The EPA money will go to 13 government agencies, including the L.A. Unified School District, Oxnard School District and Oakland Unified School District.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans to grant $135 million to California school districts and state and local governments to help them switch to battery electric vehicles. The move follows Gov. Gavin Newsom's August announcement of $500 million in state aid to put 1,000 electric school buses on the road in California. Last year, the governor mandated that all new school buses sold starting in 2035 must be zero-emission vehicles.
The San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Quality Management District, $25 million in grants for 74 school buses. Each recipient will receive differing levels of grant money for electric vehicle charging infrastructure and workforce training, and receive different percentages of assistance with vehicle purchases, and as a result the per-bus costs for each will differ. Money is also headed to: * The city of Santa Monica, to replace four fossil-fuel street sweepers with electric models.
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