Plug-in Electric Vehicle Charging Station Readiness
The “EV Charging Station Permit Streamlining Map” (EVCS Streamlining Map) is a living companion to the July 2019 Electric Vehicle Charging Station Permitting Guidebook. Its purpose is to create a shared, understanding of EVCS permit streamlining across the state, and track compliance with California’s AB 1236 (2015) law. We hope communities use this tool to easily replicate success, leverage lessons learned, and save time as we all work to aggressively build out California’s zero emission vehicle infrastructure network.
For more information, refer to the Permitting Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Scorecard.
For best practices and more information about how to become a streamlined jurisdiction, refer to the Permitting Electric Vehicle Charging Stations: Best Practices. To track permitting progress, jump here.
To view the map in full screen, click here.
ZEV Permitting Olympics
To learn more about the ZEV Permitting Olympics click here.
Streamlined Jurisdictions
(Numbers of cities and counties)
Streamlined: | Streamlining in Progress: | Not Streamlined: |
130 | 151 | 259 |

Permitting Olympics: Streamlined Counties
Gold: | Silver: | Bronze: |
Alpine County | Alameda County | Lassen County |
San Francisco City and County | Marin County | Sacramento County |
Napa County | San Luis Obispo County | |
Tuolumne County | Santa Barbara County | |
Sonoma County |
Gold (100% of county’s jurisdictions), Silver (75%), Bronze (50%)