California Air Resources Board

Requires the South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) board to update Rule 1157 to improve air quality and increase data collection. The bill requires permanent and temporary aggregate operations, by January 1, 2027, to install and maintain a fenceline monitoring system, maintain fencing above the height of open piles, limit open storage piles to 8 feet tall if the covered facility is within 500 feet of a sensitive receptor, and cease all activities if PM10 emissions reach threshold limit set by SCAQMD. The bill requires, on and after July 1, 2027, that a covered facility with a demonstrated history of PM10 emissions at or above the threshold limit set by the SCAQMD and whose property line is within 500 feet of a sensitive receptor to fully enclose any existing open storage piles. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Allows CARB to adopt and enforce rules and regulations for indirect sources of emissions. Within 120 days of statewide indirect source rule (ISR) adoption, air districts would determine if the district or CARB will implement and enforce the regulations within air the district. If the air district elects to implement and enforce a statewide ISR, it must propose regulations enacting those measures no later than six months following CARB's ISR adoption. The air district could, at any time, adopt and enforce more stringent indirect source regulations than the regulations adopted by CARB. The bill allows CARB to establish a schedule of fees on facilities and mobile sources to cover the reasonable costs of implementing and enforcing the regulations and requires the fees to be deposited in the Air Pollution Control Fund and made available to CARB upon appropriation by the Legislature. The bill also requires CARB to prepare an annual presentation on the impacts and effects of any ISRs that it adopts. Was not heard on the Assembly Floor.

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Would have required CARB to create the Advanced Clean Fleets Regulation Appeals Advisory Committee to review appeals for denied requests for exemptions from CARB's Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation. This bill would have also expanded existing ACF emergency vehicle exemptions to vehicles reasonably anticipated to respond to emergency situations or vehicles supporting those efforts. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required CARB to expand its incident air monitoring program to provide support for a regional network of air quality incident response centers operated by air districts, including at least one located in the South Coast Air Quality Management District. This bill would have required CARB and each district that operates an air quality incident response to coordinate to provide emergency air monitoring response for disasters or other crises impacting air quality and public health in the State. Funding provided to CARB could have been used for planning and maintaining centers, air quality collection and modeling, research studies, training and preparedness, and staff resources, including a State Air Quality Health Officer. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Exempts "bucket trucks" from the Advanced Clean Fleet Regulation zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) requirements. This bill prohibits CARB from implementing any regulation that required the procurement of ZEVs for entities that operate specified emergency telecommunications vehicles. Was not heard in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.

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Establishes the Lower Emissions Cargo Handling Equipment Pilot program and prohibits CARB from adopting a future regulation that requires the replacement of cargo handling equipment before the end of its useful life (from date of delivery) if it is purchased before December 31, 2027, meets the EU zero-emission standard, and meets specified certification and labeling requirements. The useful life of the equipment cannot be longer than what is outlined in CARB's 2005 Mobile Cargo Handling Equipment regulation. This bill states that it is self-executing and does not require any implementing or interpretive rulemaking by CARB or any other agency to become operative. Was not heard in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.

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Appropriates $132 million from the Hino Motors Ltd. Settlement to the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Incentive Program and authorizes CARB to adopt fees to cover reasonable costs for deficiencies of off-road or nonvehicular engines and equipment, aftermarket parts, and emissions control components sold in the State.

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Summary 

Would have required CARB to establish the Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project (ZACP) to provide an applicant with a rebate for the aftermarket conversion of a motor vehicle into a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV). This bill would have also required, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or at the discretion of CARB, to fund the program using funds available from a clean transportation program that is in effect on or after the date CARB establishes ZACP. The bill would have also required CARB’s guidelines to require that an eligible ZEV have a range of at least 100 miles and have completed an inspection of safety systems and components by a licensee of the Bureau of Automotive Repair, as provided.

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Governor’s Veto Message 

To the Members of the California State Senate:  

I am returning Senate Bill 301 without my signature.  

This bill would require the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to establish the Zero-Emission Aftermarket Conversion Project (ZACP) to provide an applicant with a financial rebate for converting a gasoline- or diesel-fueled vehicle into a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV).  

California is showing the world what's possible - fostering innovation and creating space for an industry to flourish as the sale of ZEVs reach record highs, with over 1 .8 million ZEVs now on California's roads. The state continues to invest billions of dollars in ZEV deployment and supporting infrastructure to achieve our ambitious climate and clean air goals.  

While I share the author's desire to further accelerate the state's transition to ZEVs, this bill creates a new program at a time when the state faces a $44.9 billion shortfall for the 2024-25 fiscal year. Additionally, there is no funding currently identified or available in the state budget to support this new program. 

For these reasons, I cannot sign this bill. 

Sincerely, 

Gavin Newsom 

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Summary 

Would have provided an exemption to local governments purchasing a vehicle weighing more than 8,500 pounds from CARB’s Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) Regulation if the price of the zero-emission version of a vehicle is more than an unspecified percentage of the price of a comparable internal combustion engine version of that vehicle. Was not heard in the Assembly Transportation Committee. 

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Summary 

Would have exempted, until January 1, 2030, emergency telecommunications medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) from CARB’s Advanced Clean Fleet (ACF) Regulation. This bill would have prohibited CARB from implementing the ACF Regulation that would require the procurement of ZEVs for entities that operate specified emergency telecommunications vehicles.   

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Governor’s Veto Message 

To the Members of the California State Assembly: 

I am returning Assembly Bill 3179 without my signature.  

This bill would exempt until January 1, 2030 emergency telecommunications vehicles from the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) regulation that requires the phased-in procurement of medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles.  

In 2020, I issued Executive Order (EO) N-79-20, which directed CARB, among other things, to develop strategies to transition to 100 percent medium- and heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles in the state by 2045, where feasible. Pursuant to this EO, CARB developed the Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) regulation and its companion regulation, the ACF, to accelerate transportation sector emission reductions while providing safe, feasible, and flexible compliance options for affected fleet owners that have over 50 vehicles or over $50 million in gross annual revenue. Unfortunately, this bill undermines those efforts.  

California must work diligently to cut greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to our rapidly changing climate, and ensure that we maintain the capacity necessary to respond quickly to emergencies. To that end, I am directing CARB to implement the regulation and its exemptions so as to ensure there are feasible compliance pathways that allow providers to maintain the capacity to rapidly deploy and restore communication services during and after a natural or human-caused disaster. 

For these reasons, I cannot sign this bill.  

Sincerely, Gavin Newsom 

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