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RESOLUTION of the City of San Leandro City Council to Adopt Greenhouse the Gas Emissions Reductions Goals to Reduce San Leandro Emissions to 40% below 2005 Levels by the Year 2030 and to 80% Below 2005 Levels by the Year 2050
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WHEREAS, the State of California enacted Senate Bill 32 in 2016, which requires California to reduce statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, thereby extending the emissions reduction targets originally set forth in Assembly Bill (AB) 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. AB 32 required California to reduce statewide GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and directs the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop and implement regulations that reduce statewide GHG emissions, institute a schedule to meet an emissions cap, and develop enforcement tools to ensure that the State achieves the required GHG emissions reductions; and
WHEREAS, in December 2008 the California ARB approved the Climate Change Scoping Plan which contains the primary strategies California will implement to achieve the GHG reductions required in AB 32 and SB 32, and which encourages local governments to adopt a reduction goal for municipal operations emissions and establish similar goals for community emissions that parallel the State commitment to reduce GHGs; and
WHEREAS, Executive Order S-3-05 proclaims that California is vulnerable to the effects of climate change, including reduced snowpack in the Sierra Nevada, exacerbation of California's existing air quality problems, and sea level rise; and establishes targets for reducing GHG emissions to 2000 levels by 2010, to 1990 levels by 2020, and to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050; and
WHEREAS, Executive Order B-30-15 builds upon Executive Order S-3-05 by establishing an intermediate emissions reduction target of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030; and
WHEREAS, in 2007, the City of San Leandro, along with 10 other loca...
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