California Code, Health and Safety Code - HSC § 43866

(1) Optimizes the environmental and public health benefits of alternative fuels, including, but not limited to, reductions in criteria air pollutants, greenhouse gases, and water pollutants consistent with existing or future state board regulations in the most cost-effective manner possible.

(2) Ensures that there is no net material increase in air pollution, water pollution, or any other substances that are known to damage human health.

(3) Minimizes the economic costs to the state, if any.

(4) Maximizes the economic benefits of producing alternative fuels in the state.

(5) Considers issues related to consumer acceptance and costs and identifies methods to overcome any barriers to alternative fuel use.

(1) Standards on transportation fuels and vehicles.

(2) Requirements, financial incentives, and other policy mechanisms to ensure that vehicles capable of operating on alternative fuels use those fuels to the maximum extent feasible.

(3) Requirements, financial incentives, and other policy mechanisms to ensure that alternative fuel fueling stations are available to drivers of alternative fuel vehicles.

(4) Incentives, requirements, programs, or other mechanisms to encourage the research, development, demonstration, commercialization, manufacturing, or production of vehicles that use alternative fuels.