The 2024 Climate Action & Adaptation Plan (CAAP) is the result of a multi-year effort by the community and the City to create a guiding document to achieve greenhouse gas emission reductions in both municipal operations and community-wide. It sets a goal to:
- Reduce 40% of GHG emissions below 2007 levels by 2030
- Reduce 58% of GHG emissions below 2007 levels by 2035
- Carbon neutrality by 2045
Certain strategies within the CAAP have risen to the top as the most impactful climate action targets for both community and City operations that should be prioritized above the rest, with the “Top 10” being:
| FOUNDATIONAL: TOP 10 BIGGEST BANG FOR YOUR BUCK | |
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| TARGET | |
| 1. Transition to 100% renewable energy by 2050 | |
| 2. Increase EV infrastructure and adoption community-wide to reduce combustion engine VMT by 25% by 2040; Accelerate the transition to EVs in the community | |
| 3. Promote natural gas alternatives to commercial and residential customers using a Heat Pump Promotional Campaign | |
| 4. Complete a community-wide building electrification study and establish a long-term implementation plan (Phase 1 and Phase 2) | |
| 5. Consider a residential and commercial “Bulk Purchasing” solar agreement to bring upfront costs down. Campaign: Solarize LCF (Partner with the school district) | |
| 6. Encourage all appropriate new construction be designed for net-zero energy | |
| 7. Achieve 15% reduction in residential and commercial energy use by 2035 from 2007 | |
| 8. Incorporate climate action and adaptation into city policy, budget, planning, and internal standards | |
| 9. Join the Clean Power Alliance | |
| 10. Appoint a Commission on the Environment | |
A Vulnerability Assessment was completed to determine the threats the city could face from the changing climate, along with evaluating the city’s readiness and capabilities to respond to these threats. Despite being shielded from some climate change aspects due to its non-coastal position, the city is poised to encounter amplified heat extremes, degraded air quality from external wildfires, heightened seasonal storms, and potential pressures on its energy grid and water supply, due to wider regional climatic shifts. While the city exhibits preparedness thanks to previous experiences with drought and pandemics, the escalating climate change scale presents fresh challenges.
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For more information about the CAAP or to join the City’s mailing list for environmental-related issues, please contact the Community Development Department at 818-790-8881.
