SB375 – Smart Growth, Public Health & Equity Ann C. Chan Director, California Programs Urban Habitat – SB375 Panel Boards and Commissions Leadership Institute October 21, 2009

One of RTAC Guiding Principles: “Maximize co- benefits of air quality, mobility, and economic growth” Are there public health concerns beyond air quality? Are there instances in which these co-benefits are mutually exclusive? And if so, what then?

Planning for equity and health impacts Modeling capability still developing to accurately forecast social equity impacts (displacement/gentrification, housing and transportation affordability, jobs/housing fit, etc.) and co-benefits (public health benefits, mobility, growth); RTAC has stated that travel modeling results with respect to GHGs will be made publicly available Best Management Practices to make land use/transportation choices for cost effective GHG reductions – an additional tool?

Will SB375 usher in a new era? MVRDV architecture concept for new city center in (S.Korea) City of Berkeley; Infill Leadership

A Word About CEQA Environmental Impacts Review and Mitigation SB375 - Expedited CEQA relief – relationship to regional transportation-related GHG targets exemptions/limited review for certain projects like transit priority projects consistent with SCS/APS Driving sprawl or driving smart growth or neutral? Past experiences with CEQA and planning/development in other contexts (e.g. CEQA Guidelines Sec ; SF Bicycle Plan Project)

What’s at Stake…

Disproportionate Impacts The American Lung Association has found that 61.3 percent of African American children, 67.7 percent of Asian American children, and 69.2 percent of Latino children live in areas that exceed air quality standards for ozone, compared with 50.8 percent of white children. - From: Judith Bell and Larry Cohen, “The Transportation Prescription: Bold New Ideas for Equitable Transportation Reform in America”, July Older Americans (age 65 and over) are the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population; Per mile driven, elderly drivers (those over 80 years old) are more likely to die in a crash than any other age group – From: U.S. Department of Transportation, NHTS New Brief, “Older Drivers: Safety Implications”, May 2006

Critiques of SB375 Incentive based only CEQA exemption concerns Funding??? Regional Differences…

SB375 Funding, Equity, Health Mix of Federal, State, and Private Investments… Optional Licensing Fee Optional Congestion Pricing Community Aggregation? Incentives to exceed regional targets

Questions? Ann C. Chan Director, California Programs Center for Clean Air Policy – San Francisco 50 Francisco Street, Suite 110 San Francisco, California