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IN THE CITY COdJNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO RESOLUTION NO. 2019-200 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SAN LEANDRO CITY COUNCIL ENDORSING THE DECLARATION OF A CLIMATE EMERGENCY AND REQUESTING REGIONAL COLLABORATION ON AN IMMEDIATE JUST TRANSITION AND EMERGENCY MOBILIZATION EFFORT TO RESTORE A SAFE CLIMATE WHEREAS, in April 2015 world leaders from 175 countries recognized the threat of climate change and the targent need to combat it by signing the Paris Agreement, agreeing to keep warming well below 2°C above pre -industrial levels" and to "pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C"; and WHEREAS, global warming has increased the earth's temperature by approximately 1°C. and has also resulted in increased and intensifying wildfires, floods, rising seas, diseases, droughts and extreme weather; and WHEREAS, the United States of America has disproportionately contributed to the climate and ecological crises and thus bears significant responsibility to rapidly solve these crises; and WHEREAS, a recent state-wide report, Rising Seas in California, projects a conservative estimate of between l and 3.4 feet of sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay by the year 2100; and WHEREAS, the range of projections in the report includes the possibility of up to 10 feet of sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay by 2140, a seenario consistent with rapid Antarctic ice sheet mass loss that would be catastrophic to San Leandro and virtually every other coastal community; and WHEREAS, restoring a safe and stable climate requires immediate action to reach zero greenhouse gas emissions across all sectors to rapidly and safely drawdown or remove all the excess carbon from the atmosphere, and to implement measu:•es to protect all people and species from the consequences of abrupt climate change; and WHEREAS, frontline communities. which have historically borne the brunt of the extractive Fossil -fuel economy, must actively participate in the planning and implementation of this mobilization effort at all levels of government and that they benern first from the transition to a renewable energy economy; and WHEREAS, the term "Just Transition" represents an aspirational goal of shifting to an economy that is ecologically sustainable, equitable and just For all its members, and WHEREAS, Just transition initiatives also seek to shift the economy away from prioritizing only highway construction to also expanding public transit, from incinerators and landfills to zero waste. from industrial food systems to sustainable food production, From car -dependent sprawl and unbridled growth to smart urban development without displacement, and from over -development to habitat and ecosystem restoration; and WHEREAS, core to a just transition is equity, self determination, culture, tradition, democracy, and the idea that people around t17e world have a fundamental human right to access clean, healthy and adequate air. water, land, trod, education. and shelter: and WHEREAS. San Leandro is dedicated to being a sustainable. livable city that is proactively working to address the threats of human -induced climate change by reducing pollutants, conserving precious resources, and strengthening our community's resilience to a changing climate and rising sea levels; and