California Air Resources Board

Would have required the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA), California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), and the California Transportation Commission (CTC), on or after January 1, 2025, to the extent feasible, applicable, and cost effective, to incorporate the goals related to the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI) into program funding guidelines and planning processes, as specified. Would have required the California Transportation Plan (CTP) to include a financial element, and an analysis of how CalSTA, Caltrans, and CTC are achieving principles outlined in the CAPTI, the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (IIJA), and the federal Justice 40 initiative. Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Blakespear.

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 authorized two or more specified local governments to jointly form a Reinvestment in Infrastructure for a Sustainable and Equitable California (RISE) district to use tax increment financing and other revenue options to finance infill supportive infrastructure and affordable housing, among other things, near major transit stops, as specified. The bill would also have required the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research to develop guidelines for the formation of RISE districts, and require the Infrastructure and Economic development Bank to establish a RISE District Revolving Loan Program, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to provide RISE districts with initial startup funding for eligible projects, as specified. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required CARB to update regional greenhouse gas (GHG) targets indefinitely, rather than only until 2050 and authorized CARB to update the years to which those targets apply. The bill would have required a metropolitan planning organization, prior to adopting amendments to a regional transportation plan that could impact a Sustainable Communities Strategy, to quantify the reduction in GHG emissions and difference due to the amendments. This bill would have also updated the Sustainable Communities Strategy review process for CARB and metropolitan planning organizations, among other provisions. Was not heard in the Senate Transportation Committee.

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Would have established a Transit Task force lead by CalSTA, which would have been required to submit a report by Jan 1, 2025, that includes, among other things, the costs and operational impacts associated the CARB’s Innovative Clean Transit regulations. Remains in the Assembly Rules Committee.

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Would have required the Secretary of Transportation to submit a report to the Legislature discussing potential lower carbon emission versions of asphalt mixtures, cement, and concrete used in State transportation projects. The bill would have required the Department of Transportation to require bidders to submit environmental product declarations for, and the amounts of, asphalt mixtures and concrete used in a project. CARB would have been in a consulting role. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Authorizes the legislative bodies of local governments to jointly form a Reinvestment in Infrastructure for a Sustainable and Equitable California district (RISE district) in accordance with specified procedures. The bill requires the California Office of Planning and Research to develop standards for the formation of RISE districts no later than November 30, 2025, and provides for the establishment of a governing board of a RISE district with representatives of each participating local government, raising revenue to support RISE, and a revolving loan fund. Was not heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Requires the California Transportation Plan to include a financial element, an analysis of how it will achieve certain principles, and funding benefits to disadvantaged communities, as specified, and requires the California Transportation Agency, California Department of Transportation, and California Transportation Commission to incorporate the specified goals related to the Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure into program funding guidelines and planning processes. Ordered to the inactive file in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Requires CARB, between January 1, 2024, and September 30, 2026, to establish additional greenhouse gas targets for 2035 and 2045 and updates the Sustainable Communities Strategy review process for CARB and metropolitan planning organizations. This bill also requires each project nomination for the Solutions for Congested Corridors Program to demonstrate how the project would contribute to achieving the state’s greenhouse gas emission reduction targets. Was not heard in the Senate Transportation Committee.

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Would have established a program at the California Energy Commission (CEC) to provide incentives for commercially available distributed energy resources, specifically behind-the-meter energy storage systems or self-generation systems paired with energy storage systems. Would have established the Integrated Distributed Energy Resources Fund as a special fund in the State Treasury, the moneys in which would be available to CEC, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for purposes of the bill. The bill would have required CEC to administer the fund in consultation with the California Public Utilities Commission and CARB to provide incentives for eligible resources to support statewide customer adoption of clean distributed energy resources. The bill would have required CEC to establish a system to equitably award incentives. Failed passage on the Senate Floor.

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