AB 156, as amended, Perea. California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: disadvantaged communities.
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases. The act authorizes the state board to include the use of market-based compliance mechanisms. Existing law requires all moneys, except for fines and penalties, collected by the state boardbegin delete from the auction or sale of allowancesend delete as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation. Existing law requires the California Environmental Protection Agency to identify disadvantaged communities and requires the Department of Finance, in consultation with the state board and any other relevant state agency, to develop, as specified, a
3-year investment plan for the moneys deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Existing law requires the 3-year investment plan to allocate a minimum of 25% of the available moneys in the fund to projects that provide benefits to disadvantaged communities.
This bill would require the state board to prepare and post on its Internet Web site a specified report on the projects funded to benefit disadvantaged communities.
This bill would require the state board to establish a comprehensive technical assistance program, upon the appropriation of moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, for eligible applicants, as specified, assistingbegin delete disadvantagedend deletebegin insert eligibleend insert communities, as defined.
This bill would also require the department to include in the 3-year investment plan an allocation to the state board for that technical assistance program.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code is
2amended to read:
(a) The investment plan developed and submitted to
4the Legislature, pursuant to Section 39716, shall allocate a
5minimum of 25 percent of the available moneys in the fund to
6projects that provide benefits to communities described in Section
739711.
8(b) The investment plan shall allocate a minimum of 10 percent
9of the available moneys in the fund to projects located within
10communities described in Section 39711.
11(c) The allocation pursuant to subdivision (b) may be, but need
12not be, for projects included, in whole or in part, in the set of
13projects supported by the allocation described in subdivision (a).
14(d) The state board shall prepare and post on its Internet Web
15site a report on the projects funded pursuant to this section. The
16report shall include all of the following:
P3 1(1) A general description of the project.
2(2) The location where the project will be implemented.
3(3) The estimated date of completion of each project.
4(4) The amount awarded to each project.
5(5) The status of any moneys in the fund that are not awarded
6pursuant to this section and the reasons, if any, why those moneys
7have not been awarded.
Section 39713.5 is added to the Health and Safety
9Code, to read:
(a) begin insertFor purposes of this section, “eligible
11communities” means census tracts identified as disadvantaged
12pursuant to Section 39711 or with median incomes at or below 80
13percent of the statewide median income.end insert
14begin insert(b)end insert The investment plan developed and submitted to the
15Legislature pursuant to Section 39716 shall allocate from the
16available moneys in the fund technical assistance moneys to the
17state board to implement this section. That allocation of technical
18assistance
moneys shall not be used to satisfy the requirements of
19subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 39713.
20(b)
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21begin insert(c)end insert (1) Upon an appropriation of moneys from the fund, the
22state board shall establish a comprehensive technical assistance
23program for eligible applicants assistingbegin delete disadvantagedend deletebegin insert
eligibleend insert
24 communities
that the state board determines require technical
25assistance in accessing programsbegin delete usingend deletebegin insert
allocatedend insert moneys
26appropriated from the fund.
27(2) Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to, regional
28agencies and nonprofit organizations coordinating with local
29governments.
30(3) As used in this section, “disadvantaged communities” means
31census tracts identified as disadvantaged pursuant to Section 39711
32or with median incomes at or below 80 percent of the statewide
33median household income.
34(4)
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35begin insert(3)end insert (A) The state board, in consultation with the California
36Environmental Protection Agency and agencies that administer
37programs using moneys appropriated from the fund, shall develop
38guidelines to implement this program consistent with this section.
39(B) The state board shall provide an opportunity for public
40comment prior to finalizing the guidelines.
P4 1(c)
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2begin insert(d)end insert The state board shall prioritize technical assistancebegin delete toend deletebegin insert
forend insert
3 those communities demonstrating the greatest need for increased
4capacity to access programs using moneys appropriated from the
5fund.
6(d)
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7begin insert(e)end insert The program established pursuant to this section shall
8provide assistance to eligible applicants with any of the following:
9(1) Identifying state agencies with appropriate grant programs.
10(2) Developing competitive project proposals to apply for
11moneys available through state agencies or pursuant to this
chapter.
12(3) Coordinating existing local programs to reduce greenhouse
13gas emissions with new programs receiving moneys pursuant to
14this chapter.
15(4) Conducting community outreach to residents of
16begin delete disadvantagedend deletebegin insert
eligibleend insert communities that the state board determines
17require technical assistance on consumer programs receiving state
18or local moneys pursuant to this chapter or for other programs that
19reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
20(e)
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21begin insert(f)end insert Technical assistance provided pursuant to this section shall
22promote programs that reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and
23demonstrate a direct, meaningful benefit tobegin delete disadvantagedend deletebegin insert
eligibleend insert
24 communities. Cobenefits of these programs may include, but are
25not limited to, improved air quality, improved water quality,
26improved public health, increased access to employment in clean
27energy, increased access to affordable housing and transit, reduced
28residential and commercial water use, and increased residential
29and commercial energy efficiency.
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