Air pollution: alternative vehicles and vehicle infrastructure.

Existing law requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, working with specified state entities, to prepare a statewide assessment of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure needed to support the levels of electric vehicle adoption required to meet the goals of putting at least 5 million zero-emission vehicles in service by 2030 and of reducing emissions of greenhouse gases to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. Existing law requires the commission to update the assessment once every 2 years. This bill would require the commission, as a part of the assessment, to identify workforce development and training resources needed to meet those goals. Existing law establishes the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, which is administered by the commission to provide financial assistance to certain entities to develop and deploy innovative technologies to transform California's fuel and vehicle types to help attain the state's climate change goals. Existing law requires the commission to collaborate with entities that have expertise in workforce development to implement the workforce development components of the program. This bill would specify that projects that develop instate production of raw materials and the manufacturing supply chain for zero-emission vehicle components are eligible for funding under the program. The bill would require the commission to also collaborate with the California Community Colleges, the certified community conservation corps, the California Mobility Center, and the California Conservation Corps to implement the workforce development components of the program.