(1) Existing law requires specified state agencies to prepare and submit to the Secretary for Environmental Protection specified information for inclusion in an annual greenhouse gas emission reduction report card, as specified.
This bill, until January 1, 2025, would create the Task Force on Addressing Workforce Impacts of Transitioning Seaports to a Lower Carbon Economy with a specified membership in the California Environmental Protection Agency. The bill would require the task force to advise state agencies on the most effective ways to expend clean energy and greenhouse gas moneys to implement policies and programs to mitigate the impacts of transitioning seaport operations to low- and zero-emission operations on incumbent workers, as specified. The bill would require the task force to provide an annual update to the Governor and the appropriate policy and fiscal committees of the Legislature on its activities.
(2) The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 designates the State Air Resources Board as the state agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases.
The act requires the state board to prepare and approve a scoping plan for achieving the maximum technologically feasible and cost-effective reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and to update the scoping plan at least once every 5 years. Existing law requires the state board, at least once per year at a hearing of the Joint Legislative Committee on Climate Change Policies, to present an informational report on the reported emissions of greenhouse gases, criteria pollutants, and toxic air contaminants from all sectors covered by the scoping plan, as specified.
This bill would, until January 1, 2023, require the California Workforce Development Board to develop and present an informational report at a hearing of the joint committee that includes the impacts on employment of policies, programs, and regulations adopted or implemented to meet statewide greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals and recommended actions to mitigate the negative impacts on incumbent workers who may become stranded as carbon-intensive industries are phased out or severely limited. The bill would authorize this report to be presented at the same hearing where the state board is required to present the above-described informational report.

Statutes affected:
AB 639: 38561 HSC
02/15/19 - Introduced: 38561 HSC
04/04/19 - Amended Assembly: 38561 HSC
04/10/19 - Amended Assembly: 38561 HSC
06/05/19 - Amended Senate: 38561 HSC
08/30/19 - Amended Senate: 38561 HSC
AB639: 38561 HSC