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Assembly committee advances changes to Clean Cars for All to target oldest, highest-emitting vehicles
Summary
AB 674 directs the California Air Resources Board to prioritize pre-2004 vehicles in Clean Cars for All and adds data and equity requirements; the Transportation Committee voted to pass the bill to Natural Resources.
AB 674, a bill to update the Clean Cars for All (CC4A) program to focus incentives on the oldest, highest-emitting vehicles and to add data and equity provisions, was approved by the Assembly Transportation Committee and re-referred to the Natural Resources Committee.
Assemblymember Connolly, the bill uthor, said AB 674 will require the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to prioritize vehicles manufactured before 2004 that are registered in disadvantaged and low-income communities. "Older vehicles have accounted for the highest levels of pollution and have disproportionately hurt disadvantaged and low income communities," the author said.
Witnesses supporting the bill included Michelle Canales of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Tom Knox of ValleyCAN. Canales cited UCS analysis finding that pre-2004 passenger vehicles account for roughly 19% of light-duty cars on the road but are responsible for 73% of passenger-vehicle NOx emissions. Testimony to the committee said the CC4A program has replaced some 21,900 vehicles and reduced about 98,700 metric tons of CO2 since 2017.
Supporters said AB 674 will increase incentives for the highest-emitting vehicles, require specific vehicle data collection, and apply established equity and reporting requirements to CC4A expansions. Committee members noted the transportation sector is the state's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and that ensuring equitable access to cleaner vehicles is critical to meet state targets.
The committee recorded a motion to pass the bill; Vice Chair Davies moved the bill and Assemblymember Aarons seconded. The measure passed committee and was referred to the Natural Resources Committee; the transcript records a committee tally described in the roll as 10 votes at one point and later shows a final vote tally of 15 votes in committee.
AB 674 would change CC4A prioritization and reporting requirements; implementation and precise fiscal impacts will be determined in later fiscal analyses and by CARB rulemaking.
