California Air Resources Board

Summary

Would have required a State agency that receives and disburses funds provided under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act or other federal recovery funds to consider projects’ potential impact on specified goals, including restoring frontline communities and rapidly accelerating achievement of environmental justice and climate goals, as well as uplifting vulnerable workers by prioritizing high road employers. The bill would have required State agencies to document how proposed projects meet or align with the specified goals and requires the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to establish an internet website where the public can track the expenditure of federal ARP funds by the State and how funded projects meet the specified goals. Was not heard in Senate Governmental Organization Committee.

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Would have required the California Public Utilities Commission to consider minimizing or closing the Aliso Canyon natural gas storage facility as part of an existing proceeding and submit a report on demand reduction through investments in clean hydrogen projects to the Legislature annually. Failed passage on the Senate Floor.  

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Would have required CARB to ensure that Statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are reduced to an unspecified percentage below the 1990 level by 2030 and 80 percent below the Statewide GHG limit no later than December 31, 2045. The bill would have required the Natural Resources Agency, in coordination with CalEPA and CARB, and concurrent with the Scoping Plan to develop a climate restoration plan. Was not heard on the Senate Floor.

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Would have established the California Electric Vehicle Authority (Authority) as a separate entity within the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. The bill would have required the Authority to coordinate activities among State agencies to advance electric vehicle and zero-emission charging infrastructure deployment as well as ensure related equity, workforce development, economic development, and other needs are addressed. The Authority would have developed new funding and financing programs, as separately authorized by the Legislature, including, but not limited to, incentives, rebates, tax credits, loan guarantees, reverse auctions, seed funds, pooled insurance funds, and matching grants. The Authority would have sunset January 1, 2029. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Restates current requirements of each electrical investor-owned utility (IOU) that wildfire mitigation plans include identification of circuits that have frequently been deenergized pursuant to a deenergization event to mitigate the risk of wildfire and the measures taken, or planned to be taken, by the IOU to reduce the need for, and impact of, future deenergization of those circuits.

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Requires the California Energy Commission, in consultation with the California Public Utilities Commission, Independent System Operator, and CARB, on or before December 31, 2023, to submit to the Legislature an assessment of firm zero-carbon resources that support a clean, reliable, and resilient electrical grid in California, as specified.

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Would require a State agency that receives and disburses funds provided under the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act or other federal recovery funds to consider projects’ potential impact on specified goals, including restoring frontline communities and rapidly accelerating achievement of environmental justice and climate goals, as well as uplifting vulnerable workers by prioritizing high road employers. The bill would require State agencies to document how proposed projects meet or align with the specified goals and requires the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to establish an internet website where the public can track the expenditure of federal ARP funds by the State and how funded projects meet the specified goals. Was not heard in Senate Governmental Organization Committee.

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Would require CARB to ensure that Statewide greenhouse gas emissions are reduced to at least 40 percent and up to 80 percent below the 1990 level by 2030. The bill would require the Natural Resources Agency, in coordination with CalEPA and CARB, and concurrent with the Scoping Plan, to develop a climate restoration plan that specifies carbon removal targets before 2035. Moved to the Senate Inactive File.

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Among other things, this bill requires the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, in consultation with CARB and the Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force, to report to the Legislature by January 1, 2026, outcomes of the funds spent pursuant to Section 45 of SB 901 (Dodd, Chapter 626, Statutes of 2018), including an assessment of greenhouse gas emissions associated with wildfire and forest management activities. 

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Would have established the California Electric Vehicle Authority (Authority) within the Governor’s Office.  The bill would have made the Authority responsible for funding and financing programs to accelerate the transition to a zero-emissions transportation system, as specified.  The bill additionally would have required the Authority to coordinate among State, regional, and local government entities to facilitate the transition to a clean transportation system, as specified.  Was not heard in the Assembly Environmental Safety and Toxics Committee.

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