California Air Resources Board

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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 required CARB to annually produce an assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the transportation of oil in California, as specified, and to include the assessment on CARB's website. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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As related to CARB, would have required the newly formed Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development (GO-Biz) Office of Freight, in consultation with specified State agencies, to submit to the Legislature on or before December 31, 2024 an assessment of statewide economic growth, competitiveness, prosperity, resiliency, and sustainability for the State’s ports and freight sector, and update the assessment at least once every five years thereafter. In the consultation process, CARB would have met with specified State agencies as necessary to address and discuss ongoing freight and supply chain issues. The bill would have also required the assessment to include, among other things, the analysis of how the economic competitiveness for businesses and the freight sector can be supported under State and federal climate and air pollution policies, and the identification of challenges the California freight sector faces in meeting the State’s emission reduction goals, including the quantification of the costs and recommended strategies. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have added pollutants from the Salton Sea as air toxic and criteria air pollutants from stationary and mobile sources as funding priorities for the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. In addition, the bill would have deposited moneys, if appropriated, from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund into the Salton Sea Restoration Fund. Was not heard in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.

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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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Authorizes transit agencies to continuously use Low Carbon Transit Operation Program (LCTOP) dollars to fund a free or reduced fare transit projects without having to demonstrate specified statutory requirements like greenhouse (GHG) reductions in annual allocation requests. Instead of annual reporting in allocation requests, the bill requires transit agencies, in using LCTOP funds for transit pass programs, to submit (1) an allocation request for funding for transit passes every three years after the initial allocation request to the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans) and (2) necessary GHG and priority population (disadvantaged and low-income communities) documentation annually to Caltrans in years where an allocation request is not required.

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Would have eliminated the 25 percent Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund continuous appropriation to the High-Speed Rail Authority on June 30, 2022 and instead annually transfer the amount to the Salton Sea Restoration Fund beginning 2022–23 fiscal year. Was not heard in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee. 

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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 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 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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