Transportation

The law changes who can receive state-supported EV discounts, adds approval and public-review requirements before lane reductions affecting cemetery access in Los Angeles, and funds CHP facilities and protective services.

What the law does ​

• Allows California-headquartered, all-zero-emission vehicle makers' new and used vehicles to qualify for state EV incentives regardless of the normal $50,000 new-vehicle and $25,000 used-vehicle price caps.
• Requires participating EV manufacturers to match state incentives, disclose the state's share to consumers, and keep incentivized vehicles in California for at least four years.
• Bars a city of at least 2 million people from reducing lanes on the sole street access to two or more adjacent cemeteries unless its governing body approves and its mayor concurs after a public hearing and written findings.
• Extends CHP physical-security authority to immediate family members living with current or former statewide constitutional officers and legislators, with threat assessments after six months and at least annually thereafter.
• Appropriates $11.603 million for CHP emergency radio-system replacement, planning, site identification, and potential property-option agreements.

Who it affects ​

• First-time California EV buyers and participating light-duty vehicle manufacturers.
• California-headquartered manufacturers that produce only zero-emission vehicles.
• Los Angeles city officials, residents, cemetery visitors, and emergency responders affected by proposed lane reductions on sole cemetery-access streets.
• Current and former constitutional officers and state legislators, their qualifying household family members, and the California Highway Patrol.