CHBC Supports Governor’s Budget for ZEV and Infrastructure Deployment
June 7, 2018
Dear: Senate President Pro Tempore Toni G. Atkins Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon
Chairs and Members of the Senate and Assembly Budget Committees Members of the Legislature
CC: Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr.
Re: Budget Support for ZEV Deployment and Infrastructure Development
We urge your support of the Governor’s nearly $3 billion multi-year budget proposal to accelerate the deployment of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and fueling infrastructure. The Legislature’s support of the $3 billion is critical, as is support for additional resources allocated for multi-year incentives for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles to put the state on a path to 5 million ZEVs by 2030 and to meet our climate change and clean energy goals.
The transportation sector is the largest contributor to air pollution and greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions in California. Scientists and academics confirm we can’t meet our 2030 GHG-emissions reduction goals without transitioning a large portion of our trucks, buses and cars to zero-emission technologies.
Zero-emission technologies also reduce toxic air pollutants by over 90 percent, helping to clean our air and dramatically reduce health impacts, like asthma, in children and adults. Air pollution and associated illnesses are particularly prevalent in disadvantaged communities, which experience a disproportionate amount of pollution from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.
Expanding the Governor’s eight-year budget proposal to include reliable funding for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, will remove key barriers to widespread ZEV deployment in California by providing reliable, long-term funding to:
- Continue expansion of zero-emission truck and bus deployment
- Continue incentives for consumers for light-duty vehicles
- Complement private investment to accelerate widespread deployment of zero- emission fueling infrastructure
- Enhance purchase incentives for low and moderate-income households
- Enhance equity program benefits for disadvantaged communities including agriculture-worker vanpools, financing assistance, car-sharing and mobility options that fight poverty and pollution by cleaning the air and creating reliable mobility
Now more than ever, California needs to reaffirm its commitment to clean energy and clean transportation solutions. The federal government is looking to reverse strong fuel-efficiency standards intended to help us diversify our transportation fuels.
A multi-year approach is significant to accelerate the ZEV market. Historically, funding has been uncertain and inconsistent year to year. Budget certainty, for light-, medium-, and heavy-duty ZEVs, is critical to instilling confidence in private investors and consumers. The Governor is sending a clear signal that California is serious about diversifying its transportation fuels and transitioning to cleaner transportation options.
We strongly support the Governor’s proposed multi-year budget allocation, and support including multi-year funding for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. This will greatly increase the effectiveness of the Governor and Legislature’s plan to address climate change and improve public health for Californians in every community.
Sincerely,
Bonnie Holmes-Gen, Senior Director, Air Quality & Climate Change, American Lung Association of California
Eileen Wenger Tutt, Executive Director, California Electric Transportation Coalition (CalETC)
Walker Wells, Executive Director, Global Green USA
Molly Rauch, National Health Policy Director, Moms Clean Air Force
Alice Huffman, President, California State Conference NAACP
Tom Knox, Executive Director, Valley Clean Air Now (Valley CAN)
Harry Wang, MD, President, Physicians for Social Responsibility – Sacramento
Hanna Grene, Director of Policy, Center for Sustainable Energy (CSE)
John Shears, Consultant – Climate, CEC, & CARB, Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technology (CEERT)
Jeffrey Reynoso, DrPH MPH, Executive Director, Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
Alberto Ayala, PhD, MSE, Executive Director/Air Pollution Control Officer, Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District
Julian Cañete, CEO, California Hispanic Chambers of Commerce
Max Baumhefner, Senior Attorney, Clean Vehicles & Fuels, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)
Larissa Koehler, Senior Attorney, Environmental Defense Fund
Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney, Earthjustice
Michelle Kinman, Clean Energy & Transportation Program Director, Environment California
Jonathan Parfrey, Executive Director, Climate Resolve
Bill Magavern, Policy Director, Coalition for Clean Air
Tanya Stevenson, EdD, MPH, President & CEO, Golden Gate Public Health Partnership, Breathe California
Yvonne Gonzalez Duncan, State Director, California League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC)
Howard Penn, Executive Director, Planning and Conservation League (PCL)
Mike Mattos, President, Breathe California Sacramento Region
Caroline Choi, Senior Vice President Regulatory Affairs, Southern California Edison (SCE)
John Boesel, President & CEO, CALSTART
Michael A. Lawson, President & CEO, Los Angeles Urban League
Lia Nitake, Public Policy Manager, CalAsian Chamber
Bryan Cope, Program Development Manager, Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA)
Sharon Evans, CEO, Business Resource Group
Cornelious Burke, Senior Director for Government Relations, Bay Area Council
Celia V. Andrade, Director, Energy & Environmental Services Department, Pacific Asian Consortium in Employment (PACE LA)
Robert M. Gould, M.D., President, San Francisco Bay Area Physicians for Social Responsibility
Emmanuel Wagner, Assistant Director, California Hydrogen Business Council
Robert Bienenfeld, Assistant Vice President, American Honda Motor Co, Inc.
Brian Goldstein, Executive Director, Energy Independence Now
Jim Ross, Director, Electric Vehicle Charging Association (EVCA)
Alex Cherepakhov, Chairman & CEO, First Priority Group, LLC
Joel Levin, Executive Director, Plug In America (PIA)
Kent Leacock, Senior Director Government Relations & Public Policy, Proterra
Jay Friedland, Vice President Government Relations & Public Policy, Zero Motorcycles, Inc.
Eugene Mitchell, Vice President External & Legislative Affairs, San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E)
Anne Smart, Vice President, Public Policy, ChargePoint
Matt Petersen, President & CEO, Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI)
Gary Passmore, President, Congress of California Seniors
Al Abdallah, Chief Operating Officer, Urban League of San Diego County
Hyepin Im, President & CEO, Faith and Community Empowerment (FACE)
John White, Legislative Director, Clean Power Campaign
Mike Mielke, Senior Vice President, Environment & Energy, Silicon Valley Leadership Group
Damon Porter, Vice President, Government Affairs, Association of Global Automakers
Veronica Padilla, Executive Director, Pacoima Beautiful
Earl ‘Skip’ Cooper II, President & CEO, Black Business Association (BBA)
Nancy H. Sutley, Chief Sustainability Officer, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LA DWP)
Arlen Orchard, CEO & General Manager, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Amisha Rai, Senior Director, California Policy, Advanced Energy Economy
Zachary S. Kahn, Director of Government Relations, BYD America
Paul Francis, CEO & President, KIGT
Gustavo Occhiuzzo, CEO, Green Commuter
Thomas Ashley, Vice President, Policy, Greenlots
Roy Kuga, Vice President Grid Integration & Innovation, Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E)
John D. Clements, Special Projects, Hummingbird EV
Sara Rafalson, Director, Market Development, EVgo
Michelle Pierce, Founder, EV Nirvana
Urvi Nagrani, Director of Business Development, Motiv Power Systems