Mar 13, 2025

Advocacy   |   Air Quality Call For Support Letters: RCRC Sponsored Measure Senate Bill 496 (Hurtado) – Advanced Clean Fleets

RCRC, in coalition with local government partners, is sponsoring Senate Bill 496, authored by Senator Melissa Hurtado. This measure would provide more flexibility for local agencies implementing the Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF) mandate by ensuring disaster service workers are able to effectively respond to emergency situations, creating

Jan 17, 2025

Advocacy   |   Air Quality State Abandons Electric Fleet Rule, Implications for Local Governments Unclear

Earlier this week, California Air Resources Board (CARB) Chair Liane Randolph announced that the agency is abandoning its quest for a federal Clean Air Act waiver from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enact...

Dec 10, 2024

Air Quality The AB 32 Scoping Plan

Since the passage of AB 32, various state agencies have implemented regulations and programs in an attempt to meet the 2020 goals set forth in the legislation, and the state has since established goals for...

Dec 10, 2024

Air Quality The History of Climate Change Legislation and Regulations in California

The history of climate change legislation and regulations in California dates as far back as 1988, when Assembly Bill 4420 (Sher) became law, and mandated the California Energy Commission to prepare a greenhouse gas (GHG)...