September 27, 2022
In September of 2022, ECOS submitted two letters regarding the Sacramento County Climate Action Plan Final Draft.
Click here to read the ECOS comment letter.
Click here to read the joint organizational letter from the ECOS water committee.
Dear ECOS community,
Please take three minutes to watch this video about Sacramento County’s Climate Action Plan (CAP). It describes what is at stake.
It would be good if you would write to the County Supervisors (email addresses below) before their meeting on Sept 27, 2022, something like this:
Dear Supervisors,
Please reinstate in the CAP the requirement for all new growth located beyond the Urban Policy Area (UPA) and/or Urban Services Boundary (USB) to be carbon neutral. The previous draft CAP included such a requirement however it was removed at your request. Consider that even if the CAP works perfectly, nearly seventy percent of the County’s emissions will still exist in 2030. A huge task will be left to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045 (AB1279.) Compared to the massive transition ahead, the requirement for new developments that are located outside of existing planning limit lines to be carbon neutral is modest, prudent, and reasonable.
Do the right thing, please.
Sincerely,
Here is the film: Climate Action in Sacramento County – A once in a decade opportunity. Thank you to Kent Lacin, filmmaker.
And the addresses: SupervisorKennedy[at]saccounty[dot]gov; richdesmond[at]saccounty[dot]gov; SupervisorSerna[at]saccounty[dot]gov; nottolid[at]saccounty[dot]gov; SupervisorFrost[at]saccounty[dot]gov; BoardClerk[at]saccounty[dot]gov; CountyExecutive[at]saccounty[dot]gov; smithtodd[at]saccounty[dot]gov; LundgrenJ[at]SacCounty[dot]gov
Thank you,
Susan Herre
President of the ECOS Board of Directors
On September 22, 2022, the Environmental Council of Sacramento, the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the California Native Plant Society, the Sacramento Audubon Society, the Sierra Club Sacramento Group, and the Xerces Society submitted recommendations to strengthen the proposed Sacramento County Communitywide Climate Action Plan (Plan) released for public review on August 26, 2022.
Your inclusion of these recommendations into the Plan will increase the County’s preparedness to meet the challenges of our changing climate and its impacts on the region’s water resources and environment. Specifically, these recommendations will promote long term improved quality of life for County residents while contributing to biodiversity and local beneficial species preservation in our region.
The Sacramento County Final Climate Action Plan is out for public comment until September 27, 2022.
Join us for a good discussion Thursday, September 8 at 6pm on Zoom (link below).
Climate Action Plan presentation by Todd Smith, Sacramento County Planning Director
Response/comment by environmental advocates 350 Sac, Sac Climate Coalition, ECOS, CCL Sac, ClimatePlan, Sac Sierra Club
WHAT’S CHANGED since the Feb 2022 draft?
IS THE APPROACH aggressive, is it realistic?
WHAT GOALS will it achieve, when will we get to carbon neutrality?
WHAT WILL THE TASK FORCE do in relation to the CAP?
Link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6656164155
To phone in: 669-900-6833, Meeting ID: 665 616 4155
On July 30, 2022, the Environmental Council of Sacramento submitted our Recommendations to Strengthen the City of Sacramento’s proposed Climate Action and Adaptation Plan.
From the City of Sacramento:
The Community Development Department is pleased to announce the release of the preliminary public review draft of the Climate Action Plan (CAP) on July 1, 2022.
This document will be circulated for a 30-day period, several months ahead of the release of the full Draft Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, Draft 2040 General Plan and Draft Master Environmental Impact Report this fall, which will be circulated for 45 days. This approach will allow the community to have advanced review and provide comments on the draft measures to reduce the City’s greenhouse gas emissions. The document is posted on the project webpage and can be found directly here.
Following release of the preliminary public review draft Climate Action Plan, the Sacramento City Council will hold a workshop to discuss additional potential actions that can be taken to achieve carbon neutrality in advance of the CAP’s target date of 2045. This City Council workshop is scheduled for August 16, 2022.
Submit comments on the preliminary draft Climate Action Plan (from July 1 to July 30).
Contact staff
Email: cap[at]cityofsacramento[dot]org
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