California Air Districts Struggle To Implement Landmark Clean Air Program

California air districts are struggling to implement the state’s landmark AB 617 air monitoring and mitigation program on time, with local officials saying public outreach is slowing the process while environmentalists and others are raising lingering questions on issues including monitoring, emissions reduction rules, and enforcement. Speakers at a March 18 Assembly Natural Resources Committee oversight hearing outlined their concerns with AB 617, enacted in 2017 as a companion bill with AB 398, which authorized the California Air Resources Board...