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Timestamp: 2019-04-24 10:17:47+00:00

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Whether you’re a community group looking to plant trees or expand clean transit, or a family looking to cut your electricity bill, find electric car rebates or get help with energy conservation, this page will show how California’s climate investments can help. By checking the boxes below, you can filter these results in a variety of ways. If you’re not sure where to start, click Guided View to be taken through a series of questions that will help you find the resources you need.
$440 million to encourage increased use of biking, walking and other active modes of transportation.
Local, regional or state agencies, transit agencies, natural resources or public land resources, public schools or school districts, tribal governments, nonprofit organizations, any other entity with responsibility for oversight of transportation or recreational trails that the Commission determines to be eligible.
* Most grants operate on an annual cycle. Check back for future deadlines.
Grants and affordable housing loans for compact, transit-oriented development and related infrastructure and programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. These projects are designed to make housing, employment centers, and key destinations accessible via walking, biking, transit and other low-carbon transportation options.
Locality, public housing authority, redevelopment successor agency, transit agency or transit operator, Regional Transportation Planning Agency (RTPA), local Transportation Commission, Congestion Management Agency, Joint Powers Authority (JPA), school district, facilities district, University or Community College District, developer or program operator, Native American Tribe.
$6 million for projects that help use water more efficiently and cut greenhouse gas emissions by helping water suppliers to enhance and upgrade the supplier’s water conveyance, delivery and water measurement system to allow on-demand and flexible farm-gate deliveries, reduce spills and losses, increase efficiency, and improve water management. A water supplier’s proposed project must generate State benefits to be eligible for grant funding.
Joint applications will be submitted by water suppliers and agricultural operations within the supplier's service area. Public agencies, public utilities, tribes, nonprofit organizations, mutual water companies, and investor-owned utilities regulated by the California Public Utilities Commission. Applicants that are agricultural water suppliers must adopt and submit an agricultural water management plan in accordance with §10800, of Division 6 of the CWC and comply with the requirements of Part 2.55 (commencing with §10608) of Division 6 of the CWC prior to grant execution (CWC §79712(b)(3) and (4). Applicants that are also urban water suppliers must adopt and submit an urban water management plan in accordance with the Urban Water Management Planning Act (Part 2.6, commencing with §10610, of Division 6 of the CWC) (CWC §79712(b)(2)).
$19-33 million to reduce methane emissions from dairy and livestock operations other than through dairy digesters (which are handled by a separate program).
The project site must be located on a commercial California dairy or livestock operation.
Grants and affordable financing to help low-income Californians purchase a new or used hybrid or electric vehicle. $2,500 grants are available for hybrid vehicles or $5,000 grants for plug-in hybrid or electric vehicles. Battery electric vehicles can also include a charging unit and its home installation.
California residents with an annual household income below the income cap (this varies depending on how many are in the household -- for example, $100,400 for a family of 4). Residency and income will be verified using your tax return and California Driver’s License.
Rebates of up to $7,000 to help buy or lease a new, electric, fuel cell car or plug-in hybrid car or truck.
Be an individual, business, nonprofit or government entity that is based in California or has a California-based affiliate at the time the rebated vehicle is purchased or leased.
Rebates of up to $15,000 for the purchase of new, eligible zero-emission and plug-in hybrid light-duty vehicles.
Public agencies operating in California's most vulnerable and pollution-burdened areas. Public Agencies are defined as the state, the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University and the California State University, a county, city, district, public authority, public agency, and any other political subdivision or public corporation in the State. Tribal government entities based in California are also eligible.
Funds for climate adaptation and resiliency projects. At least 60% of the funds will be made available to acquire perpetual conservation easements and long-term conservation agreements that conserve natural and working lands for at least 50 years for the benefit of climate adaptation and resilience for wildlife. The remainder of the funds may be used to develop and implement natural and working lands adaptation and resiliency planning that prioritizes the conservation and management of these lands, provides technical assistance for natural and working land managers, and supports efforts that improve rural-urban coordination on climate change adaptation.
The purpose of this noncompetitive loan program is to lower overall greenhouse gas emissions by providing loans to expand existing capacity or establish new facilities to process California-generated waste materials into new value-added products. Provides funds to support new or expanded organics infrastructure, such as composting and anaerobic digestion facilities, as well as for facilities that manufacture fiber, plastic or glass waste materials into beneficial products.
Cities, counties, regional or local sanitation agencies, waste agencies, joint powers authorities, private/for-profit entities, nonprofit organizations.
Applications accepted on a continuous basis, subject to fund availability.
$17.1 million for climate change research projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, in areas including clean energy, adaptation, and resiliency. Research projects should demonstrate how state investments can advance California’s climate change goals while building innovative, outcome-driven partnerships between the State, the research community, and non-traditional research partners.
Researchers (including qualified scientists, engineers, and educators) affiliated with one of the following institutions: University of California, California State University, federally-funded national laboratories located in California, and private, nonprofit colleges and universities located in California.
$5 million to support community-based organizations to build their own capacities to become active partners with government to identify, evaluate, and ultimately reduce air pollution and exposure to harmful emissions in their communities.
Community based nonprofit groups, Native American Tribes and faith-based organizations.
This year, funds are available for voluntary incentive grants through the Carl Moyer Memorial Air Quality Standards Attainment Program (Carl Moyer Program), for fleets to replace or repower heavy duty engines—both on-road and off-road—and support clean vehicle infrastructure. Funds are also available for clean truck projects through the Goods Movement Emission Reduction Program (Proposition 1B).
The Carl Moyer Program, administered by local air districts, focuses on equipment such as on-road trucks, school and transit buses, off-road equipment, marine vessels, locomotives, agricultural equipment and others. For more information, potential applicants should contact these agencies, which include the South Coast Air Quality Management District, San Joaquin Valley Air Quality Management District, Bay Area Air Quality Management District, and other California air districts.
$5 million for two or more community solar projects designed to make the benefits of solar energy more available to eligible low-income households and lower residents’ energy bills.
Nonprofit organizations, local government entities, publicly owned utilities, Community Development Finance Institutions (must be nonprofits), Community-Development Corporations, Joint Powers Authorities, Tribal Governments, Community Choice Aggregators.
$61-75 million for the implementation of dairy digesters that capture methane from cow manure to be used as fuel, thus cutting methane emission into the air by California dairies; technologies should minimize or mitigate adverse environmental impacts.
The project site must be located on a commercial California dairy operation. Existing milk producers and dairy digester developers are eligible for this program.
$18 million to administer and implement the Financing Assistance Pilot Project, which is intended to encourage and accelerate the adoption of on-road light duty zero and near-zero emission vehicles in lower-income households.
Federal, state or local government entities or agencies, and California nonprofit organizations with expertise implementing a financing assistance program, a grant program, and general knowledge of CARB's clean vehicle programs.
Funding for local projects and activities that address the risk of wildfire and reduce potential wildfire risk to forested and forest-adjacent communities. Projects could include hazardous fuel reduction, fire planning, and fire prevention education.
State Agencies, Native American Tribes, local government within or adjacent to State Responsibility Area including fire districts, community services districts, water districts, and special districts, or certified local conservation corps, Fire Safe Councils, or other nonprofit organizations.
$30 million to accelerate the adoption of advanced energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies at California food processing plants, demonstrate the reliability and effectiveness of these approaches, and help California food processors work towards a low-carbon future.
Food processing facilities located in California.
$5,750,000 to help reduce the amount of wasted food that gets sent to landfills, either by reducing waste or by rescuing unused food for distribution to people who need it.
Cities, counties, regional or local sanitation agencies, waste agencies, joint powers authorities, private/for-profit entities, nonprofit organizations, state agencies, solid waste facilities, public school districts, Native American Tribes.
$155 million to restore forest health. Projects must focus on large, landscape-scale forestlands, and may include tree planting, reduction of excess and hazardous vegetation that can fuel fires, pest management, conservation, and use of biomass. Additionally, up to $2.5 million will be awarded to research-only applications through the Forest Health Program.
“Landowners” as defined in 14 CCR §1571 meaning an individual, partnership, private, public, or municipal corporation, Native American Tribe, state agency, county, or local government entity, educational institution, or association of individuals of any kind that own private forest lands or woodlands.
$85 million for agricultural harvesting equipment, heavy-duty trucks, agricultural pump engines, tractors, and other equipment to reduce emissions from the agricultural sector. Investments in the first year will be directed primarily to agricultural projects that have been successfully implemented in other incentive programs, such as the Carl Moyer Program and the Air Quality Improvement Program.
Funds are allocated to local air districts to administer. For more information, potential applicants should contact their local air district.
Up to $150 million for projects that deploy emission-reducing technologies used in freight movement and freight facilities. Elements of an eligible project can include but are not limited to on-road vehicles, equipment, supporting infrastructure, energy generation and storage, facilities improvements, system efficiency upgrades and strategies and education and outreach.
California-based public agencies, such as air districts, ports or local government entities or agencies as well as California-based non-profit organizations. Applicants must demonstrate expertise at implementing large scale advanced technology deployment projects and providing sufficient administration and oversight.
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References: §10800
 §10608
 §79712
 §10610
 §79712
 §1571