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 SCIENCE 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.
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Sharing My Ecology Research with California Legislators
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Board of Directors
Board of Directors
The Board provides strategic vision and direction, and has fiduciary responsibility for CCST. Distinguished leaders from academia and industry—including those representing our Sustaining Institutions and Federal Laboratory Affiliates—form the 16 members of the Board.
Advisory Panel
CCST Advisory Panel
The CCST Advisory Panel will be an interdisciplinary team of experts who will contribute to and support CCST’s efforts to bring science to California decision makers.
Distinguished Experts
Distinguished Experts
CCST’s Distinguished Experts—an invited roster of distinguished scientists and technical experts with deep experience, spanning Nobel Laureates to entrepreneurs—are called upon to help identify relevant experts to author the organization’s reports and respond to other requests for expertise.
CCST Science Fellows
CCST Science Fellows
Every year, CCST places ten PhD scientists and engineers in the California Legislature for one-year appointments. CCST Science Fellows work hands-on with policymakers addressing complex scientific and technical issues, as well as assuming other responsibilities of full-time legislative staffers.
CCST Staff
CCST Staff
CCST staff implement programs as directed by the Board, providing policy analysis and project management, and serving as direct liaisons between state leaders and the Council. Staff members support CCST’s growing network of experts and continually cultivate new contacts within the legislative and scientific communities. Staff also provide vital training and year-round support for CCST Science Fellows serving in the Capitol - enabling them to deliver the critical non-partisan technical analysis that state legislators need to drive scientifically sound policies forward.
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.
Oil and Gas Water Cycle Reporting
Potential health risks and community impacts of natural gas production and storage.
Biomethane
Impacts on cost of biomethane, volume sold, and equipment operation.
Orphan Wells
Understanding how deserted and orphaned wells affect the State of California.
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
Support CCST
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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