44127. (a) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the state board may allocate moneys for the expansion of the replacement component or mobility option component of the program or Clean Cars 4 All from any of the following:
(1) The Enhanced Fleet Modernization Subaccount, created pursuant to Section 44126.
(2) The High Polluter Repair or Removal Account, created pursuant to Section 44091.
(3) The Vehicle Inspection and Repair Fund, created pursuant to Section 9886 of the Business and Professions Code.
(b) Upon appropriation by the Legislature, the state board may allocate moneys consistent with law for Clean Cars 4 All from the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, created pursuant to Section 16428.8 of the Government Code.
(c) (1) In allocating funding under Clean Cars 4 All to districts participating in the program, the state board shall consider, at a minimum, all of the following metrics:
(A) Number of vouchers deployed.
(B) Proportion of applications that have been started and resulted in completed replacement transactions or mobility vouchers.
(C) Demand for vouchers.
(D) Proportional investment to underserved populations identified pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 44125.5.
(E) Population in eligible Clean Cars 4 All Zip Codes.
(2) Beginning January 1, 2023, and every year thereafter, the state board shall publish, as part of its funding plan, a report identifying how each criterion was used to allocate funding to districts.
(d) (1) Up to 10 percent of the moneys allocated by the state board for Clean Cars 4 All may be used for outreach programs in accordance with both of the following requirements:
(A) Before a district allocates more than 5 percent of the moneys received from the state board for Clean Cars 4 All in a fiscal year for outreach, the district shall submit a description to the state board of the outreach efforts that will be funded with any money above 5 percent of the moneys allocated by the state board and a justification of how the additional funding for outreach will support deployment of Clean Cars 4 All to households in census tracts shown to be the most impacted in each region, households making less than 225 percent of the federal poverty level, households that are primarily non-English speaking, and other underserved populations identified pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 44125.5.
(B) A district that allocates more than 5 percent of the moneys received from the state board for Clean Cars 4 All in a fiscal year for outreach shall submit a report to the state board on the outcome of this expenditure, including a description of outreach efforts that were funded or augmented with any money above 5 percent of the moneys allocated by the state board for Clean Cars 4 All and how that funding supported deployment of Clean Cars 4 All to households in census tracts shown to be the most impacted in each region, households making less than 225 percent of the federal poverty level, households that are primarily non-English speaking, and other underserved populations identified pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (c) of Section 44125.5.
(2) Documents and information submitted by a district to the state board pursuant to this subdivision shall be for informational purposes only.
(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 375, Sec. 4. (SB 1382) Effective January 1, 2023.)