FEATURE ARTICLE

August 2009

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Different Attitudes, Divergent Results: Potential Regional Variations in Implementation of California’s Senate Bill 375

While the State of California has until September 30, 2010 to adopt regional greenhouse gas reduction targets (constituting the first step in the implementation of Senate Bill No. 375 (SB 375) 2008 Cal. Legis. Serv. 3997 (West)), this article considers how current attitudes toward the law may lead to potential differences in implementation of SB 375 in different regions of California. Specifically, this article examines the response of the San Francisco Bay Area (Bay Area) through the Association of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) and contrasts that with the response that SB 375 has received in San Bernardino County through the San Bernardino Associated Governments (SANBAG).