Cap-and-Trade
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Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Projects Funded by SGC
Today the Strategic Growth Council approved 25 projects for funding under the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) program. All of them combine affordable housing development and transportation improvements for either transit, walking, biking, or a combination of all three modes.
October 11, 2016
Active Transportation Program Gets a Little More Money, With a Few Strings
The most recent cap-and-trade allocation bill, A.B. 1613, allots $10 million to the Active Transportation Program. The money comes with a few strings attached. Any projects funded by cap-and-trade have to show that they reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Also, the money must be allocated by 2018 and spent by 2020.
October 7, 2016
CA Celebrates Ten Years of Finding—and Applying—Climate Change Solutions
The USC Schwarzenegger Institute held a small congratulatory celebration of the tenth anniversary of A.B. 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act, at the California Museum in Sacramento today.
October 5, 2016
Cap-and-Trade May Not Be Working
At last week's California Air Resources Board hearing to discuss its plan for meeting climate change goals, the cap-and-trade system that has underpinned much of the state's efforts got raked over the coals. But not by the industries subject to the emissions cap.
September 26, 2016
Report: For Best Results, Address Equity and Climate Change Together
California Governor Jerry Brown just signed major new climate change legislation, and people will be grappling for a while with what the new laws will mean on the ground—and how California will be able to achieve its new greenhouse gas reduction targets. Tomorrow, several state agencies will be tackling the question of how to reach those targets in the transportation sector—Streetsblog will have more coverage of that later.
September 13, 2016
Governor Brown Signs Legislation Extending CA Climate Change Targets
In a signing ceremony at Vista Hermosa Park in Los Angeles today, Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation extending state climate change targets through at least 2030. The governor was joined by key legislators who shepherded the legislation's approval. These included Senate President Pro Tempore Kevin De Leon, Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon, Senator Fran Pavley, Assemblymember Eduardo Garcia, Senator Ricardo Lara, and assemblymembers Reggie Jones-Sawyer, Jimmy Gomez, Richard Bloom, and Matt Dababneh.
September 8, 2016
Legislative Update: Climate Change, Cap and Trade, Fare Evasion
GREENHOUSE GAS TARGETS
August 23, 2016
OC Streetcar Project Awarded $28 Million in Cap-and-Trade Funds
The OC Streetcar Project, the expected first of its kind in Orange County, was awarded $28 million last week as part of California's Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program, which is funded by the state's cap-and-trade program.
The California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) administers the TIRCP, which seeks to reduce statewide greenhouse gas emissions through rail and transit capital investments. The TIRCP awards totaled $390 million statewide--see Streetsblog coverage here.
August 23, 2016
CA Awards $390 Million in Cap-and-Trade Funding for Transit Capital
This week, the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) announced the recipients of its Transit and Intercity Capital Program (TIRCP) grants. TIRCP distributes state cap-and-trade funding to local transit agencies for projects that will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The TIRCP awards total $390 million statewide.
August 19, 2016
California Senate Proposal for Cap-and-Trade Revenues Focuses on Equity
The Senate released a spending plan for the unallocated portion of cap-and-trade revenues today, in the form of Assembly Bill 1613. The plan, say Senate leaders and advocates, focuses on environmental equity while supporting projects that will reduce greenhouse gases.
August 17, 2016