California Air Resources Board

Summary

Would have required CARB to extend its Project 800 initiative (Project 800) to provide financial incentives for the ordering of an additional 1,000 to 1,600 zero-emission drayage trucks in 2022 and the operation of zero-emission drayage trucks in 2024. The bill states the Legislature’s intent that Project 800 funding comes from, but not be limited to, the Hybrid and Zero Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP). The bill would have also required participating fleets to provide a truthful attestation to CARB that they did not have an applicable law violation, as specified, at the time of application and for a minimum of three years from the date of application for Project 800 financial incentives. Requires the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) to report and notify CARB of the determination of any reports received regarding a violation, as specified. The bill would have also required participating fleets to repay Project 800 financial incentives, including interest, as directed by CARB if a participating fleet had provided a falsified attestation or had an applicable law violation, as specified. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee. 

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Would allow a local air district to adopt and implement regulations to require data regarding air pollution within the district’s jurisdiction from indirect and areawide sources, including mobile sources drawn by those stationary sources, to enable the calculation of health risks from toxic air contaminants. The bill would also specify that a local air district, in carrying out its responsibilities with respect to the reduction of health risks from toxic air contaminants, may adopt and implement regulations to reduce or mitigate emissions from new and existing indirect and areawide sources of air pollution, or to encourage or require the use of measures which reduce the number or length of vehicle trips. Was not heard in the Natural Resources Committee.

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Would promote medium-duty, heavy-duty, and off-road zero-emission infrastructure and electric and hydrogen refueling policies to support the State’s 2030 zero-emission vehicle and greenhouse gas reductions goals. The bill would also establish an electric rate structure, inclusive of electric charging and hydrogen refueling that incentivizes zero-emission vehicles and freight equipment across the State. Additionally, the bill establishes the Safe and Clean Truck Infrastructure Program that deploys strategies to support truck drivers with safe areas to park and zero-emission refueling stations. Was not heard in the Assembly Transportation Committee.

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Requires the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and Workforce Development Board to oversee a stakeholder process to develop recommendations on how best to mitigate employment impacts of automation at the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles.  The bill also requires these agencies to issue findings and recommendations from the stakeholder process no later than July 1, 2023.  The bill also requires the California Workforce Development Board to present a previously required report on helping industry, workers, and communities transition to changes related to statewide greenhouse gas emission reduction goals. 

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Would have required the California Transportation Commission to establish a two-year competitive grant program for short-line railroad projects using funds from the Trade Corridors Improvement Fund program savings.  Eligible project types would have included rail reconstruction, maintenance, upgrade, and replacement, as well as projects that did not exceed $8 million.  Of interest to CARB due to freight funding for short rail locomotives.  Was not heard in the Assembly Transportation Committee.

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Would have allowed a local air district to adopt and implement regulations to require data regarding air pollution within the district’s jurisdiction from areawide stationary sources to enable the calculation of health risks from toxic air contaminants.  The bill would have also specified that the district regulations may also require air pollution data from mobile sources drawn by those areawide stationary sources.  Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Would have required Harbor and Port District Energy Management Plans to include an assessment of the capacity of ports to advance the State’s greenhouse gas reduction targets by facilitating the development, construction, and creation of a supply chain for eligible renewable energy resources.  Remains in the Assembly Rules Committee.

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Would have required the State Lands Commission (Commission), in collaboration with the Governor's Office of Business and Economic Development, to hold stakeholder engagement meetings on the impacts of automated technology at California's ports.  In addition, this bill would have required the Commission to submit two reports to the Legislature on its activities involving stakeholder engagement meetings, with the first due by July 1, 2021, and the second due by July 1, 2023.  Was not heard on the Senate Floor.

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