The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is hosting a public meeting for the Assembly Bill (AB) 32 Environmental Justice Advisory Committee (EJAC). The meeting is open to the public and includes a public comment period.

Date:               Monday, July 17, 2023
Time:               1:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Riverside HQ Building | Merced River Room | 4001 Iowa Ave., Riverside, California 

Zoom Webinar | Passcode: 898925

Note: Due to an inadvertent oversight by CARB, there is no recording or transcript available for the July 17, 2023, EJAC meeting. CARB regrets the oversight and has provided a high-level summary of the meeting and panelists’ presentations on the Low Carbon Fuel Standard. 

• High-Level Meeting Summary
• Slides:
  • 07-17-2023 EJAC Meeting Slides
  • 07-17-2023 EJAC Meeting LCFS Panel Presentation 1 Seaton
  • 07-17-2023 EJAC Meeting LCFS Panel Presentation 2 Cullenward
  • 07-17-2023 EJAC Meeting LCFS Panel Presentation 3 Wara

Agenda

• Introductions and Opening Remarks
  • Housekeeping and Logistics (Zoom instructions and interpretation; EJAC and CARB introductions)
  • Opening remarks from co-chairs (includes ground rules, meeting agreements, agenda overview)
• CARB Staff Update regarding EJAC’s Request of an Investigation into Events Before the June 2, 2023, EJAC Meeting
• EJAC Workgroups Report Outs and Discussion
  • EJAC to report and discuss sub quorum workgroups organized around the following topic areas:
    1. Public health & social costs + Just transition
    2. Natural and Working Lands/Indigenous land management
    3. Carbon markets (LCFS & Cap-and-trade) + Carbon, Capture Use, and Storage & Carbon Dioxide Removal
• Discuss of 2023 Goals
  • EJAC to discuss objectives, goals and priorities for 2023.
• Preparing for Joint CARB Board Meeting in September
  • EJAC to organize for the Joint CARB Board meeting by setting priorities.
• Break
• Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Panel
  • EJAC invites an external LCFS expert panel to discuss the LCFS program to inform EJAC recommendations as part of AB 32 implementation.
  • Panelists:
    • Phoebe Seaton and Jaime Katz, Leadership Counsel for Justice and Accountability
    • Danny Cullenward, Research Fellow, American University
    • Michael Wara, Stanford
• Public Comments
  • EJAC invites Zoom and in-person public comments.
• Next Steps and Closing Remarks

Attending via Teleconference: Jill Sherman-Warne and Sharifa Taylor