From the State Capitol

Statewide 2023 funding that will cover several of our programs:

AB 617 statewide funding

$60M

for implementation

$234M

for incentives

$6M

community grants

From this funding, we are expecting to receive:

$11M

for implementation

~$33M

for our incentive programs

$80M

for a suite of statewide equity transportation programs, including, but not limited to, the Clean Cars For All Program.

$310.5M

for the Equitable Building Decarbonization Program.

Bills we sponsored that passed

AB 536

AB 536 (Wilson) – Repeals the compensation prohibition for the Air District’s Advisory Council and allows members to receive compensation for attending specified meetings.

Wildfire Smoke Response

In response to the recent wildfires in Canada affecting much of the East Coast and Midwest, we worked with California legislators at the federal level to reintroduce several smoke-related bills to expand clean air centers, home air filtration, and monitoring. While previous attempts were not successful, the additional regions of the U.S. experiencing wildfire smoke impacts have heightened awareness of this issue beyond the West Coast, which may assist in eventual funding in the federal budget.

Wildfire Smoke Response

Blue Skies Blue Whales Program

In addition to introducing a bill at the state level to expand voluntary vessel speed reduction programs, our staff have worked along with the Santa Barbara County Air Pollution Control District to inform legislators at the federal level of our existing local program, and to solicit greater federal support through a budget appropriation or a bill to provide greater agency support.

Blue Skies Blue Whales Program