Jimmy Gomez on Environment

Fund river revitalization; fight for environmental justice

Protect endangered species; and protect animal shelters

Establish new regional groundwater sustainability agency

• Impose fees, and provide technical assistance to entities that use groundwater to promote water conservation and protect groundwater resources.
• Publish on its Internet Web site best management practices for the sustainable management of groundwater.
• Submit a groundwater sustainability plan to adopt regulations.
• Conduct inspections and, because the willful refusal of an inspection lawfully authorized by an inspection warrant is a misdemeanor, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

Legislative Outcome: 8/27/14: Passed Senate, 26-11-3; 8/29/14: Passed Assembly, 47-28-4, including AYE vote by Rep. Jimmy Gomez; signed by Governor Brown

Establish new regional groundwater sustainability agency

• Impose fees, and provide technical assistance to entities that use groundwater to promote water conservation and protect groundwater resources.
• Publish on its Internet Web site best management practices for the sustainable management of groundwater.
• Submit a groundwater sustainability plan to adopt regulations.
• Conduct inspections and, because the willful refusal of an inspection lawfully authorized by an inspection warrant is a misdemeanor, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

$48M for funding hybrid and zero-emission vehicles

• Existing law establishes the Air Quality Improvement Program for the purposes of funding projects related to improvement of air quality.
• The Clean Vehicle Rebate Project promotes the production and use of zero-emission vehicles and the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project to help California fleets to purchase hybrid and zero-emission trucks and buses.
• This bill would loan $30,000,000 to the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project and the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project.
• This bill would loan $10,000,000 to be expended only for the Heavy-Duty Vehicle Air Quality Loan Program.
• This bill would appropriate $8,000,000 to be expended for the purposes of the enhanced fleet modernization program.