BILL ANALYSIS
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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1405
Author: De Leon (D)
Amended: 7/23/09 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE ENERGY, U.&C. COMMITTEE : 6-5, 7/7/09
AYES: Padilla, Corbett, Kehoe, Lowenthal, Simitian,
Wiggins
NOES: Benoit, Calderon, Cox, Strickland, Wright
SENATE ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY COMMITTEE : 5-2, 7/13/09
AYES: Simitian, Corbett, Hancock, Lowenthal, Pavley
NOES: Runner, Ashburn
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 45-30, 6/3/09 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : California Global Warming Solutions Act
SOURCE : Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment
Coalition for Clean Air
Greenling
National Association for the Advancement of
Colored People
DIGEST : This bill establishes the Community Benefits
Fund, and requires a minimum of 30 percent of revenues
generated pursuant to the act, including the fee discussed
above, to be deposited into that fund. The monies in the
fund will be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature,
in the most impacted and disadvantaged communities in
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California to accelerate greenhouse gas emission reductions
or mitigate direct health impacts of climate change in
those communities. The state board is required to develop
a methodology to identify the most impacted and
disadvantaged communities. The state board, the State
Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission,
and the State Department of Public Health would be required
to jointly develop and adopt biennial plans for the use of
funds.
ANALYSIS : The California Global Warming Solutions Act of
2006 requires the State Air Resources Board to adopt
regulations to require the reporting and verification of
emissions of greenhouse gases and to monitor and enforce
compliance with the reporting and verification program, and
requires the state board to adopt a statewide greenhouse
gas emissions limit equivalent to the statewide greenhouse
emissions level in 1990 to be achieved by 2020. The act
requires the state board to adopt rules and regulations in
an open public process to achieve the maximum
technologically feasible and cost-effective greenhouse gas
emission reductions. The act authorizes the state board to
include the use of market-base compliance mechanism. The
act authorizes the state board to adopt a schedule of fees
to be paid by the sources of greenhouse gas emissions
regulated pursuant to the act, and requires the revenues
collected pursuant to that fee to be deposited into the Air
Pollution Control Fund and be available, upon appropriation
by the Legislature for purposes of carrying out the act.
Comments
According to the author's office, "The direct impacts of
climate change will largely affect disadvantaged
communities who are already suffering from adverse health
impacts such as respiratory and cardiac illnesses and
episodes of extreme heat waves that have forced many into
the emergency room?funds need to be invested in the most
impacted and most disadvantaged communities in California
to accelerate greenhouse gas emission reductions and
mitigate direct health impacts of climate change."
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: No
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SUPPORT : (Verified 9/1/09)
Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment (co-source)
Coalition for Clean Air (co-source)
Greenling (co-source)
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
(co-source)
American Lung Association of California
Amigos de los Rios
California ReLeaf
California Urban Forests Council
Community Action to Fight Asthma
Ella Baker Center for Human Rights
Environmental Defense Fund
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
Latino Health Alliance
Mountains Recreation and Conservation Authority
The Trust for Public Land
Tree People
OPPOSITION : (Verified 9/1/09)
American Council of Engineering
American Forest and Paper Association
BOMA California
California Business Properties Association
California Chamber of Commerce
California Coalition for Environmental and Economic Balance
California Construction and Industrial Materials
Association
California Grocers Association
California Independent Oil Marketers Association
California Independent Petroleum Association
California League of Food Processors
California Manufacturers and Technology Association
California Retailers Association
California Taxpayers' Association
Chemical Industry Council of California
Companies of California
Industrial Environmental Association
International Council of Shopping Centers
NAIOP of California
National Federal of Independent Business
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Santa Barbara Technology and Industry Association
Southern California Edison
Stop Hidden Taxes Coalition
Western Growers
Western Power Trading Forum
Western States Petroleum Association
Western Wood Preservers Institute
ASSEMBLY FLOOR :
AYES: Ammiano, Arambula, Beall, Blumenfield, Brownley,
Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter, Chesbro,
Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Eng, Feuer, Fong,
Fuentes, Furutani, Hall, Hayashi, Hernandez, Hill,
Huffman, Jones, Krekorian, Lieu, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma,
Mendoza, Monning, Nava, John A. Perez, V. Manuel Perez,
Price, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson,
Torlakson, Torres, Torrico, Bass
NOES: Adams, Anderson, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill,
Blakeslee, Conway, Cook, DeVore, Duvall, Emmerson,
Fletcher, Fuller, Gaines, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman,
Harkey, Huber, Jeffries, Knight, Logue, Miller, Nestande,
Niello, Nielsen, Silva, Smyth, Audra Strickland, Tran,
Villines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Block, Evans, Galgiani, Portantino,
Yamada
DLW:do 9/1/09 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: SEE ABOVE
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