Environmental Protection
3900 Air Resources Board

The Air Resources Board has primary responsibility for protecting air quality in California. This responsibility includes establishing ambient air quality standards for specific pollutants, administering air pollution research studies, evaluating standards adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and developing and implementing plans to attain and maintain these standards. These plans include emission limitations for vehicular and industrial sources established by the Board and local air pollution control districts. More.....

MAJOR PROGRAM CHANGES Back to Top
  • Regulatory Enforcement - The Budget includes $8.5 million Motor Vehicle Account and 44.1 positions for implementation and enforcement efforts related to controlling toxic diesel particulates. These regulations include those related to in-use off-road diesel vehicles, truck idling restrictions, composite wood formaldehyde emissions, and diesel auxiliary engines for port and ocean-going vessels.

 BUDGET-BALANCING REDUCTIONS Back to Top
  • The Budget includes General Fund reductions of $100,000 in 2007-08 and $243,000 in 2008-09.

    The major balancing reductions include:
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year positions and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2008-09*
Positions
Dollars
15 Mobile Source
831.7
$512,052
25 Stationary Source
307.4
57,475
30.01 Administration
135.7
14,941
30.02 Distributed Administration
-
-14,941
35 Subvention
-
10,111
Totals, Positions and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
1,274.8
$579,638
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Positions and All Expenditures
1,274.8
$579,638

Refer to the Program Descriptions for a description of programs operated by this state agency.

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Positions for expenditures, positions, and funding detail.

Refer to the Infrastructure Overview for infrastructure expenditure detail.
PRINTABLE BUDGET DOCUMENTS Back to Top
The following identifies budget documents for this state agency that are available in a printable (pdf) format.

Entire Air Resources Board Budget (pdf * - 31K) in pdf format.
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of all budget information for this state agency. Note: Along with other information, this document includes the documents listed below.

 Fund Condition Statements ONLY (pdf * - 6K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the fund condition statements for each fund administered by this state agency.

 Detail of Appropriations and Adjustments ONLY (pdf * - 7K)
This document provides a printable format (pdf) of only the detail of appropriations and adjustments for this state agency.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Back to Top
Legal Citations and Authority
Includes the legal citations (state statutes, federal statutes, and court orders) for operation of department programs and activities.