California faces a biodiversity and nature crisis that directly impacts public health and resiliency in a warming world. The state’s natural and working lands, which are natural carbon sinks, risk becoming major carbon emitters due to wildfires and harmful land management practices. We must regreen and redesign our cities to support biodiversity and public health as well as repair and restore native ecosystems. Investments in nature-based solutions pay huge dividends, and through robust collaboration and effort, natural resources protection and restoration offer multi-benefit opportunities that improve soil health, conserve water resources, cool down our cities during heat waves, restore critical habitat to maintain biodiversity, mitigate damage from wildfire, and increase equitable access to nature for historically disinvested and underinvested communities. We used the following conservation bills to determine legislators’ scores for the 2024 Scorecard: