California Air Resources Board

Summary

Would have required the Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission to develop and adopt a Connected Network Plan, develop a comprehensive, standardized regional transit mapping and wayfinding system, develop an implementation and maintenance strategy and funding plan, and establish open data standards, as specified. The bill would have required the region’s transit agencies, as defined, to comply with those established regional transit mapping and wayfinding system, implementation and maintenance strategy and funding plan, and open data standards, as provided. Held on Suspense in Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Exempts university housing projects from review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) until 2030, if the projects meet specified requirements, including an independent third-party evaluation of whether the project results in net additional emission of greenhouse gases, qualifying for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design platinum level, and other environmental and labor requirements.

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Repeals obsolete code sections that required CARB to determine the greenhouse gas (GHG) emission impacts of proposed sports complex development projects in Los Angeles and Sacramento. CARB's GHG determination, combined with many other environmental requirements, allowed the projects to qualify for expedited review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

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Creates a ministerial, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)-exempt, time-limited approval process for multifamily housing developments on commercially zoned property, if projects pay prevailing wages to construction workers and meet specified affordable housing targets.

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Would have exempted from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) a project financed pursuant to the Infill Infrastructure Grant Program of 2019, and would make all legal actions, proceedings, and decisions undertaken or made pursuant to the program exempt from CEQA. Was not heard in the Assembly Housing and Community Development Committee.

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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 authorized environmental leadership hospital projects, which would have allowed hospital projects to undergo expedited the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review if the project met certain requirements, including a CARB determination that the project maintained net-zero GHG emissions and other specified labor and environmental requirements. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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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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Requires the courts, until January 1, 2025, to resolve CEQA challenges within 365 days for up to seven transit projects in Los Angeles County that meet specific vehicle miles traveled and greenhouse gas emission criteria.

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Reauthorizes the AB 900 program, which requires the courts to resolve CEQA challenges within 270 days for mega development projects that meet specified environmental requirements, and establishes a new category for housing developments between $15 and $100 million. Requires the Governor to make a net zero greenhouse gas determination on projects except those in the new housing category, authorizes the Office of Planning and Research to charge an applicant fee to cover costs to the Governor's Office to implement the program, and updates labor requirements.

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