California Air Resources Board

Summary

Would have established a goal of 100 percent new passenger and light-duty vehicle sales to be zero-emission vehicles by 2035. The bill would have required, on and after January 1, 2023, the total passenger vehicles and light-duty vehicles trucks sold by a manufacturer in the State, in a calendar year to meet specified greenhouse gas emissions standards pursuant to a tiered plan that would require the total passenger vehicles and light-duty vehicles trucks to meet, on average, in the 2030 calendar year, a greenhouse gas emissions standard that is 60 percent and 40 percent below the average greenhouse gas emissions level for those classes of vehicles in the 2020 calendar year, respectively. The bill would have required CARB to impose an administrative civil penalty on a manufacturer who violates these requirements. Held on suspense by the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required CARB, as a part of the Clean Cars 4 All program, to provide vouchers to low-income persons living in disadvantaged communities for the purchase of zero-emission vehicles if two conditions were met: (1) the vehicles to be replaced had failed a smog check inspection, and (2) the repair cost of each vehicle to be replaced in order to pass the smog check inspection was greater than the maximum amount of assistance provided by the bureau’s Consumer Assistance Program. The bill also would have required CARB to: (1) Review award amounts offered under Clean Cars 4 All under each qualifying income bracket. (2) Ensure that vouchers awarded pursuant to Clean Cars 4 All are sufficient to incentivize purchases of near zero- and zero-emission transportation options eligible under the Clean Cars 4 All existing guidelines. (3) Develop metrics to demonstrate the socioeconomic benefits that result from Clean Cars 4 All participation. (4) Establish a centralized online database for consumers to view all light-duty electric vehicle incentives offered in the State. (5) Develop a community outreach strategy with stakeholders of all participating districts, including Clean Cars 4 All administrators, eligible residents, and participating residents, to examine the barriers limiting a low-income consumer’s adoption of electric vehicles, including, but not limited to, barriers of cost, lack of information, language, and availability of charging infrastructure. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have postponed new regulations that affect small businesses located in an area declared a state of emergency until the state of emergency is lifted, unless the State agency makes specified findings. The bill would have declared that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required each State agency to ensure that agency personnel, other than the Records Management Coordinator, who prepare, own, use, or retain public records on behalf of the State agency receive records management training using material offered by the Secretary of State. The bill would have required that such agency personnel complete 1 hour of records management training within 60 days of employment and complete a 30 minute refresher records management training biennially thereafter. The bill would have required a Records Management Coordinator to ensure that an agency’s records management program be in accordance with the provisions of the State Records Management Act and applicable standards established by the Secretary of State in the State Administrative Manual. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required the Transportation Agency to improve the capability of the SB 1 (Beall, Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017) internet website to provide a comprehensive one-stop reporting interface available to the public. The bill would have required the interface to provide timely fiscal information compiled from data provided by each administering agency regarding the development and implementation status of each transportation program or project funded, at least in part, by revenues from SB 1. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required that a Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act notice of a State body include all writings or materials provided for the noticed meeting to a member of the State body by the staff of a State agency, board, or commission, or another member of the State body that are in connection with a matter subject to discussion or consideration at the meeting. The bill also would have required that such writings or materials be made available on the State body’s website, and to any person who requests the writings or materials in writing, on the same day as the dissemination of the writings and materials to members of the State body or at least 72 hours in advance of the meeting, whichever is earlier. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required, by January 1, 2023, each State agency to review its regulations for duplicative, overlapping, inconsistent, or out-of-date regulations; hold a public hearing to accept comment on proposed revisions to identified regulations; adopt, amend, or repeal regulations to reconcile identified issues; and report to the Governor and Legislature on compliance with these requirements. The bill also would have required overseeing agencies to notify their boards, departments, and offices of regulations that are duplicative, overlapping, or inconsistent with those adopted by another department, board, or office within the agency. The bill would have provided that the effective date of a regulation would not apply if the Legislature passed a statute to override the regulation. The bill also would have required the Office of Administrative Law to submit a copy of each approved major regulation submitted to the Secretary of State to each house of the Legislature for review.Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would establish, until January 1, 2028, a Just Transition Advisory Commission in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and requires the commission, through a public process, to develop and adopt a Transition Plan that contains recommendations to transition the state’s economy to a climate-resilient and low-carbon economy that maximizes the benefits of climate actions while minimizing burdens to workers, especially workers in the fossil fuel industry, and their communities, especially those that face disproportionate burdens from pollution. Held on suspense in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations.

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Would have exempted from the requirements of CEQA projects by a public transit agency to construct or maintain infrastructure to charge or refuel zero-emission trains, provided certain requirements are met, including giving prior notice to the public and holding a noticed public meeting, as provided. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would authorize a public agency that issues a permit to an operator for mobility services, such as a transportation network company like Uber or Lyft, to require an operator to share data as specified and periodically submit to the public agency anonymized trip data, which would have interfered with CARB’s Clean Miles Standard regulation.  Held on suspense in the Assembly Committee on Appropriations.

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