcommittee No. 4 on State Administration and General Government and Standing Committee on Governmental Organization
Subject: California at the Forefront: Steering AI Towards Ethical Horizons
- California at the Forefront: Background
- California Plans to Use AI to Answer Your Tax Questions
- Executive Department, State of California - Executive Order N-12-23
- Handout - Foundation Models in the Public Sector Policy Briefing
- Generative AI Perspectives from Stanford HAI
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