The California Energy Commission announced Wednesday $384 million dollars for building charging infrastructure to energize zero-emission vehicles. About half of those dollars are allotted to benefit low-income communities.

Story by Ezra David Romero.

(Photo: This Oct. 17, 2018, file photo shows a Chevrolet Volt hybrid car charging at a ChargePoint charging station at a parking garage in Los Angeles - AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)

Governor Newsom cut funding from schools, housing initiatives and state worker pay in hopes that the federal government would shell out more stimulus money to states. If that came through, it would offset the budget cuts.

Story by Scott Rodd.