44124.5.
(a) The Clean Cars 4 All Program is hereby established and is to be administered by the state board to focus on achieving reductions in the emissions of greenhouse gases, improvements in air quality, and benefits to low-income state residents through the replacement of high-polluter motor vehicles with cleaner and more efficient motor vehicles or a mobility option.(b) Beginning in the 2018–19 fiscal year, and every fiscal year thereafter, the state board shall set specific, measurable goals for the replacement of passenger vehicles and light- and medium-duty trucks that are high polluters.
(c) The By January 1, 2024, the state board shall take steps do all of the following in order to meet the goals set forth pursuant to subdivision (b). The steps shall include, but need not be limited to, updating the guidelines for Clean Cars 4 All no later than January 1, 2019. (b):
(1) Review award amounts offered under Clean Cars 4 All under each qualifying income bracket.
(2) Ensure that vouchers awarded pursuant to Clean Cars 4 All are sufficient to incentivize purchases of near zero- and zero-emission transportation options eligible under the Clean Cars 4 All existing guidelines.
(3) Develop metrics to demonstrate the socioeconomic benefits that result from Clean Cars 4 All participation.
(4) Establish a centralized online database for consumers to view all light-duty electric vehicle incentives offered in the state.
(5) Develop a community outreach strategy with stakeholders of all participating districts, including Clean Cars 4 All administrators, eligible residents, and participating residents, to examine the barriers limiting a low-income consumer’s adoption of electric vehicles, including, but not limited to, barriers of cost, lack of information, language, and availability of charging infrastructure.
(d) The regulation implementing this section shall ensure all of the following:
(1) Where applicable, there is improved coordination, integration, and partnerships with other programs that target disadvantaged communities and receive moneys from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code.
(2) The state board shall coordinate with districts and local nonprofit and community organizations, prioritizing those organizations that have a strong and ongoing local presence in areas within the district, to identify barriers to accessing Clean Cars 4 All and to develop outreach protocols and metrics to assess the success of outreach across the districts.
(3) (2) The replacement or a mobility option is consistent with paragraph (6) of subdivision (d) of Section 44125.
(4) (3) Provisions enhance the prescreening of applicants to Clean Cars 4 All, if determined by the state board to be appropriate.
(5) By January 1, 2025, all hybrid vehicles purchased using an incentive are capable of plug-in charging.
(e) The In participating districts, as a part of Clean Cars 4 All, the state board shall ensure that incentives awarded under the Clean Cars 4 All Program are awarded in accordance with Section 44258.7. provide vouchers to persons of low income living in disadvantaged communities, as identified pursuant to Section 39711, for the purchase of zero-emission vehicles to replace those persons’ vehicles that meet both of the following:
(1) The vehicles to be replaced have failed a smog check inspection.
(2) The repair cost of each vehicle to be replaced in order to pass the smog check inspection is greater than the maximum amount of assistance provided by the bureau’s Consumer Assistance Program.