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APCD outlines 2026 priorities including EV charging, wildfire clean-air shelters and AQMP work
Summary
APCD Executive Officer Eli Resemme presented a 2026 workplan emphasizing regulatory updates, EV infrastructure along Highway 126, clean-room wildfire shelters, voluntary shipping speed-reduction incentives, staff capacity building, and AQMP technical work to maintain ozone compliance and a balanced FY26-27 budget.
Eli Resemme, executive officer of the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District, told the board the district's 2026 priorities focus on protecting public health, maintaining fiscal stability, and strengthening organizational readiness. Resemme said staff will advance rule amendments to keep district regulations aligned with state and federal obligations and continue to protect community health.
Resemme highlighted incentive and infrastructure programs, including DMV-funded initiatives to expand EV charging infrastructure along the Highway 126 corridor and development of publicly owned charging stations for county residents. He described "clean-room" wildfire shelters as locations (for example, an upgraded HVAC system at the Port Hueneme library) that will provide cleaner indoor air during wildfire events.
Resemme said the district will continue promoting voluntary emission-reduction strategies, including a voluntary speed-reduction program for shipping companies with a focus on securing fair, adequate financial support for participants. He said staff will strengthen engagement with elected officials on mobile-source emissions while state legal challenges to federal waivers proceed.
Other priorities include protecting and expanding incentive funding (including defending Section 105 funding levels with federal partners), completing hiring for an assistant deputy director, investing in leadership development through county learning-and-development resources or external training, modernizing air monitoring and data networks, and advancing AQMP technical work to demonstrate ozone compliance while maintaining a balanced FY26-27 budget. Resemme said six-month actual and historical data project the district is financially in good standing for fiscal year 2025-26.
Board members asked for specifics about leadership-development plans, the timing of midyear budget reviews, outreach about incentives and audits of grant-funded projects; staff answered that budget work will go to the standing committee in April with final approval targeted for June, that incentive outreach uses social media and equipment dealers, and that audits cover roughly 10% of grants and additional desk or field checks as warranted.
