California Air Resources Board

Summary

Beginning January 1, 2030, requires, to the extent allowed by federal law, any autonomous vehicle that is model year 2031 or later, has a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 8,501 pounds, and is equipped with Level 3, 4, or 5 automation (as defined by SAE International) to be a zero-emission vehicle, as defined, to be operated on California public roads.

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Makes technical and substantive changes to the Budget Act of 2021. Among other things, the budget bill includes the Climate Resilience Package, which appropriates $3.69 billion over three fiscal years, beginning in 2021-2022, to various climate priorities. It also includes the Wildfire Prevention and Resilience Package, which appropriates a total of $988 million from the General fund and the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for wildfire prevention and resilience purposes. The bill also makes appropriations for CARB programs and re-appropriations to extend encumbrance and expenditure dates for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund appropriations.

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Contains statutory provisions necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2021. Among other things, the bill continuously appropriates $200 million from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) annually until the 2028-29 fiscal year for healthy forest and fire prevention programs and projects that improve forest health and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases caused by wildfires and for completion of prescribed fires and other fuel reduction projects. Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the bill makes available $50 million in the 2022-2023 fiscal year to the Department of Conservation, in coordination with CARB and the California Energy Commission, for pilot projects in the Sierra Nevada to create carbon-negative fuels from materials resulting from forest vegetation management. The bill also requires the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), upon appropriation by the Legislature, to administer a grant program through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Revolving Loan Program to provide financial assistance to promote in-state development of infrastructure, food waste prevention, or other projects to reduce organic waste or process organic and other recyclable materials into new, value-added products. The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Revolving Loan Fund receives funding from GGRF. Additionally, this bill extends the eligibility for the existing fuel cell net energy metering tariff that utilities have filed with the California Public Utilities Commission from December 31, 2021 to December 31, 2023.

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Early action budget package that amends the 2020-21 Budget Act. Among other things, the bill appropriates money from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) for wildfire prevention, natural resources, and forest resiliency. The bill also makes re-appropriations to extend encumbrance and expenditure dates for GGRF appropriations. 

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Early action budget package that amends the 2020-21 Budget Act. Among other things, the bill appropriates money from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) for wildfire prevention, natural resources, and forest resiliency. The bill also makes re-appropriations to extend encumbrance and expenditure dates for GGRF appropriations. 

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Existing law requires the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle), in consultation with CARB, to adopt regulations to reduce disposal of organic waste in landfills for the purpose of meeting methane emissions reduction goals. The bill would revise the existing requirement included in CalRecycle’s regulations that, by 2025, at least 20 percent of edible food, which would otherwise be disposed of, be recovered for human consumption. The bill would allow food recovered pursuant to this requirement to also be used for animal or livestock consumption. Additionally, the bill would establish a baseline of January 1, 2022 for the amount of edible food that must be recovered. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Requires the California Energy Commission (CEC) to evaluate and quantify the maximum feasible offshore wind energy generation capacity in waters off the California coast. The bill also requires CEC, by June 1, 2022, to establish offshore wind planning goals for 2030 and 2045. Lastly, AB 525 requires CEC to coordinate with specified State and local agencies to develop a five-part strategic plan for offshore wind development and to submit the plan to the California Natural Resources Agency and the Legislature by June 30, 2023.

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Makes technical changes to the Budget Act of 2021. Among other things, the bill makes re-appropriations to extend encumbrance and expenditure dates for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund appropriations to CARB. This is the third Budget Bill Junior associated with the Budget Act of 2021.  

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Contains statutory provisions necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2021. Among other things, the bill authorizes CARB, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to administer a program to support incentives for alternatives to agricultural burning in the San Joaquin Valley. The bill also exempts the adoption or use of funding criteria or other guidelines related to the granting of funds under this program from the Administrative Procedure Act.

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Contains statutory provisions related to State government necessary to implement the Budget Act of 2021. Specifically, the bill extends, to January 1, 2022, the implementation date of the Buy Clean California Act (Bonta, Chapter 816, Statutes of 2017), which requires the Department of General Services (DGS) to establish acceptable Global Warming Potential (GWP) limits for the manufacture of certain construction materials used in public work projects. The bill also requires DGS to consult with CARB when establishing maximum acceptable GWP limits for each category of eligible materials under the Buy Clean California Act.

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