California Air Resources Board

Would have required the Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the South Coast Air Quality Management District, by December 31, 2027, to analyze specified policies to determine the cost of compliance, potential costs to consumers, impacts on State and local tax revenue, impacts to refinery employment, and impacts on the State gasoline supply, as provided. The bill would also have required those local air districts, by January 1, 2028, to try, in good faith, to minimize negative impacts found by the above research. For rulemaking related to oil refineries by these local air districts, the bill would have expanded the definition of “socioeconomic impact” to also mean the cost to consumers, impacts on State and local tax revenue, and impacts on the State gasoline supply. The bill would have required those local air districts to consider those additional socioeconomic impacts and try in good faith to minimize any negative impacts, as provided, before adopting a rule or regulation related to oil refineries. Was not voted on in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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