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Public Review Draft Page 14 San Leandro 2021 Climate Action Plan CLIMATE ACTION REGULATORY FRAMEWORK State of California California law first directly addressed climate change in 1988, when Assembly Bill (AB) 4420 directed the State to prepare a GHG inventory and study the impacts of climate change. Since then, California has adopted several laws to assess climate change, analyze GHG emissions and their effects, reduce emissions, and prepare for the impacts of climate change. Many of these laws and associated regulations affect local governments, although only some create specific requirements for individual communities. Executive Order S-03-05 and Assembly Bill 32 – California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 In 2005, former Governor Schwarzenegger issued Executive Order S-03-05, which established the first statewide GHG reduction goals for California: reduce emissions to 2000 levels by 2010, reduce emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, and reduce emissions 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. AB 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act, was approved by the legislature and signed by Governor Schwarzenegger in 2006. The landmark legislation requires the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to develop regulatory and market mechanisms that will reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, codified in Executive Order S-03-05. AB 32 also directed CARB to identify early action items that could be quickly implemented, to develop a scoping plan to identify the most technologically feasible and cost-effective strategies to achieve the 2020 target, and to create and adopt regulations requiring major emitters to report and verify their emissions. The Climate Change Scoping Plan (adopted in 2008 and updated in 2014 and 2017) employs a variety of GHG reduction strategies that include direct regulations, alternative compliance San Leandro Arch. 58