State Budget and Funding Plan
$100
The Governor releases this in early January.
What is the Proposed Budget?
$100
This program's name may suggest vehicles are taking showers, but it actually helps priority populations in the 5 major air districts access cleaner transportation.
What is Clean Cars 4 All?
$100
This fund, created from Cap-and-Trade auction proceeds, is the primary source of money for California Climate Investments programs.
What is the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF)?
$100
Name one of the three groups that make up California Climate Investments’ priority populations.
What is disadvantaged communities, low-income communities, or low-income households?
$100
One of the overarching principles for California Climate Investments is to ensure this, which means providing public access to program information and accountability.
What is transparency?
$200
This bill established the Air Quality Improvement Program.
What is Assembly Bill 118?
$200
About 100,000 people attempted to get this voucher when the project opened, causing an uproar.
What is the California e-bikes Incentive Project? Or what are e-bikes?
$200
This program is the cornerstone legislation that created California’s comprehensive strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
What is AB 32?
$200
Which tool does CalEPA use to identify disadvantaged communities?
What is CalEnviroScreen?
$200
Programs must facilitate reductions in these emissions to meet AB 32 goals.
What are greenhouse gas emissions?
$300
This is the date the state budget must be passed by midnight on?
What is June 15th?
$300
This program's acronym sounds like it might electrocute you, but it actually helps low-income Californians replace batteries in used zero-emission vehicles.
What is the Zero-Emission Assurance Project? Or What is ZAP?
$300
California Climate Investments began in this year.
What is 2014?
$300
What percentage of census tracts with the highest CalEnviroScreen scores are designated as disadvantaged communities?
What is 25 percent?
$300
Administering agencies are strongly encouraged to conduct this process to help applicants access funding, especially priority populations.
What is community engagement?
$400
These bills are usually hitched onto the budget bill after it’s passed. They may be cute, but they’re not part of your family.
What are baby, junior, or trailer bills?
$400
Helping communities get around, this program works with HVIP to fund cars, vans and buses.
What is Clean Mobility Options?
$400
The Funding Guidelines were first adopted when California Climate Investments had only 12 agencies and 20 programs. What year was that?
What is 2015?
$400
Lands under the control of these entities are included in disadvantaged community designations.
What are federally recognized tribes?
$400
Administering agencies should avoid THIS to priority populations.
What is avoiding substantial burdens or harms?
$500
Ranging from 173 to 53 pages, this document has been around for a whopping 17 years!
What is the Funding Plan?
$500
This project type under the Mobility/Planning umbrella requires a community engagement process and can cost up to $100,000.
What is a community transportation needs assessment/CTNA?
$500
As of 2024, California Climate Investments includes more than this many agencies administering over 100 programs.
What is 28 agencies?
$500
AB 1550 defines low-income households as those earning at or below what percentage of statewide median income?
What is 80 percent?
$500
Programs should encourage projects that contribute to other State goals, such as those outlined in this plan.
What is the Scoping Plan?