State Air Resources Board: Office of Civil Rights.

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and digest do not provide specific details on funding amounts or requirements beyond contingent appropriation by the Legislature.

Creating an Office for Civil Rights in Air Resources

This law creates an Office of Civil Rights within the State Air Resources Board, contingent upon funding from the state legislature.

What This Bill Does

• Creates a new office called the Office of Civil Rights inside the State Air Resources Board.
• Requires this office to provide training on civil rights obligations to board staff, grantees, contractors, and subrecipients.
• Coordinates with local air pollution control districts and management districts to ensure statewide alignment in civil rights compliance efforts.

Who It Names or Affects

• The State Air Resources Board
• Local air pollution control districts and management districts in California

Terms To Know

Civil Rights

Laws that protect people from unfair treatment based on race, gender, age, or other personal characteristics.

Subrecipients

People or groups who receive funding or support directly from the State Air Resources Board to work on air quality issues.

Limits and Unknowns

• The law only works if the state gives it enough money.
• It does not specify how much money is needed for this office.

Official Summary Text

AB 1584, as amended, Jackson.
State Air Resources Board: Office of Civil Rights.
Existing law establishes within the California Environmental Protection Agency the State Air Resources Board. Existing law provides for the establishment of air pollution control districts and air quality management districts. Existing law generally vests regulatory jurisdiction over stationary sources of air pollution
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the air pollution control districts and air quality management districts and regulatory jurisdiction over mobile sources of air pollution
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the State Air Resources Board.
This bill, contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act or another act for its purposes, would create the Office of Civil Rights within the state board. The bill would set forth the responsibilities of the office, including providing training on civil rights obligations to board staff, grantees, contractors, and
subrecipients,
and coordinating with air pollution control districts and air quality management districts and the California Environmental Protection Agency to align civil rights compliance efforts statewide.
subrecipients.
The bill would require the state board to post on its internet website an annual summary of information regarding the office, including a summary of civil rights complaints received by the office and a description of compliance and enforcement efforts by the office relating to civil rights.

Current Bill Text

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