California Air Resources Board

Summary 

Would have exempted, until January 1, 2030, emergency telecommunications medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) from CARB’s Advanced Clean Fleet (ACF) Regulation. This bill would have prohibited CARB from implementing the ACF Regulation that would require the procurement of ZEVs for entities that operate specified emergency telecommunications vehicles.   

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Governor’s Veto Message 

To the Members of the California State Assembly: 

I am returning Assembly Bill 3179 without my signature.  

This bill would exempt until January 1, 2030 emergency telecommunications vehicles from the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation that requires the phased-in procurement of medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles.  

In 2020, I issued Executive Order (EO) N-79-20, which directed CARB, among other things, to develop strategies to transition to 100 percent medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles in the state by 2045, where feasible. Pursuant to this EO, CARB developed the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) regulation and its companion regulation, the ACF, to accelerate transportation sector emission reductions while providing safe, feasible, and flexible compliance options for affected fleet owners that have over 50 vehicles or over $50 million in gross annual revenue. Unfortunately, this bill undermines those efforts.  

California must work diligently to cut greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to our rapidly changing climate, and ensure that we maintain the capacity necessary to respond quickly to emergencies. To that end, I am directing CARB to implement the regulation and its exemptions so as to ensure there are feasible compliance pathways that allow providers to maintain the capacity to rapidly deploy and restore communication services during and after a natural or human-caused disaster. 

For these reasons, I cannot sign this bill.  

Sincerely, Gavin Newsom 

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