SB 691: Holding polluters accountable for air quality violations

Inspired by an explosion at the Chevron refinery in Richmond that caused 15,000 people to seek medical attention for asthma and other respiratory symptoms and tens of thousands more to shelter in place, this bill would have held major single-day pollution violators accountable for causing a severe disruption to the community by increasing the penalty for an offense from $10,000 per day to $100,000 per day.