To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Status Report on the Draft Regional Climate Action Plan
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive the staff report and presentation for filing.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
The salary funding for this work is included in the General Fund contribution to the Long-Range Planning unit, 1100-282.
DISCUSSION:
This informational item is intended to update the Board of Supervisors on the status of the draft Regional Climate Action Plan (CAP) being developed by the County and the seven incorporated cities.
Background
In 2006, California established its first statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction target and began developing policies and programs to cut GHG emissions. City and County governments soon followed suit by creating local CAPs. To date, over 40% of cities and counties in the state have adopted CAPs. These CAPs outline the specific actions jurisdictions will take to reduce GHG emissions that occur within their jurisdiction boundaries.
Policy AQ-P9 in the 2017 General Plan calls for the development of a "multi-jurisdictional Climate Action Plan to achieve reductions in greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the state Global Warming Solutions Act [AB 32]." In early 2019, staff from the Planning & Building Department convened a group of staff from the seven cities within the county and the Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA) to begin work on a regional CAP. Later that year, the Board of Supervisors adopted a Memorandum of Understanding with the seven cities, committing the County to working with the seven cities and RCEA to develop a CAP with a GHG inventory, reduction target, and reduction measures.
To align the regional CAP with state climate goals, the CAP working group chose a tentative target to reduce GHG emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. To assess baseline greenhouse ga...
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