General plans: Local Electrification Planning Act.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the financial support for creating these plans, nor does it explicitly confirm that cities and counties can reuse existing plans without further verification.

Local Electrification Planning Act

The Local Electrification Planning Act requires cities and counties with more than 75,000 residents to create plans that include goals for expanding electric vehicle charging stations and other zero-emission vehicle fueling infrastructure by January 1, 2030.

What This Bill Does

• Requires cities and counties with over 75,000 people to make a plan about electric vehicles and charging stations by January 1, 2030.
• Includes goals for expanding places where electric cars can charge and other ways to fuel zero-emission vehicles.
• Makes sure the plans help disadvantaged communities, low-income families, and small businesses get fair access to new technologies.

Who It Names or Affects

• Cities and counties with more than 75,000 residents
• People who live in disadvantaged communities, low-income households, and small businesses

Terms To Know

Zero-emission vehicle (ZEV)

A car or other vehicle that does not release any pollutants into the air.

Disadvantaged communities

Areas where people face more challenges like poverty, pollution, and lack of resources compared to others.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill only applies to cities or counties with a population over 75,000.
• It does not specify how much money will be given to help make these plans.

Official Summary Text

AB 39, Zbur.
General plans: Local Electrification Planning Act.
Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive general plan for the city’s or county’s physical development that includes various elements, including, among others, a land use element that designates the proposed general distribution and general location and extent of the uses of the land in specified categories, and a circulation element that identifies the location and extent of existing and proposed major thoroughfares, transportation routes, terminals, any military airports and ports, and other local public utilities and facilities, as specified.
This bill, the Local Electrification Planning Act, would require each city, county, or city and county, on or after January 1, 2027, but no later than January 1, 2030, to prepare and adopt a specified plan, or integrate a plan in the next adoption or
revision of the general plan, that includes locally based goals, objectives, policies, and feasible implementation measures that include, among other things, the identification of opportunities to expand electric vehicle charging and other zero-emission vehicle fueling infrastructure, as specified, and includes policies and implementation measures that address the needs of disadvantaged communities, low-income households, and small businesses for equitable and prioritized investments in zero-emission technologies that directly benefit these groups. For these purposes, the bill would authorize a city, county, or city and county to designate a previously adopted similar plan that meets the above-described requirements, as specified. By increasing the duties of local public officials, the bill would establish a state-mandated local program.
The bill would deem a plan adopted pursuant to these provisions as a regional plan for specified purposes. The bill would require
that the above-described provisions only apply to a city, county, or city and county with a population greater than 75,000 residents. The bill would define terms for these purposes.
The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Current Bill Text

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