California Air Resources Board

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Requires licensed architects, as a condition of license renewal, to complete five hours of continuing education training on zero net carbon design, presented by those with knowledge and expertise in these design requirements, and requires the California Architects Board to adopt regulations to establish qualifications for courses and course providers by July 1, 2024.

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Expedites local government permit approval for electric vehicle charging stations by automatically deeming the permit approved if a local government official takes no action after specified time periods.

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Specifies that a business engaged in the manufacturing of fuels, electrical parts, or components used in the field of clean transportation or the production of alternative fuel vehicles or electric vehicles is a qualified manufacturing facility for the purposes of the Capital Investment Incentive Program.

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Requires the California Energy Commission to consider in the investment planning process for the Electric Program Investment Charge Program (EPIC) bioenergy projects for biomass conversion.

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Expands the list of eligible projects under the California Energy Commission's Energy Conservation Assistance Account (ECAA) to include installation of energy storage systems and electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Also expands the eligible entities who can participate in the ECAA program to include California Native American tribes.

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Expands the types of projects eligible for funding from the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) to include projects that develop in-state supply chains and the workforce for raw materials and components needed for zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) manufacturing. This bill expands the groups the California Energy Commission (CEC) must consult as part of ARFVTP workforce development efforts to include California Conservation Corps, local Conservation Corps, California Mobility Center, and California Community Colleges. This bill also incorporates workforce development as a resource CEC must evaluate part of its regular assessment of resources needed to meet State ZEV deployment goals.

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Directs CARB to establish a program administered by California Pollution Control Financing Authority (CPCFA), to make financing tools and nonfinancial support tools available to the operators of medium- and heavy-duty vehicle fleets, to enable those operators to transition their fleets to zero-emission vehicles. Such direction includes developing and designing financing tools (e.g., grants, vouchers) and non-financial support tools (e.g., calculators, outreach), setting program criteria and prioritization for funding, defining success metrics, and collecting and compiling data about deployment of funding. Seventy-five percent of the funds must be deployed in priority areas defined in the bill, and the financing tools and non-financial supports must be accessible to fleets by January 1, 2023.

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Expands the set of violations that can cause port drayage contractors to be placed on a Division of Labor Standards Enforcement list that extends joint liability for future violations to customers of that contractor. This legislation relates to the implementation of AB 794 (Chapter 748, Statutes of 2021) as violators named in this bill would be ineligible for CARB incentive programs named in AB 794.

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Makes permanent existing law set to expire that authorizes Orange County to establish a neighborhood electric vehicle transportation plan for the Ranch Plan Planned Community, also known as Rancho Mission Viejo.

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Requires, among other things, CARB to establish processes to identify any overlap among its transportation-related incentive programs that share the same objectives, and create a process to define, collect, and evaluate data on the behavioral changes that result from each of its incentive programs. The bill also requires CARB to develop a process to define, collect, and evaluate data that will translate to metrics demonstrating the socioeconomic benefits that result from each of its incentive programs, and to use this data to make funding and design recommendations in its annual reports to the Legislature and funding plans. The work outlined by the bill is contingent upon appropriation and must be completed within three years of the appropriation.

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