California Air Resources Board

CARB's tribal efforts have been in place since the early development of the Assembly Bill 32 Scoping Plan. CARB's focus has been to grow our work and tribal team to allow for more adequately addressing the needs of tribes statewide. For example, CARB is building a tribal team to: 

• train our staff and leadership on tribal outreach and engagement, consultation practices, as well as better understanding our agency needs for cultural humility and tribal sensitivity training. 

• ensure tribes are directed to the right tools and resources to engage in consultation, both formal and informal. 

• foster additional access and understanding of California Climate Investments through the development and dissemination of the Tribal Funding Workbook.  

• foster additional learning of grant and other funding opportunities for non-federally recognized and federally recognized tribes such as for clean transportation, environmental projects, and other incentives. 

• meet tribes where they are in understanding their key concerns as they related to CARB's mission of protecting public health and improving air quality across the most impacted communities of the State. 

• improve our tribal outreach lists, building from the Native American Heritage list and direct engagement with tribes, to better reach tribes on important issues and upcoming events.