California Air Resources Board

Summary

Would have required CARB, not later than January 1, 2025, to provide a report relating to indoor air quality to the Legislature, as specified. Moved to the Senate Inactive File.

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Would have required, as of January 1, 2025, 11 of the 14 CARB members to be elected to four-year terms and would have allowed an elected board member to serve no more than a total of three terms. The bill would have required CARB, by January 1, 2023, and within one year of each federal decennial census, to establish and adopt 11 districts within the State and develop a map depicting the geographical boundaries of each district. The bill would have required CARB to engage the public prior to adopting the district boundaries and map. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Would have established the Clean Vehicles Ombudsperson (Ombudsperson) within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development and would have required the Ombudsperson to consult with appropriate entities in identifying available programs and incentives offered by the State that can help to reduce costs and increase participation in a statewide contract or leveraged procurement agreement established by the Department of General Services (DGS) under this bill. The bill would also have required the Ombudsperson to convene two or more workshops of an advisory committee to aid in identifying and publishing best practices in adopting zero-emission fleet vehicles for public agencies and identifying appropriate candidate vehicles for bulk purchase, leveraged procurement, or other means of widespread adoption by public entities, as specified. The bill would have required the Ombudsperson to develop, and recommend that DGS adopt, criteria for evaluating vehicle purchase options or other means of widespread and streamline adoption options. Moved to the Assembly Inactive File.

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Would have required, among other things, a State body that elects to conduct a meeting by teleconference to make the portion that is required to be open to the public both audibly and visually observable. The bill would have required a State body that elects to conduct a meeting by teleconference to post an agenda at the designated primary physical meeting location in the notice of the meeting where members of the public may physically attend the meeting and participate. The bill would have removed the requirement that each teleconference location be identified in the notice and agenda of the meeting, and each teleconference location be accessible to the public. Was not heard in the Assembly Governmental Organization Committee.

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Would have required all State agencies to review and implement the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) guidelines, as specified, by July 1, 2023. The bill would have required the Office of Information Security to review the NIST guidelines and create, update, and publish any appropriate standards or procedures in State manuals to apply the guidelines to State agencies by April 1, 2023, and provide assistance, as specified, upon request by a State agency. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required the Office of Planning and Research, by January 1, 2025, to conduct and submit to the Legislature a study on the impacts and implementation of its guidelines relating to transportation impacts. The bill also would have required the Office of Planning and Research, upon appropriation, to establish a grant program to provide financial assistance to local jurisdictions for implementing those guidelines. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have included specified energy projects in the Jobs and Economic Improvement Through Environmental Leadership Act. Was not heard in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.

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Would have established, until January 1, 2028, the State-Regional Collaborative for Climate, Equity, and Resilience to provide guidance, by January 1, 2024, to CARB for approving new guidelines for sustainable communities strategies (SCS) and would have required CARB to update the guidelines for SCSs to incorporate Collaborative suggestions by December 2025. The Collaborative would have been chaired by CARB and consisted of one representative of the California Transportation Agency, the California Housing Department, and the California Strategic Growth Council, along with 10 public members representing local and State organizations, as specified. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Would have prohibited a city or county from imposing or enforcing minimum parking requirements on housing development projects located within one-half mile of a major transit stop, except as
specified. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have established a program for planning and projects to make California’s transportation more resilient to the impacts of climate change. Was not heard in the Assembly Transportation Committee.

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