The California Air Resources Board is hosting five workshops -- one of them today at 1 p.m. in Fresno -- to discuss the competitively ranked list of projects for millions of dollars in Proposition 1B.

The board encourages public participation, yet the agency didn't notify the media until Friday afternoon that this meeting was in Fresno on Monday. Staffers say they are working on a shortened timetable, quickly organizing meetings so they can get this list of projects before the governing board on May 22.

The Fresno meeting was posted on the air board's web page on April 17.

More than $220 million is at stake for clean-air fixes, such as cleaner-running diesel engines. The Central Valley, which includes both the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys, is supposed to get about $55 million. The Los Angeles and Inland Empire region will get $122 million.