California Air Resources Board

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Would have created the Climate Cashback Program to be administered by the Franchise Tax Board for the public purpose of mitigating the costs of transitioning to a low-carbon economy. The bill would have required the Franchise Tax Board to develop and implement the program by December 31, 2024, to deliver quarterly per capita cashback payments to all California residents and set other requirements for the operation of the program. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Would have created the California Compost Tax Credit Fund providing refundable tax credits for California farmers, ranchers, and landowners who employ farming practices that maximize carbon sequestration through the utilization of compost on natural and working lands. Would have transferred one percent of annual Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund proceeds, not exceeding $120 million per fiscal year through FY 2035-36 to the California Compost Tax Credit Fund. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have added climate change and climate change exacerbated conditions to the list of conditions for which a state of emergency or local emergency could be declared. The bill would have also created the California Individual Assistance Act and California Local Assistance Act programs. These programs were intended to give individuals, community-based organizations, local and tribal governments, transportation systems, and communities the assistance they need to quickly recover following a disaster related to climate change. Would have appropriated $100 million for the California Individual Assistance Act and $400 million for the California Local Assistance Act, both from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Amends the Budget Act of 2024 and includes appropriations for implementation of Senate Bill 1137 (Gonzalez, Chapter 365, Statutes of 2022).

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Includes provisions for how moneys appropriated from Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund are to be expended.

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Amends the Budget Act of 2024 and includes appropriations for CARB from the Air Pollution Control Fund, Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, and the Certification and Compliance Fund.

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Requires CARB to maintain funding for each local air district participating in the Clean Cars 4 All program by requiring CARB to reallocate funds to local air districts under certain circumstances.

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Makes appropriations for the support of the State government for the 2024-25 fiscal year, including a provision to shift the fund source to the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for emerging opportunities.

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Makes appropriations for the support of the State government for the 2024-25 fiscal year.

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Is a general government budget trailer bill to the Budget Act of 2023 that makes changes to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. The bill authorizes State bodies to hold public meetings, subject to specified notice and accessibility requirements, through teleconferencing and making public meetings accessible telephonically or otherwise electronically to the public, as specified. The bill provides that a State body need not make available any physical location from which members of the public may observe the meeting and offer public comment. These Bagley-Keene provisions sunset on December 31, 2023.

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