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By Kathy Chouteau
The Bay Area Air Quality Management District and the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) announced today a new post-pandemic compliance option for the regional Commuter Benefits Program: Telework.
In the wake of state legislation in 2016, the Bay Area adopted a regional commuter benefits program requiring employers with 50 or more full-time employees to offer one of four commuter benefits options to its employees, including a pre-tax benefit enabling employees to exclude their transit costs from taxable income, as well as employer-provided transit and transit subsidies.
Employers now have a fifth option to choose from: Telework. The new option can be used to comply with the regional Commuter Benefits Program provided that commuter benefits are not removed from employees unable to work remotely and also that it is offered one or more days per week.
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Focus ABC News – May 8
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) last Friday approved a Warehouse Indirect Source Rule, intended to curb diesel emissions from thousands of trucks transporting goods from the growing number of massive warehouses in the region. The rule institutes a points-based system requiring about 3,000 distribution centers to choose from a menu of options to reduce or offset emissions. Those could include replacing diesel trucks and other equipment with electric models, putting in rooftop solar panels, or installing air filters at nearby schools or day care centers. SCAQMD officials said they acted in order to meet federal emission reduction deadlines in 2023 and 2031. The Los Angeles County Business Federation said the rule amounts to an unauthorized job-killing tax and called the SCAQMD s action irresponsible and a travesty.