California Air Resources Board

Summary

Would have created a structure and process for establishing a multistate regional transmission system organization, whereby California or out-of-state electric transmission owners could become members in order to regionalize or broaden access to electricity by the California Independent System Operator. CARB was in a consulting role. Was not heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Creates a structure and process for establishing a multistate regional transmission system organization, whereby California or out-of-state electric transmission owners can become members in order to regionalize or broaden access to electricity by the California Independent System Operator. CARB is in a consulting role. Was not heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Makes several operational and technical changes to last year's AB 2446 (Holden, Chapter 352, Statutes of 2022) that requires CARB to establish a framework and strategy for embodied carbon in building materials to make the program workable. The bill also authorizes, instead of requires, CARB to establish an embodied carbon trading system.

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Requests, by February 28, 2023, the California Independent System Operator, in consultation with the other California balancing authorities, to produce a report that summarizes recent relevant studies on the impacts of expanded regional cooperation in California and identifies key issues that will advance the State's energy and environmental goals.

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Requires CARB, by July 1, 2025, to develop a framework for measuring and then reducing the carbon intensity of the building materials used in the construction of new buildings, including those for residential uses. This bill requires CARB to develop a comprehensive strategy for the State’s building sector to achieve a 40 percent net reduction in greenhouse gases of building materials no later than December 31, 2035. The framework developed by CARB may include a tracking and reporting mechanism to initiate a market-based crediting program. This bill requires CARB to take certain specified actions to facilitate the achievement of these goals.

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Would have created the Youth Transit Pass Pilot Program, administered the California Department of Transportation (CalTrans), to provide grants to transit agencies for free youth transit passes to attending educational institutions, as defined. Amended to remove greenhouse gas reductions and vehicle miles travelled from the bill.

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Would have required each local publicly owned electric utility to develop a transportation electrification plan to support the levels of electric vehicle adoption required to meet the goals of putting five million zero-emission vehicles on California roads by 2030 and reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required each State agency to ensure that agency personnel, other than the Records Management Coordinator, who prepare, own, use, or retain public records on behalf of the State agency receive records management training using material offered by the Secretary of State. The bill would have required that such agency personnel complete 1 hour of records management training within 60 days of employment and complete a 30 minute refresher records management training biennially thereafter. The bill would have required a Records Management Coordinator to ensure that an agency’s records management program be in accordance with the provisions of the State Records Management Act and applicable standards established by the Secretary of State in the State Administrative Manual. Held on suspense in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.

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Would have required transit agencies to offer free student transit passes to persons attending the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California to be eligible for state funding under the Mills-Deddeh Transit Development Act, the State Transit Assistance Program, and the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program (LCTOP).  This bill would have also required the free student transit passes to count as full-price fares for purposes of calculating the ratio of fare revenues to operating costs.  LCTOP receives a continuous appropriation from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.  Was not heard in the Assembly Transportation Committee.

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