Standing Committees
Budget
The Budget Committee’s jurisdiction is the Budget.
Communications and Conveyance
Jurisdictions are Broadband, Cable, Digital Infrastructure and Video, Competition Act, Charter party carriers, Commercial air operators (Hot air balloons), Common carriers, Limousines, Moving companies, Passenger stage corporations, Supplier diversity related to CPUC, regulated telecommunications, Telecommunications, and Transportation Network Companies.
Transportation
Committee jurisdiction includes California High-Speed Rail Authority, California Highway Patrol, California Transportation Commission, Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Transportation (Caltrans), driver’s licenses, freight, regional transportation agencies, transit authorities, intercity rail, mobile sources of air pollution, fuels, rules of the road, state highways, local streets and roads, vehicles, aircraft, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and vessels.
Utilities and Energy
Primary jurisdictions are California Energy Commission; California Independent System Operator; California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC); CPUC oversight and reform; Electric generation: biogas, biomass, coal, geothermal, hydroelectric, natural gas, nuclear, renewables, solar, and wind; Electric grid; Energy efficiency, energy conservation, and demand response; Energy service providers; Natural Gas; Power plant siting; Railroads; Supplier diversity related to CPUC regulated energy, water, and railroad; Utility rates: electric, gas, water, and vessels; Water utilities.
Water, Parks, and Wildlife
Primary jurisdictions are water resources, flood management, fish and game, parks and recreation, and wildlife.
Subcommittees
Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy, and Transportation
Primary jurisdictions are Budget proposals and oversight for climate change funding including natural resources, environmental protection, agriculture, energy, air pollution, and transportation. This includes all boards, departments, and offices under the California Natural Resources Agency, the California Environmental Protection Agency, the California State Transportation Agency, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, and the California Public Utilities Commission.
