Alliance members are working to achieve the Paris Agreement’s goal of keeping temperature increases below 1.5 degrees Celsius by reducing emissions, accelerating action, centering equity, and tracking progress. 

Explore California's policies and actions across the Alliance's 10 key policy areas. Numbers presented below only reflect the number of policies in this database and thus may not reflect all climate policies pursued.

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GHG Targets + Governance

Just Transition + Equity

Industry

Pricing Carbon + Valuing Damages

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Resilience

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AB 74

The 2019-2020 budget act in California, formally Assembly Bill 74 (AB74), is a budget bill that appropriates funds for the support of the state government for the fiscal year 2019-20. California is facing a homelessness epidemic across the state. Recognizing the importance of mental health supports in the fight against homelessness, the Budget includes an historic $1 billion investment, which will:
Provide homelessness emergency aid to local governments for emergency housing vouchers, rapid rehousing programs and emergency shelter construction
Increase mental health supports, which includes expanding Whole Person Care services that provide wrap-around health, behavioral health and housing services, and building strategies to address the shortage of mental health professionals in the public mental health system
Fund rapid rehousing and basic needs initiatives for students in the University of California, California State University and California Community College systems

California Greenhouse Gas Emissions from 2000 to 2022

Each year the California Air Resources Board (CARB) produces the Assembly Bill (AB) 32 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory (Inventory) which estimates anthropogenic emissions within California, as well as emissions associated with imported electricity. The Inventory is one tool to track progress of California’s climate programs toward achieving statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) targets. This document summarizes the trends in emissions and indicators in the Inventory. The emissions included in the Inventory represent actual emissions released into the atmosphere from the AB 32 sectors. 1 The 2024 edition of the Inventory includes GHG emissions released during the 2000–2022 calendar years and includes several technical updates.

Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Reporting Regulation

Reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by major sources is required by the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32). The Regulation for the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions (MRR) is applicable to electricity generators, industrial facilities, fuel suppliers, and electricity importers. A summary of reported GHG emissions data reported under MRR are made public each year, and the data used by the Cap-and-Trade Program and included in California Greenhouse Gas Inventory.

AB 32; California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006

Requires California to reduce its GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 — a reduction of approximately 15 percent below emissions expected under a “business as usual” scenario. It also requires that at least 25% of cap-and-trade revenues go to projects that benefit disadvantaged communities, and requires that the state board adopt regulations to require the reporting and verification of statewide greenhouse gas emissions and to monitor and enforce compliance with this program.

Increasing the availability of housing statewide is critical to bettering the quality of life of all Californians and to ending homelessness. The 2019-2020 Budget Act provided a spectrum of support, incentives, and accountability measures to meet California’s housing goals, and provided for the establishment of the Prohousing Designation Program.
The Prohousing Designation Program (PDP) seeks to acknowledge and support jurisdictions that go above-and-beyond state housing law to help accelerate housing production. A jurisdiction with a Prohousing Designation may receive priority processing or funding points when applying for several funding programs, including Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC), Infill Infrastructure Grant (IIG), Transformative Climate Communities (TCC), Solutions for Congested Corridors (SCCP), Local Partnership Program (LPP), Transit and Intercity Rail Capital Program (TIRCP), and Sustainable Transportation Planning Grant Program (STPG).
Receiving a Prohousing Designation also allows jurisdictions to apply to the Prohousing Incentive Program. PIP is designed to reward local governments with additional funding to accelerate affordable housing production and preservation.