Contents
INTRODUCTION 1
CALIFORNIA: ENVIRONMENTAL POLICYMAKING AND TECH-BASED INNOVATION 3
LOS ANGELES TECH ECOSYSTEM 6
CONCLUSION: CALIFORNIA'S THREE RISKS 9
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 13
Table 1. Total estimated technical potential for select renewable energy sources in California 4
Table 2. Number and funding of start-ups producing advanced environmental technologies, by US state, utilizing Crunchbase data 6
Table 3. Number and funding of start-ups producing advanced environmental technologies, by US city-region, utilizing Crunchbase data 8
Figure 1. Number of firms producing advanced environmental technologies in the United States 9
Boxes
BOX 1. LABELS: CLEANTECH, GREENTECH, CLIMATE TECH, AND MORE 2