📋 Tender Overview
Monday October 5 2026
Contact: (916) 210-6000 agpressoffice@doj.ca.gov
Advises affected jurisdictions to comply with the law and route trucks to minimize exposure to residences schools day cares parks playgrounds and more
OAKLAND — California Attorney General Rob Bonta today issued an enforcement advisory letter to eight jurisdictions in California’s warehouse concentration region that have not complied with their requirements under Assembly Bill (AB) 98 (Carrillo Reyes 2024) to amend their general plans to include truck routes that avoid residential areas and “sensitive receptors such as schools day cares parks playgrounds nursing homes and hospitals. As defined under the law California’s warehouse concentration region consists of two Inland Empire counties San Bernardino and Riverside County and 12 cities within those counties. As part of the law’s requirements these jurisdictions must also provide opportunities for heightened community engagement on truck route planning that reach all economic segments of the community. By identifying specific routes for trucks that avoid residential areas and sensitive receptors jurisdictions can reduce burdens on communities that result from the pollution noise road deterioration accidents and other road hazards created by truck traffic. The enforcement advisory is directed to the eight jurisdictions that have not amended their general plans despite the law’s January 1 2026 deadline: Chino Moreno Valley Perris Rancho Cucamonga Rialto Riverside Ontario and Riverside County.
“California is fighting for vulnerable communities and finding real solutions that help everyday people like preventing pollution noise traffic and potholes from trucks cutting through quiet neighborhoods where parents and children live sleep and go to school” said Attorney General Bonta. “That’s why California law requires cities and counties to establish specific truck routes that minimize impacts in areas where communities would feel it the most. Everyone must do their part to make our communities better. With this advisory we’re making sure California’s planning laws are followed and helping ensure every community can enjoy the same prosperous quality of life that makes California the golden state to work and live in.”
“AB 98 was about making sure our communities are not forced to bear the health and safety burdens that come with heavy truck traffic. When trucks are routed through neighborhoods past schools and day cares and near other sensitive locations families pay the price through increased pollution noise traffic hazards and deteriorating roads said Assemblymember Juan Carrillo (D-Palmdale). The law gave local jurisdictions clear requirements and a clear deadline. Today’s enforcement action reinforces that these protections are not optional. I appreciate Attorney General Bonta for holding jurisdictions accountable and ensuring that the communities most impacted by warehouse and truck traffic have a meaningful voice in how truck routes are planned. We worked hard to pass AB 98 because every family deserves to live work and raise their children in a community where public health and safety are taken seriously. I will continue working to make sure the law is implemented as intended and that residents have a seat at the table.
“For decades Inland Empire communities have carried an outsized share of the pollution and public health impacts that come with moving goods throughout California” said Senator Eloise Gómez Reyes (D-Colton). “Families should not have to accept heavy truck traffic in front of their homes and children should not have to breathe diesel exhaust on their way to school. We fought for stronger protections because the health and quality of life of our residents cannot continue to be treated as the cost of doing business. I am grateful to Attorney General Bonta for making clear that these protections are not optional. The law must be followed and our communities deserve to feel the difference.”
Warehouse Concentration Region
California’s warehouse concentration region consists of two counties — Riverside and San Bernardino — and 12 cities within those counties — Chino Colton Fontana Jurupa Valley Moreno Valley Perris Rancho Cucamonga Redlands Rialto Riverside San Bernardino and Ontario. The concentration region constitutes the area of the state with the highest concentration of warehouses and as a result communities in the region experience some of the greatest exposures to truck pollution and other safety and quality of life issues that come with the significant truck traffic in the area. Trucks travelling to and from warehouses emit nitrogen oxide and diesel particulate matter which contribute to smog formation and the development of health problems like asthma cancer and heart disease. Trucks can also create noise pollution and create safety issues like traffic jams deterioration of road surfaces and traffic accidents.
The eight jurisdictions in the warehouse concentration region that have not amended their general plans — Chino Moreno Valley Perris Rancho Cucamonga Rialto Riverside Ontario and Riverside County — have made varying degrees of progress toward compliance. The deadline to complete the amendments was January 1 2026 and the statute provides for enforcement by the Attorney General including a possible civil penalty of up to $50000 every six months attorneys’ fees and costs and equitable and injunctive relief. While expeditious compliance with the law is important it is also critically important that these noncompliant jurisdictions take the necessary steps to engage impacted communities and ensure the truck routes they ultimately adopt adequately protect sensitive receptors.
Assembly Bill 98
AB 98 as amended by Senate Bill 415 (Reyes 2025) requires that jurisdictions in the warehouse concentration region amend the circulation element of their general plans to include truck routes that minimize negative effects on sensitive receptors including res
