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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Contra
FROM:
Costa
Supervisor Tom Powers
County
DATE:
April 23 , 19 91 9 oST1 COUK�C4
SUBJECT: LEGISLATION - AB 434 (Sher & Cortese)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECONBUMATIONS:
1. Adopt a position in SUPPORT of AB 434 by Assemblymen Sher
and Cortese which would extend to the Bay Area Air Quality
Management District the same authority already enjoyed by
other air quality management districts and air pollution
control districts to impose an additional fee on vehicle
registrations, with the proceeds to be used to reduce air
pollution from motor vehicles and for related planning,
monitoring, enforcement, and technical studies and which
specifies the manner in which the funds will be distributed
to other local government agencies.
2 . Authorize the Chairman to communicate the Board' s position
on AB 434 by letter to each member of this County' s
legislative delegation and to Assemblymen Sher and Cortese.
BACKGROUND%
The California Clean Air Act of 1988 requires local air quality
management districts and air pollution control districts
(hereafter "districts" ) to undertake a number of specified
programs in order to meet the stringent air quality standards set
forth in the bill. These programs include:
* Transportation control measures to attain an average
occupancy rate of 1. 5 persons per passenger vehicle
during commute hours.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHME W E YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATI77M
APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATUREM::
ACTION OF BOARD ON April 23 , 1991 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
i HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
1l UNANIMOUS(ABSENT ) AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
CC: ATTESTED APR 2 3 7991
Please see Page 2. PHIL BATCHELOR,CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
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BY DEPUTY
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* A permitting program designed to achieve no net
increase in emissions from stationary sources.
* Measures to require the use of a significant number of
low emission motor vehicles by fleet operators.
* Any other measures that will reduce overall population
exposure to ozone by 25% by the end of 1994, 40% by the
end of 1997 and 50% by the end of 2000.
* Public education programs to promote actions to reduce
emissions from transportation and areawide sources.
Assemblyman Sher recognized that local districts were not
adequately funded to undertake such programs and he sought to
provide such funding in 1989 through a bill authorizing the
districts to collect a registration fee surcharge. The bill
passed, but was vetoed because of a disagreement in the South
Coast air basin on how the fees were to be distributed.
In 1990, another bill was introduced with the same basic
provisions, except that special language was included taking care
of the South Coast problem. Unfortunately, a similar problem
arose in the Bay Area. Rather than jeopardize the entire bill,
the Bay Area was excluded from the bill. Currently, all non
attainment areas of the State except the Bay Area are able to
levy a vehicle registration surcharge to finance these programs.
Assemblyman Sher' s AB 434 would correct this problem by
authorizing the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)
to impose a $2. 00 surcharge on vehicle registration fees on
vehicles in the Bay Area, to be used to reduce auto-related air
pollution and for related planning, monitoring, enforcement and
technical studies. The fee could be increased to as much as
$4. 00 per year in the future.
Of the revenue raised through this surcharge, 60% would be
allocated to the BAAQMD, Association of Bay Area Governments
(ABAG) , and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) to
implement programs to reduce air pollution from motor vehicles
for which each agency is responsible. These funds may 'be
allocated to cities, counties, private sector entitles and
congestion management program agencies.
The remaining 40% of the funds must be allocated to each city and
county in the district based on the city or county' s
proportionate share of vehicle registrations. In order to
receive these . funds, a city or county must adopt an ordinance
which expresses support for the adoption of motor vehicle
registration fees to be used to reduce air pollution, and which
expressly requires all fee revenue to be spent to reduce air
pollution from motor vehicles.
In order to have any reasonable chance to improve air quality in
the Bay Area and finance some of the programs which will assist
in that effort, it is necessary to raise additional revenue
specifically for this purpose. AB 434 accomplishes this and,
therefore, deserves the support of the Board of supervisors.
cc: County Administrator
Milton Feldstein, Air Pollution Control Officer
Bay Area Air Quality Management District
939 Ellis Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
Assemblyman Byron Sher (Via CAO)
Assemblyman Dominic Cortese (Via CAO)
Assemblyman William P. Baker (Via CAO)
Assemblyman Tom Bates (Via CAO)
Assemblyman Robert J. Campbell (Via CAO)
Assemblyman Phillip Isenberg (Via CAO)
D.J. Smith, Smith/Ackler and Co. (Via CAO)
Les 'Spahnn, SRJ. Jackson, Barish & Associates (Via CAO)
Val Alexeeff, Director, G.M. & E.D. Agency
Harvey Bragdon,. Community Development Director
J. Michael Walford, Public Works Director