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
  • The budget includes $1 billion in Air Pollution Control Fund expenditure authority for programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. Further detail on specific program areas will be developed when there is more certainty of fees received from the Cap and Trade Program.
PROGRAMS Back to Top
The following table presents total proposed budget year personnel years and expenditures for each budgeted program area. These expenditures include all funding sources that support the state agency's programs.
Code Program
 Proposed
2012-13*
Personnel
Years
Dollars
15 Mobile Source
779.9
$402,277
25 Stationary Source
308.4
56,294
30.01 Administration
134.7
16,617
30.02 Distributed Administration
-
-16,617
35 Subvention
-
96,511
Totals, Personnel Years and Expenditures (excluding Infrastructure)
1,223.0
$555,082
 
 Infrastructure Expenditures
-
-
Totals, Personnel Years and All Expenditures
1,223.0
$555,082

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

Refer to the 3-Yr Expenditures & Personnel Years for expenditures, personnel years, and funding 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 * - 26K) 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 * - 7K)
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 * - 6K)
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.