Overview and Process 
2011 Goals & Objectives + Recent Guiding Principles
2011 Sponsored or Supported Legislation
Helpful Links

Overview and Process

The mission and legal obligation of the SCAQMD is to protect the public health of all residents of the South Coast Air Basin from unhealthy air pollutants. One of the approaches taken by the SCAQMD to meet this goal is to take positions on legislation recommended by the Legislative Committee and approved by the Governing Board.  The recommendations the Committee makes are based on AQMD’s mission, goals, objectives, programs, and the guiding principles previously approved by the Governing Board.  The Legislative Committee meets on the second Friday of every month at 9 a.m. and the Governing Board meets on the first Friday of every month at 9 a.m.  Public participation is welcomed and encouraged in order to strengthen the regulatory process.

For more information regarding the Governing Board or the Legislative Committee, please follow the links below.

• About our Governing Board
• Legislative Committee

2011 State Goals & Objectives

The Governing Board adopted its State Legislative Goals and Objectives to guide the District’s legislative activity in 2011. Further supplementing that direction is a variety of guiding principles that the Board has adopted on specific issue areas. For more information, please follow the link below:

• 2011 State Goals and Objectives (PDF 95 KB)

Recent Guiding Principles on:

• Alternative Power Generation (Renewables/RPS) (PDF 115 KB)
• Biomass Fuels (PDF 55 KB)
• Climate Change (PDF 64 KB)
• Enhanced Vapor Recovery Systems (PDF 127 KB)
• Smart Grid Systems (PDF 60 KB)

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