Host Organizations

FFCA 2008 is thankful for the extraordinary generosity of the host organizations listed below for their support and participation on the Steering Committee:

California Air Resources Board
The Air Resources Board is the state agency responsible for delivering clean, healthful air to all Californians. In this capacity, the Board is developing an emission reduction plan to implement the public health goals of the Governor’s Goods Movement Action Plan, which is being developed jointly by the California Environmental Protection Agency and the California Business, Transportation and Housing Agency.

Port of Long Beach
The Port of Long Beach is one of the world's busiest seaports, a gateway for $100 billion a year in trade that supports 316,000 regional jobs and $5 billion a year in tax revenues. Through its award-winning Green Port Policy, the Port is also a global leader in environmental stewardship.

Port of Los Angeles
The Port of Los Angeles is America's premier port. As the leading container port in the nation and a critical hub in the international supply chain, the Port generates thousands of stable jobs and billions of dollars in annual wages and tax revenues. The Port of Los Angeles also places a high priority on responsible growth initiatives combined with high security, environmental stewardship and community outreach. The Port of Los Angeles is a proprietary, self-supported department of the City of Los Angeles. The Port of Los Angeles. . . A Cleaner Port, A Brighter Future.

South Coast Air Quality Management District
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) is the air pollution control agency for the four-county region of urban Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino. This area of 10,000 square miles is home to nearly 16 million people, about half the population of the whole state of California. AQMD is charged with regulating stationary sources of air pollution and attaining healthful air standards in an air basin dominated by high levels of mobile source emissions. Rapid growth in the goods movement sector poses a significant threat to clean air efforts, but if carefully managed can also offer a powerful economic engine to drive the transition to cleaner fuels, advanced technologies & engines, and lay the groundwork for zero-emission fuel cell infrastructure.

Southern California Association of Governments
Over the past four decades, the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) has evolved as the largest of nearly 700 councils of government in the United States, functioning as the Metropolitan Planning Organization for six counties: Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura and Imperial. The region encompasses a population exceeding 18 million persons in an area of more than 38,000 square miles. As the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Association of Governments is mandated by the federal government to research and draw up plans for transportation, growth management, hazardous waste management, and air quality. Responsibilities include serving as co-lead agency for air quality planning for the Central Coast and Southeast Desert air basin districts, as well as determining conformity to the Air Plan of projects, plans and programs.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/West Coast Collaborative
The West Coast Collaborative (Collaborative) is an ambitious partnership between leaders from federal, state, and local government, the private sector, and environmental groups in California, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Arizona, Alaska, Hawaii, Canada and Mexico committed to reducing diesel emissions along the West Coast. The Collaborative is part of the National Clean Diesel Campaign. The goal of the Collaborative is to leverage significant federal funds to reduce emissions from the most polluting diesel sources in the most affected communities and to significantly improve air quality and public health.