California Air Resources Board

Summary

Would have requested that the California Council of Science and Technology (CCST) undertake and within 12 months of entering into a contract, submit a report to the Legislature that provides an implementation strategy to achieve the State's organic waste, and related climate change and air quality mandates, goals, and targets. The bill would have required the implementation strategy to include recommendations on policy and funding support for the beneficial reuse of organic waste. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Would have amended the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act of 1967 (Bagley-Keene) to require State bodies to provide all writings and materials in connection with a noticed meeting with the currently required 10-day notice.  Additional associated writings and materials to be considered at the meeting and provided in advance of the meeting to members of the State body would have been required to be posted on the State body’s website by no later than the first business day following the dissemination to State body members or at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting, whichever is earlier.  Other associated writings and materials provided by another State body, or related to legislation and changing market conditions, and disseminated to State body members after the 48-hour period would have been required to be posted to the State body’s website by the first business day after dissemination, but prior to the State body’s meeting.  If a written request is made for such additional documents, then they would have been required to be provided immediately to the requestor.  Assembly Bill 2028 would also have required the State body to allow public testimony on any listed agenda item.  The bill would have exempted documents that are discussed in closed sessions.  Was ordered to the Senate inactive file by unanimous consent.

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Would have required CARB to convene a working group with a specified membership for the purposes of reviewing the state of air pollution control technologies, operational or maintenance standards, and work practices that may be applied to wine fermentation tanks, and the costs and benefits of those technologies, standards, and practices.  The bill would have required local air districts, when adopting a rule or issuing a permit requiring air pollution control technology to be installed on wine fermentation tanks, to include specified findings as part of that action.  The bill would have required CARB to allocate $1 million, available upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the University of California Davis for a study that would make recommendations on options to address air emissions from wine fermentation tanks.  Was not heard in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.

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Would have made various changes to resource conservation districts and, notably for CARB, would have authorized each district to develop a long‑range work plan, annual work plan, and annual district report to address projects that, among other things, enhance adaptation or resilience to climate change, or mitigate or sequester carbon emissions on natural and working lands.  Was not heard in the Assembly Local Government Committee.

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Would have required the Strategic Growth Council, by December 31, 2021, to submit a report to the Legislature that provides a scoping plan for the State to meet its organic waste, climate change, and air quality mandates, goals, and targets.  The bill would have required the scoping plan to include, among other things, the State’s 2030 greenhouse gas emissions limit, the Short Lived Climate Pollutant Strategy, and the California Forest Carbon Plan.  Was not heard in the Senate Natural Resources and Water Committee.

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