California Air Resources Board

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Would have exempted from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) a project financed pursuant to the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program of 2019, and would make all legal actions, proceedings, and decisions undertaken or made pursuant to the program exempt from CEQA. Was not heard in the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee.

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Would have prohibited, notwithstanding any other law, State funds or personnel time from being used to fund or permit freeway widening projects in areas with high rates of pollution and poverty. Failed passage in the Senate Transportation Committee.

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Would have required the Sacramento Area Council of Governments, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to develop and administer the Green Means Go Grant and Loan Program to award competitive grants and revolving loans to cities, counties, and special districts within the Sacramento region for qualifying projects within and benefitting green zones, as defined.  Was not heard in Assembly Transportation Committee.

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Would have required, for projects in a disadvantaged community, that air quality mitigation measures identified in an environmental impact report or mitigated negative declaration under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) mitigate air quality impacts directly in the disadvantaged community. Was not heard in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.

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Would have authorized environmental leadership hospital projects, which would have allowed hospital projects to undergo expedited the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review if the project met certain requirements, including a CARB determination that the project maintained net-zero GHG emissions and other specified labor and environmental requirements. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Would have required the California Public Utilities Commission to consider minimizing or closing the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility as part of an existing proceeding and submit a report on demand reduction through investments in clean hydrogen projects to the Legislature annually. Failed passage on the Senate Floor.  

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Would have required the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development to develop economic forecasts that include climate impacts. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.  

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Would have required the State Lands Commission to conduct, by December 31, 2023, an amortization study of the oil and gas leases in the State in order to determine the market value of these leases and provide recommendations to phase out their oil and gas production. The bill would also have required the State Lands Commission to seek initial negotiations with the lessees for voluntary relinquishment and termination of production associated with those leases and to terminate leases for fair compensation without voluntary relinquishments. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have requested the California Council on Science and Technology, in consultation with the Public Utilities Commission and the Energy Commission to complete a study analyzing the role of hydrogen underground storage facilities and hydrogen infrastructure in the State’s greenhouse gas reduction strategies. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.  

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Would have required the California Energy Commission (CEC), in coordination with CARB and specified entities, to establish a pilot program to encourage and expedite carbon capture and storage projects at industrial facilities, as specified. The bill would have required CEC to establish a competitive grant program to fund no more than 3 proposed projects. The bill would have required CEC to convene a task force to provide technical and policy assistance to obtain permits and licenses necessary to deploy and commercialize carbon capture technology and invite CARB and other specified agencies to join. Finally. the bill would have required projects receiving grants to meet specified labor requirements. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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