California Air Resources Board

Would have required California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to consider alternatives to census tracts, as provided, when deciding the boundaries of a low-population or elevation waiver for organic waste jurisdictional targets under the Short-lived Climate Pollutants Strategy organic waste regulations. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Requires the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery to develop a Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for small and medium compost facilities under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) by January 1, 2027, and specifies that the PEIR shall streamline the process with which jurisdictions can develop and site compost facilities.

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Would have required the Office of Planning and Research to develop a technical advisory on best practices to facilitate the siting of compost facilities and would have required cities and counties to consider updating the land use element to identify areas for siting compost facilities. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecyle), in consultation with CARB, to include product labeling requirements that reduce food waste in regulations pursuant to SB 1383’s (Lara, Chapter 395, Statutes of 2016) Short-lived Climate Pollutant Strategy. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Amends the timeline for local governments to appeal proposed regional housing needs allocation (RHNA) plans and revises the statutory housing element adoption deadline for jurisdictions within the Southern California Association of Governments by providing an additional six months to Los Angeles and Imperial Counties and jurisdictions within those counties.

Requires cities and counties to set lower traffic impact mitigation fees for transit-oriented housing developments near major transit stops, instead of just at transit stations, and changes the definition of a major transit stop.

Would have defined pyrolysis the thermal decomposition of material at elevated temperatures in the absence or near absence of oxygen and required California’s Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, no later than January 1, 2026, to amend the Short-lived Climate Pollutants Strategy regulations to include, as a recovered organic waste product attributable to a local jurisdiction’s procurement target, pipeline biomethane converted exclusively from organic waste. Ordered to the inactive file on the Senate floor.

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Authorizes local jurisdictions to count additional organic waste products, activities, and investments towards their organic waste procurement targets, including determining a local per capita procurement target using information from a local jurisdiction waste characterization study, as specified. The bill also authorizes a local jurisdiction to satisfy its annual procurement obligations by procuring a quantity of recovered organic waste products that meets or exceeds a 5-year procurement target, as specified.

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Requires the California Transportation Plan (CTP) to include a financial element that summarizes the full cost of implementing the CTP, a summary of available revenues, an analysis of what is feasible within the plan, considering constrained revenues, and requires the Department of Transportation to enhance an existing public online dashboard to display how annual project investments are advancing the vision and goals of the CTP.

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Would have established a Green Assistance Program under the California Environmental Protection Agency to provide technical support to small businesses and non-profits seeking to apply for Greenhouse Gas Reductions Fund money, and also provide technical assistance on environmental regulations. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.