California Air Resources Board

Summary

Requires CARB to include specified carbon dioxide removal targets as part of its Scoping Plan. The bill also requires the Natural Resources Agency to maintain a registry of carbon sequestration projects seeking funding. Finally, the bill requires the Natural Resources Agency, in coordination with CARB and other relevant agencies, to establish the Natural and Working Lands Climate Smart Strategy.

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Summary

Makes technical and substantive changes to the Budget Act of 2021. Among other things, the budget bill includes the Climate Resilience Package, which appropriates $3.69 billion over three fiscal years, beginning in 2021-2022, to various climate priorities. It also includes the Wildfire Prevention and Resilience Package, which appropriates a total of $988 million from the General fund and the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund for wildfire prevention and resilience purposes. The bill also makes appropriations for CARB programs and re-appropriations to extend encumbrance and expenditure dates for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund appropriations.

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Summary

Early action budget package that amends the 2020-21 Budget Act. Among other things, the bill appropriates money from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) for wildfire prevention, natural resources, and forest resiliency. The bill also makes re-appropriations to extend encumbrance and expenditure dates for GGRF appropriations. 

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Summary

Would have required, no later than July 1, 2021, that the Natural Resources Agency, in coordination with the California Environmental Protection Agency, CARB, and the Department of Food and Agriculture, establish carbon sequestration goals for natural and working lands.  The bill would have required CARB to include specified carbon dioxide removal targets as part of its Scoping Plan.  Finally, the bill would have required the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research to maintain a registry of carbon sequestration projects seeking funding.  Remains in the Senate Rules Committee.

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Summary

Would have required CARB, by December 31, 2022, as a part of the Scoping Plan, to prepare a strategic plan for accelerating the production and use of green electrolytic hydrogen in California and an analysis of how curtailed power could be better utilized to help meet the State’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals.  Was not heard in the Senate Energy, Utilities, and Communications Committee.

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