The AB 617 Program provides new funding resources for various emissions reduction strategies to promote public health and reduce air emissions in communities that are disproportionately burdened by air pollution.  Together with our Community Steering Committee (CSC) for the El Centro-Heber-Calexico Corridor, various mitigation strategies were adopted in the Community Emissions Reduction Program (CERP) for the Corridor, and AB 617 funds are available to implement these strategies.  The California Air Resources Board (CARB) recently approved the following Project Plans for three (3) mitigation strategies that will benefit our Corridor (per Chapter 6 of the 2019 Community Air Protection (CAP) Program Guidelines):