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Committee clears AB 674 to update Clean Cars for All eligibility and increase incentives for older vehicles
Summary
AB 674 would revise the Clean Cars for All program to prioritize the highest-polluting, pre-2004 vehicles in disadvantaged communities and require expanded data and equity reporting. The Transportation Committee sent the bill on with bipartisan support.
AB 674, a bill to revise the Clean Cars for All (CC4A) program to prioritize replacement of older, higher-emitting vehicles and increase incentives for those most in need, was advanced by the Assembly Transportation Committee and referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
Assemblymember Connolly, the bill's author, said the California Air Resources Board called for steep gasoline reductions but that gasoline use has not declined as expected; he told members the CC4A program should prioritize vehicles built before 2004 and focus resources on disadvantaged and low-income communities to maximize pollution and public-health benefits.
Michelle Canales, Western States policy advocate for the Union of Concerned Scientists and a co-sponsor, told the committee that older passenger vehicles (pre-2004) make up a small share of the fleet but account for a large share of nitrogen-oxide emissions. "These older cars are disproportionately located in communities with greater percentages of people of color and low-income households," she said, and retiring them would deliver greater air-quality and health benefits for those communities.
The bill would codify program expansions and require CARB to collect specific vehicle data, apply existing reporting and equity requirements across CC4A programs, and adopt a needs-based approach to incentives. Committee members voiced support for the measure while noting the need to ensure program harmonization and adequate funding across regional and statewide programs.
The committee recorded a motion by Vice Chair Davies, seconded by Assemblymember Aarons, and voted to pass the bill. The clerk announced the bill was due to be referred to the Committee on Natural Resources.
