California Air Resources Board

Summary 

An earlier version of this bill would have required CARB, on or before August 1, 2026, in consultation with the California Department of Food and Agriculture, to create a feed additive program, including voluntary incentives, to reduce emissions from dairy cattle, and would have required CARB to convene a workgroup to complete a comprehensive assessment of the potential impacts of feed additives on dairy cattle. Amended to deal with elections.

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Would have required a State agency that significantly regulates or impacts nonprofit corporations to designate a person to serve as a nonprofit liaison if the use of existing personnel and resources allows for performance of the duties of the nonprofit liaison. The bill would have established the nonprofit liaison’s duties, including responding to complaints by nonprofit corporations about the State agency and assisting nonprofit corporations with complying with the State agency’s regulations and relevant statutes. Was amended to focus on Department of General Services.

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Category:  Administrative Procedures

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Would have required CARB to assess the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District’s air quality progress every three years, instead of every 2 years, and submit these assessments to the Legislature within 3 weeks of completion, instead of within 2 weeks. Was amended to deal with the developmental services system.

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Would have required a civil penalty of up to $30,000 to apply to a violation of public nuisance law involving a discharge containing toxic air contaminants from a Title V source. Additionally, the discharge must result in a significant increase in hospitalizations, residential displacement, shelter in place, evacuation, or destruction of property. The bill would have required this proposed penalty to apply on the initial date of violation, with exceptions for certain penalties with larger penalty caps. If a violation of AB 1897’s public nuisance law continues to occur after the initial day, then the bill would have required the existing fee structure for non-vehicular civil penalties, such as up to $10,000 per day, to apply on those subsequent days. The bill would have required additional civil penalties collected by a local air district for such a penalty, above the costs of prosecution, to be expended to mitigate the effects of air pollution in communities affected by the violation. Was amended to deal with plastic food service ware.

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Would have prohibited, among other things, a homeowner’s association from imposing a monetary penalty or seeking other enforcement action in relation to a member’s landscaping on a separate interest during a declared state of emergency or on days when air quality is unhealthy, as defined. Was amended to deal with the right to assemble and communicate by common interest development members and the leasing of property.

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Would have prohibited the use of well stimulation techniques in oil and gas wells beginning January 1, 2022. The bill would have required California Geologic Energy M​anagement Division CalGEM to adopt a safety regulation for oil and gas facilities including setbacks from sensitive receptors, as defined in statute and as defined by CARB. Was amended to deal with expert witnesses. 

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Spot bill related to the Transformative Climate Communities Program, which receives funding from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Amended to deal with property tax.

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Spot bill related to drayage trucks. Amended to deal with recycled materials to maintain streets and highways.

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Spot bill related to the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District's air quality improvement strategy to reduce public exposure to air pollution and toxic air contaminants and to achieve and maintain State and federal ambient air quality standards by the earliest practicable date. Amended to deal with logistics use, including warehouses.

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Would have created the Youth Transit Pass Pilot Program, administered the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans), to provide grants to transit agencies for free youth transit passes to attending educational institutions, as defined. Amended to remove greenhouse gas reductions and vehicle miles travelled from the bill.

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