California Air Resources Board

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Would have prohibited the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection from requiring applicants for a grant that receives funding from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to consider the greenhouse gas emissions impacts of vegetation management projects pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act. Was not heard in the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee. 

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Would have required CARB, on or before January 1, 2024, to identify all sources of State funding available, and potentially available, to provide commercial rebates and other financial incentives to an owner or operator of a small passenger vessel to replace or upgrade the vessel, or a component of the vessel, to comply with CARB's 2022 amendments to the Commercial Harbor Craft (CHC) Regulation. The bill would have also required CARB to develop guidance for CHC owners or operators to assist in the application of said available funding on or before July 1, 2024. Was not heard in the Assembly Transportation Committee.

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Would have, as related to CARB, authorized the Controller to transfer moneys, to the extent permissible, from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to the General Fund up to the amount of revenue lost as a result of the telecommuting tax credits, as defined and specified. Was not heard in the AssemblyRevenue and Tax Committee.

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Would have required that all State agencies that fund restoration efforts on Natural and Working Lands to prioritize restoration projects that have a permanent, enforceable mechanism to ensure that the project area will be managed in a way that ensures continuity of the State’s investment. Also, the bill would have required the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), on or before April 1, 2023, to submit a report to the Legislature that details how CAL FIRE will increasingly implement prescribed burn projects to burn at least 50,000 acres annually by January 1, 2025, and how the State will increasingly use, develop, implement, facilitate, and support prescribed burn, cultural fire, and achieve the extent of beneficial fire outcomes consistent with historic fire frequencies and maintaining desirable fuel loads. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have enacted the Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparation, Flood Protection, Extreme Heat Mitigation, and Workforce Development Bond Act of 2022, which, if approved by voters, would have authorized the issuance of bonds in the amount of $7.43 billion to finance projects for safe drinking water, wildfire prevention, drought preparation, flood protection, extreme heat mitigation, and workforce development programs. The bond would have allocated $30 million to CARB, and would have required CARB to consult with the California Natural Resources Agency and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection to fund projects that provide long-term capital infrastructure to convert forest and other vegetative waste removed for wildfire mitigation to uses that maximize reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, provide local air quality benefits, and increase local community resilience against climate change impacts. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have continuously appropriated to CARB beginning in the 2023–24 fiscal year, 20 percent of the annual proceeds of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, up to $600,000,000, for allocation to local air districts for the purpose of supporting community emissions reduction strategies in, and reimbursement for participation by, communities selected by CARB, as specified. The bill was not heard in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.

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Would have required the Legislative Analyst’s Office to analyze regulations enacted on or after January 1, 2016, to December 31, 2022, inclusive, that affect the State’s economic supply chain and the transportation of goods and submit a report of its findings to the Legislature by January 1, 2024. Was not heard in the Assembly Accountability and Administrative Review Committee.

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Would have required the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development Supply Chain Senior Advisor, as established by the bill, to collaborate with State agencies with similar duties and functions or that otherwise support or impact supply chains in the State, including, but not limited to CARB. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have authorized CARB to regulate indirect sources, as defined in Section 7410 of Title 42 of the United States Code. Additionally, the bill would have required local governments, before approving a warehouse development project, to take certain actions to identify and address the potential environmental impacts of the project and to ensure public participation by residents affected by the project on the consideration of the project. Was not heard in the Natural Resources Committee.

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Would have required the California Natural Resources Agency to develop and implement a fuels transportation program that provides grants to eligible communities to offset the cost of transporting fuels to a biomass energy facility. The bill would have also made funds from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund available to facilitate the grant program. Failed passage in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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