California Air Resources Board

The Legislature provides funding to CARB and air districts to implement AB 617 (Garcia, Stats. of 2017, Ch. 136) through the State’s annual budget process. To date, funding has come from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF), the Air Pollution Control Fund (APCF), and occasionally the General Fund. Each funding source has reporting requirements to ensure that the use of the funds meets legal requirements. To increase transparency around the funding in CAP Program, these webpages outline where CARB allocates funding for the Program as directed by the Legislature. The funding is used to support three main pillars of the program: 

Community Air Grants

The Community Air Grants (CAGs) support community-based, non-profit, Internal Revenue Code 501 (c)(3) tax exempt organizations and California Native American Tribes for technical assistance and to support participation in the AB 617 program. Community Air Grants help build grantee capacity to become active partners with government to identify, evaluate, and ultimately reduce air pollution and exposure to harmful emissions in their communities.      

Implementation Funds

Implementation funds give air districts the means to hire staff, work with Community Steering Committees (CSCs), develop and implement Community Emission Reduction Programs (CERP), deploy Community Air Monitoring Programs (CAMP), report emissions, and implement new regulations following the best available technologies for air pollution. These funds are also used to expand community engagement, compensate community members that are partners in the program, improve language access, and for other administrative expenditures. 

Community Air Protection Incentives 

Community Air Protection (CAP) Incentives fund projects to address local air pollution concerns identified in CERPs. Air districts work closely with community steering committees and through other public outreach to fund projects. Projects vary widely across the state based on local priorities, ranging from swapping out dirty old lawn and garden equipment for landscapers with electric replacements in the San Joaquin Valley, to helping fund a first-in-the-nation electric tugboat in the Port of San Diego, which will reduce 30,000 gallons of diesel fuel pollution per year.