CCST PROVIDES...
Analysis of scientific and technical matters of critical importance for California decision makers
‘Science At Your Service’ – On-demand expertise for briefings, reports, and more
Access to world class expertise through our Partner Institutions and beyond
CCST S&T Policy FELLOWS
Want to make a difference? We recruit PhD scientists and engineers to spend a year of public service in California, gaining valuable career training in public policy.
News from CCST
Read our latest announcements, blog posts, and insights in our News section, covering all things CCST and S&T Policy Fellows related. Be sure to sign up for our monthly CCST Spotlight Newsletter to get these highlights and more directly in your inbox.
CCST Expert Briefings
Catch up on our latest CCST Expert Briefings. Download the one-pager overviews and watch the video recordings on a range of topics addressing challenges facing California, featuring leading voices from our Partner Institutions and beyond. And sign up to be the first to hear about upcoming briefings and related events.
Science Services
For more than 30 years, CCST has worked to tailor its services to meet the needs of the Capitol policy community, particularly when it comes to providing impartial advice and expertise on sensitive scientific matters. By leveraging its network of experts distributed throughout the University of California, California State University, California Community Colleges, Stanford, Caltech, and NASA and DOE campuses, CCST can respond to a variety of decision maker requests for assistance.
Contact CCST to speak to an expert in a specific scientific or technological field, secure expert testimony for a hearing, arrange for an in-office meeting with a researcher, organize a panel briefing, commission a brief report or full-fledged research project and publication, and more.
What We Do
We facilitate informal chats, expert testimony, briefings, workshops, reports, and more for California decision makers.
Commissioned Projects and Reports
CCST convenes trusted experts to produce rigorously reviewed scientific reports that aid state leaders in making critical decisions.
Expert Briefings
Providing Capitol decision makers with succinct, impartial information that satisfies the tight deadlines of state leaders.
Science and Technology Week
CCST’s annual Science and Technology Week celebrates the importance of science in informing California policymaking.
CCST Projects
Most of our projects, which focus on issues that are timely and important to California’s future, result in the publication of one or more reports. To provide sound, science-based input to California’s policymakers, CCST:
Convenes world-class experts to develop assessments
Ensures full disclosure of conflicts of interest
Conducts thorough, objective work based on scientifically sound principles
Ensures rigorous peer review is conducted before reports are published
We are proud to uphold these standards, ensuring that policymakers have the information necessary to craft policies made stronger with science—in California and beyond.
Costs of Wildfire
Assessing the state of knowledge regarding wildfire losses and their associated costs across key sectors.
Biomethane
Impacts on cost of biomethane, volume sold, and equipment operation.
Oil and Gas Water Cycle Reporting
Potential health risks and community impacts of natural gas production and storage.
Maker Space
Developing a sustainable network to aid the growth of the Maker Movement.
Publications
As a trusted non-partisan partner of the California Legislature and Executive Branch, we develop and publish reports on some of the most timely and important issues critical to California’s future. Our publications ensure that the public has access to unbiased insight into important scientific matters, while giving policymakers at the state and national level the information necessary to craft policies that reflect current scientific understanding.
All of our publications are freely available, and can be viewed by browsing the full list of reports, or by using the search bar.
Our Partners
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California’s policies are stronger with science. By donating to CCST, you help to support a more informed California, and to improve the lives and wellbeing of the 40 million inhabitants impacted by the choices made by the state’s decision makers.
Our Mission
To engage leading experts in science and technology to advise State decision makers - ensuring that California policy is strengthened and informed by scientific knowledge, research, and innovation.
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