File #: 25-1357    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Time Certain Matter
File created: 11/12/2025 In control: Planning and Building
On agenda: 12/16/2025 Final action:
Title: 10:00 AM - Humboldt Regional Climate Action Plan and CEQA GHG Emissions Thresholds Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 000-000-000 Record No. LRP-2019-15593 Humboldt Countywide Approval of the Humboldt Regional Climate Action Plan (RCAP) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Thresholds. The RCAP includes strategies, measures, and actions addressing Countywide GHG emissions across Unincorporated and Incorporated Humboldt County and establishes a target of a 40% reduction in GHG emissions below 1990 levels by 2030 and an 85% reduction and carbon neutrality by 2045. CEQA GHG Emissions Thresholds will be applicable to new development projects that require CEQA review and with a pre-2030 buildout or operational year
Strategic Framework: 5000 – SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE & INFRASTRUCTURE STEWARDSHIP, 5001 – Enhance climate adaptation landscapes and communities
Attachments: 1. Staff Report, 2. Attachment 1 - Draft CEQA EIR Resolution, 3. Attachment 2 - Draft EIR, 4. Attachment 3 - Final EIR, 5. Attachment 4 - Errata to the Final EIR, 6. Attachment 5 - Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, 7. Attachment 6 - Draft RCAP Resolution, 8. Attachment 7 - Humboldt Regional Climate Action Plan, 9. Attachment 7A - Appendix A Climate Regulatory Context, 10. Attachment 7B - Appendix B GHG Inventory Forecast and Targets Report, 11. Attachment 7C - Appendix C GHG Measure Reduction Quantification and Substantial Evidence Report, 12. Attachment 8 - Draft CEQA GHG Emissions Thresholds Resolution, 13. Attachment 9 - CEQA GHG Emissions Thresholds and Guidance Report, 14. Attachment 10 - Draft CEQA GHG Emissions Streamlining Checklist, 15. Attachment 11 - Public Workshop Staff Report August 7, 2025, 16. Attachment 12 - PC Resolution 25-069 October 16, 2025, 17. Attachment 13 - PC Resolution 25-068 October 16, 2025, 18. Attachment 14 - Responses to Public Comments, 19. Public Comment to BOS_Redacted
Previous Action/Referral: 25-1236, 25-906
To: Board of Supervisors

From: Planning and Building Department

Agenda Section: Time Certain Matter

Vote Requirement: Majority

SUBJECT:
title
10:00 AM - Humboldt Regional Climate Action Plan and CEQA GHG Emissions Thresholds
Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) 000-000-000
Record No. LRP-2019-15593
Humboldt Countywide

Approval of the Humboldt Regional Climate Action Plan (RCAP) and California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions Thresholds. The RCAP includes strategies, measures, and actions addressing Countywide GHG emissions across Unincorporated and Incorporated Humboldt County and establishes a target of a 40% reduction in GHG emissions below 1990 levels by 2030 and an 85% reduction and carbon neutrality by 2045. CEQA GHG Emissions Thresholds will be applicable to new development projects that require CEQA review and with a pre-2030 buildout or operational year
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Open the public hearing and receive the staff report, testimony by appellant, and testimony from the public; and
2. Close the public comment portion of the public hearing; and
3. Adopt the resolution (Attachment 1) in which the Board makes the required findings for certification of the EIR for the RCAP and CEQA GHG Emissions Thresholds, certifies the FEIR for the RCAP and CEQA GHG Emissions Thresholds, adopts the Statement of Overriding Considerations, and adopts the Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program (Attachment 5); and
4. Adopt the resolution (Attachment 6) in which the Board makes the required findings that the RCAP (Attachments 7, 7A, 7B, and 7C) is consistent with applicable policies, laws and regulations and adopts the RCAP; and
5. Adopt the Resolution (Attachment 8) in which the Board makes findings that the CEQA GHG Emissions Thresholds and Guidance Report (Attachment 9) are consistent with applicable policies, laws and regulations, and adopts the CEQA GHG Emissions Thresholds and...

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