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A stormwater fee is a charge imposed on real estate owners for pollution in stormwater drainage from impervious surface runoff.. This system imposes a tax that is proportional to the total impervious area on a particular property, including concrete or asphalt driveways and roofs, that do not allow rain to infiltrate.
Skateboarders roll along the Rio Hondo Bike Path in Pico Rivera in April 2023. The Rio Hondo Coastal Basin Spreading Grounds are Los Angeles County Public Works' largest aquifer recharge facility ...
Tribal nations and minority groups have also accused the California State Water Resources Control Board of exclusion from public participation and policy-making. [25] In March, Latino community members from the Central Coast filed a racial discrimination complaint over disparate levels of nitrate being found in groundwater serving Latino ...
Northern California Coast as seen from Muir Beach Overlook. The California Coastal Commission was established in 1972 by voter initiative via Proposition 20. [8] This was partially in response to the controversy surrounding the development of Sea Ranch, a planned coastal community in Sonoma County.
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The Los Angeles Fires and the Overblown Role of Public Policy . California, of course, has many bad public policies. You can't swing a dead cat without hitting a bad California policy.
In some areas, especially along the U.S. coast, polluted runoff from roads and highways may be the largest source of water pollution. For example, about 75 percent of the toxic chemicals getting to Seattle, Washington's Puget Sound are carried by stormwater that runs off paved roads and driveways, rooftops, yards, and other developed land. [6]
The California Department of Tax and Fee Administration provides sales tax rates for local governments on its website. [119] The sales tax rate data are particularly useful to voters in local sales tax elections. The California Department of Education provides detailed California K-12 public education data on the Ed-Data website. [120]