California Air Resources Board

Would have required CARB to expand its incident air monitoring program to provide support for local monitoring, upon receiving funding. This bill would have required CARB and the local air districts to together choose the regional center locations that either CARB or the district would operate, with at least one center being in the South Coast Air Quality Management District. CARB would have been required to assist with operational plans for the centers regardless of the operator, and all operators would be required to provide emergency air monitoring response for disasters. The bill would have established allowable uses for funding, including but not limited to planning and maintaining centers and equipment; air quality data collection, analysis, and communication; and staff resources and training.

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Governor’s Veto Message

To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill 2349 without my signature.

This bill would require the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to expand its incident air monitoring program.

While I share the author’s goal of expanding emergency air monitoring, the proposed program requires significant resources not included in this year's budget.

In partnership with the Legislature this year, my administration has enacted a balanced budget that recognizes the challenging fiscal landscape our state faces while maintaining our commitment to working families and our most vulnerable communities. With significant fiscal pressures and the federal government's hostile economic policies, it is vital that we remain disciplined when considering bills with significant fiscal implications that are not included in the budget, such as this measure.

For these reasons, I cannot sign this bill.

Sincerely,

Gavin Newsom

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Would have required an owner or operator of a metal shredding facility to reimburse a local air district for reasonable regulatory costs incurred by the local air district in implementing facility-wide fence-line air quality monitoring requirements. Was amended to address property transfers.

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Would have required that CARB members from local air districts receive the annual salary provided to other members of CARB. Held on suspense in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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Summary

Requires an owner or operator of a metal shredding facility to reimburse a local air district for reasonable regulatory costs incurred by the local air district in implementing facility-wide fence-line air quality monitoring requirements at the metal shredding facility. Was not heard in the Senate Environmental Quality Committee.

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Continuously appropriates 10% of auction proceeds in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund to CARB for community air protection implementation, including, but not limited to, funding grants, providing technical assistance, supporting community participation, and incentives, further specified as including community air grants, cleaner technologies with a priority on zero-emission equipment, zero-emission charging infrastructure projects with a priority toward infrastructure that supports medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, and specified stationary sources that result in direct emission reductions of toxic air contaminants and criteria air pollution, including zero-emission technologies. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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Requires certain air districts with jurisdiction over a geographic area with a certain population size, in adopting, amending, or repealing major regulations, to prepare a standardized regulatory impact analysis. Was not heard in the Assembly Natural Resources Committee.

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