Keep tabs on climate and energy legislation in California and urge your representatives to take action for a climate-safe future.
SB 467 (Wiener, Limón) This bill would have imposed health & safety setbacks from oil & gas extraction operations, prohibited fracking and other extreme oil & gas extraction methods, and addressed a just transition for workers and their families. STATUS: Failed on April 13 in the Natural Resources Committee. Vote results: Ayes: Allen, Laird, Limón, … Read more
SB 551 (Stern) This bill would have established the California Electric Vehicle Authority within the Governor’s office and would require the authority to coordinate activities among state agencies to advance electric vehicle and zero-emission charging infrastructure deployment as well as ensure related equity, workforce development, economic development, and other needs are addressed. STATUS: Held August … Read more
SB 617 (Wiener) This bill would require every city and county to implement an online, automated permitting platform that verifies code compliance and instantaneously issues permits for a residential solar-photovoltaic electricity system and an energy storage system paired with a residential solar-photovoltaic energy system. The bill also authorizes the California Energy Commission to provide technical … Read more
SB 730 (Bradford) Would have required that demand response products and tariffs required within the resource adequacy program be cost effective. STATUS: Introduced, never calendared.
SB 27 (Skinner) Creates the California Carbon Sequestration and Climate Resilience Project Registry in order to maintain a list of eligible but unfunded projects, which then may be funded by public or private entities in order to mitigate California’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve climate resilience. Also directs the CA Air Resources Board to … Read more
SB 596 (Becker) SB 596 requires the Air Resources Board to establish a strategy to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the concrete and cement sector by 40% from 2019 levels by 2030 and to achieve carbon neutrality as soon as possible, but no later than 2045. Per the latest science and rapidly worsening climate … Read more
AB 39 (Chau) This bill will establish in statute the California-China Climate Institute, housed at UC Berkeley, in partnership with the Institute of Climate Change and Sustainable Development at Tsinghua University, China to foster collaboration to inform and shape climate policy and advance the goals of the Paris Agreement, advance joint policy research on major … Read more
AB 43 (Friedman, Ting Chiu, Quirk) The bill would require the California Traffic Safety Program to identify and address locations with pedestrian and bicycle related crashes and would extend the period of time a lowered speed limit can be justified as necessary for safety (as opposed to being used as a speed trap) if there … Read more
AB 339 (Cristina Garcia, Lee) Originally this is a bill aimed at improving on the existing open meetings laws (Ralph M. Brown, Bagley Keene, and the Dymally-Alatorre Bilingual Services Acts). It now focuses only on local government and the Brown Act, to ensure meaningful public participation in light of the increased use of remote access … Read more
AB 525 (Chiu) Introduced by Assembly Members Chiu, Cunningham, and Friedman (Assembly Coauthors: Bennett, Calderon, Quirk, and Ting) (Senate Co-authors: Eggman, Wiener) A bill to promote offshore wind-power development. Read The Climate Center’s Letter of Support. See author’s factsheet. STATUS: Signed by the Governor September 23, 2021.