AB 1336,
as amended, Salas. begin deleteCalifornia Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006: disadvantaged communities. end deletebegin insertGreenhouse gases: Community Climate Improvement Program.end insert
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 board as part of a market-based compliance mechanism to be deposited in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and to be available upon appropriation.
end insertbegin insertThis bill would establish and require the Strategic Growth Council, in coordination with the state board, to administer the Community Climate Improvement Program to provide grants for the development and implementation of multicounty, multielement climate beneficial projects that maximize greenhouse gas emissions reductions or sequestration. The bill would require the council, in coordination with the state board, to develop guidelines for the program. The bill would require the council to implement the program with moneys appropriated from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and would require not less than an unspecified percentage of the program moneys be made available for projects in the San Joaquin Valley.
end insertThe 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 board from the auction or sale of allowances 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 a minimum of 25% of the available moneys in the fund to be allocated to projects that provide benefits to disadvantaged communities.
end deleteThis bill instead would require a minimum of 40% of the available moneys in the fund to be allocated to projects that provide benefits to disadvantaged communities.
end deleteVote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
begin insertChapter 4.3 (commencing with Section 39740)
2is added to Part 2 of Division 26 of the end insertbegin insertHealth and Safety Codeend insertbegin insert,
3to read:end insert
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It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this
8chapter, to establish a comprehensive grant program funded by
9the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, established pursuant to
10Section 16428.8 of the Government Code, for purposes of investing
P3 1in regional, multibenefit projects that maximize greenhouse gas
2emissions reductions or sequestration, especially in disadvantaged
3communities.
For purposes of this chapter, the following terms mean
5the following:
6(a) “Council” means the Strategic Growth Council established
7pursuant to Section 75121 of the Public Resources Code.
8(b) “Disadvantaged community” means a community identified
9 pursuant to Section 39711.
10(c) “San Joaquin Valley” means the region of the state that is
11under the jurisdiction of the San Joaquin Unified Air Pollution
12Control District pursuant to Chapter 5.7 (commencing with Section
1340600) of Part 3.
(a) The council, in coordination with the state board,
15shall administer the Community Climate Improvement Program
16which is hereby established to provide grants for the development
17and implementation of multicounty, multielement climate beneficial
18projects that maximize greenhouse gas emissions reductions or
19sequestration.
20(b) The council, in coordination with the state board, shall
21develop guidelines for the implementation of the program
22consistent with the requirements of the California Global Warming
23Solutions Act of 2006 (Division 25.5 (commencing with Section
2438500)) and the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investment Plan
25and Communities Revitalization Act (Chapter 4.1 (commencing
26with Section 39710)) that do all of the following:
27(1) Promote projects based on the potential to provide integrated
28climate services to the most disadvantaged communities, especially
29projects that use proven community outreach.
30(2) Maximize the delivery of multiple climate benefits, including,
31but not limited to, clean cars and trucks, clean energy generation,
32energy efficiency and weatherization, organic waste diversion and
33compost development, water quality, supply, and waterfowl habitat
34improvements, river habitat and access improvements, and
35drought-tolerant lawn, park, and urban greening projects.
36(3) Ensure all ancillary elements of project development and
37implementation are eligible for funding if they lead to the better
38implementation and program delivery.
39(4) Ensure that project investments
funded pursuant to the
40program use consistent accounting and modeling approaches to
P4 1estimate and monitor greenhouse gas emissions and emissions
2reductions over time.
3(5) Promote project that assist the state in reach its climate
4goals beyond 2020 consistent with Part 3 (commencing with
5Section 38550) of Division 25.5.
6(6) Promote investments in projects that include cobenefits,
7including, but not limited to, achieving state and federal air quality
8goals.
9(7) Ensure projects funded pursuant to the program maximize
10moneys appropriated for the program, create job opportunities,
11and are consistent with other laws.
12(c) In evaluating projects to be funded pursuant to the program,
13the council shall give priority to projects that demonstrate one or
14more of the
following characteristics:
15(1) Regional implementation.
16(2) The ability to leverage additional public and private funding.
17(3) The potential for cobenefits or multibenefit attributes.
18(4) The potential for the project to be replicated.
19(5) The use of existing regional infrastructure and institutions.
20(6) Inclusion of technical assistance.
(a) The council shall implement this chapter with
22moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the program from the
23Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund.
24(b) Not less than ____ percent of the amount appropriated for
25the program shall be made available to projects in the San Joaquin
26Valley.
Section 39713 of the Health and Safety Code is
28amended to read:
(a) The investment plan developed and submitted to
30the Legislature, pursuant to Section 39716, shall allocate a
31minimum of 40 percent of the available moneys in the fund to
32projects that provide benefits to communities described in Section
3339711.
34(b) The investment plan shall allocate a minimum of 10 percent
35of the available moneys in the fund to projects located within
36communities described in Section 39711.
P5 1(c) The allocation pursuant to subdivision (b) may be, but need
2not be, for projects included, in
whole or in part, in the set of
3projects supported by the allocation described in subdivision (a).
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