Emissions Reduction Target

40% by 2030 | Carbon neutral by 2045 Relative to 1990 levels

Mandate Source

2030: Mandatory – SB-32 – Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (2016)

2045: Mandatory – AB 1297 (2022)

2022 Scoping Plan for Achieving Carbon Neutrality (2022)

Plan Status

Finalized

Interagency Commissions/Task Forces

Climate Action Team

Non-Governmental Advisory Bodies

Independent Emissions Market Advisory Committee

2000-2020 Emissions Trends (October 2022)

Mandate Source

SB-32 – Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (2006)

California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank

Establishing Legislation

California Government Code Title 6.7, Division 1, Chapter 1 section 63002 (1944)
Climate Catalyst Fund: AB 78 (2020)

ACEEE Score – 1 out of 1 point**

Public Fleet ZEV Requirements

SB 498 (2017) – Beginning in FY 2024-25, at least 50% of light-duty vehicles purchased for the state fleet each year are ZEVs
AB 739 (2017) – 15% of newly purchased medium- and heavy-duty vehicles (MDHVs) in the state fleet are ZEVs by 2026 | 30% of newly purchased MDHVs are ZEVs by 2030
AB 579 (2023) – Requires 100% of newly purchased or contracted school buses to be ZEVs by 2035

Mandate Source

SB 535 (2012)

Definition

“Disadvantaged communities” are defined as the top 25% scoring areas from CalEnviroScreen, which includes areas burdened by combinations of poverty, high unemployment, air and water pollution, presence of hazardous wastes, and/or high incidence of asthma and heart disease, as well as all Tribal lands.

Include race? No | Include income? Yes | Include pollution burden? Yes

CalEnviroScreen

AB 1550 (2016) – At least 25% to disadvantaged communities and 10% to low-income communities, individuals, and households

**The ACEEE Energy Efficiency Scorecard analyzes the policies and programs states adopt to save energy in public sector buildings and transportation fleets. States can earn up to 1 point.

Office Designation

SB 246 (2015) – Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resilience Program within the Office of Planning and Research

Task Forces/Advisory Groups

SB 246 (2015) – Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program (ICARP) Technical Advisory Council

AB 111 (2020) – Catastrophe Response Council
SB 456 (2021) – Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force

Cabinet Commissions and Committees

Action Plans

California Climate Adaptation Strategy (2021)

Safeguarding California Plan (2018)

Extreme Heat Action Plan (2022)

Assessments

California Climate Change Assessment (2019)

Frameworks

California Sea-Level Rise Guidance (2018)

SB 246 (2015) – Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program

California Hazard Mitigation Plan (2018)

California Drought Contingency Plan (2016)

California’s Wildfire and Forest Resilience Action Plan (2021)

Executive Order B-30-15 (2015) – Requires state agencies to incorporate climate considerations in all planning and investment decisions

SB 379 (2015) – Requires local governments to include consideration of climate impacts in local land-use plans (or general plans)

AB 2800 (2016) – Climate Safe Infrastructure Working Group
Paying it Forward: The path Toward Climate-Safe Infrastructure in California (2018)

SB 533 (2021) – Requires Wildfire Mitigation Plans for electric corporations

AB 65 (2020) – Requires the State Coastal Conservancy to prioritize funding coastal adaptation projects that use natural infrastructure

Development Funding

AB 78 (2020) – Creates the Climate Catalyst Revolving Loan Fund Act
California Coastal Conservancy Climate Ready Grant Program

Disaster Relief Funding

Target

38 million metric tons (MMT) by 2030 | 35 MMT by 2032

Mandate Source

R.20-05-003 (2022)

Target

60% by 2030 | 90% by 2035 | 95% by 2040 | 100% by 2045

Legislation

2030: SB 100 (2018)
2035 and 2040: SB 1020 (2022)
2045: SB 100 (2018)

SPOT Components – 0 out of 5*

SPOT Components – 10 out of 11*

SPOT Components – 5 out of 5*

SPOT Components – 4 out of 6*

Achieving 100 Percent Clean Electricity in California (2021)

Mandate Source

SB 100 (2018)

The GridWise Alliance’s Grid Modernization Index (GMI) evaluates and ranks the status of grid modernization efforts across all 50 states and D.C.

50-state Ranking – 1^st

SPOT Components – 5 out of 6*

SPOT Components – 2 out of 6*

SPOT Components – 5 out of 5*

California Cap-and-Trade Program

*The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled.

SPOT Components – 6 out of 6*

Statewide code – California Energy Code (2021)

SPOT Components – 6 out of 6*

Statewide code – California Energy Code (2019)

California Building Energy Efficiency Standards

*The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled.

SPOT Components – 3 out of 4*

Limited energy assessment program

Limited utility incentive program

SPOT Components – 8 out of 10*

SPOT Components – 5 out of 5*

SPOT Components – 4 out of 5*

California Code of Regulations, Title 20, Sections 1601-1609 (2019)

California Cap-and-Trade Program

Required for commercial and multi-family residential buildings

California LEV Program

California ZEV Program

EV Targets and Sales Requirements

Advanced Clean Cars II (2022) – 35% of new passenger vehicle sales are ZEVs by 2026 | 68% of new sales are ZEVs  by 2030 | 100% of new sales are ZEVs, with up to 20% being hybrid or hydrogen-powered vehicles, by 2035

Executive Order B-48-18 (2018) – Sets a target of 5 million ZEVs on the road by 2030.

California Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) and Advanced Clean Fleets (ACF)

EV Sales Requirements

100% of medium- and heavy-duty truck sales must be ZEVs by 2035

• Drayage trucks: New trucks must be ZEVs by 2024 | 100% of drayage trucks must be ZEVs by 2035
• Public MHDVs: 100% of the state’s fleet must be ZEVs by 2027
• “High-priority fleets”, defined as companies with at least 50 trucks owned and operated in the state or with more than $50 million in annual revenue: 100% ZEVs by 2042

SPOT Components – 4 out of 5*

SPOT Components – 4 out of 5*

California Cap-and-Trade Program

California Low Carbon Fuel Standard Program

Per capita emissions: -1% to 8% by 2020 | -1% to 16% by 2035
Relative to 1990 levels

Mandate Source

Mandatory – SB 375 (2008)

Driving California’s Transportation Emissions to Zero (2021)

Climate Action Plan for Transportation Infrastructure (CAPTI) (2021)

2018 ZEV Action Plan Update (2018)

2016 ZEV Action Plan (2016)

The ACEEE Transportation Electrification Scorecard analyzes the level of investment and policies states adopt to procure electric transit buses. States can earn up to 6 points.

ACEEE Score – 5 out of 6 points

The League of American Bicyclists’ State Report Cards evaluate and rank the safety and efficiency of active transportation systems across all 50 states.

50-state Ranking – 4^th

*The State Policy Opportunity Tracker (SPOT) breaks clean energy policies down into “components”, which are binary questions to evaluate policy quality. Higher quality policies have more of their SPOT components fulfilled.

Mandate Source

Executive Order B-30-15 (2015)

Task Force Portal or Action Plan

Healthy Soils Action Plan

SB 129 (2021) – Healthy Soils Program

SB 129 (2021) – Healthy Soils Program

Food Waste Reduction Target – 50% by 2020 | 75% by 2025
Relative to 2014 levels

Waste Recycling Requirement – Required for commercial generators of organic waste to either compost or anaerobically digest organic waste.

Mandate Source

SB 1383 (2016)
California Title 14, Natural Resources–Division 7, Ch. 3.1, Articles 1-3, 5-9

HFC Regulations

SB 1383 (2016) – Reduce HFC emissions 40% below 2013 levels by 2030

Methane Regulations

SB 1383 (2016) – Reduce methane emissions 40% below 2013 levels by 2030
Landfill Methane Regulation (2010) – Requires municipal solid waste landfills to reduce methane and other air pollutant emissions through emissions monitoring and through capturing fugitive methane

SF6 Regulations

Title 17, CCR, sections 95350 et. seq. (2021) – Reduces SF6 emissions from electricity transmission and distribution equipment

California Cap-and-Trade Program

AB 262 (2017) – Suppliers’ emissions performance is taken into account when an agency is contracting to buy steel, flat glass, and mineral wool insulation for state infrastructure projects.
SB 596 (2021) – 40% reduction by 2035, relative to 2019 levels, and net-zero by 2045 for cement emissions