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Public Review Draft Page 18 San Leandro 2021 Climate Action Plan providing overarching direction for the City to address climate change. This overarching direction includes:  Goal OSC-8: Promote the efficient use of energy and the increased use of renewable energy by San Leandro residents and businesses.  Policy EH-6.11: Prepare for the weather-related impacts of climate change, such as more frequent extreme weather events, temperature extremes, and prolonged drought.  Policy T-5.8: Plan for a substantial increase in the number of electric vehicles and other low- emissions or zero-emission vehicles on city streets. The CAP acts to implement the General Plan, providing specific policies and actions to achieve comprehensive GHG reduction and climate adaptation activities in San Leandro in a manner consistent with the General Plan’s overall path for the community. CLIMATE ACTION PREPARATION PROCESS Staff from the City of San Leandro Sustainability Office led preparation of this 2021 CAP update. Members of the San Leandro Green Team, a group of staff from several City departments who meet regularly to discuss and work on sustainability issues, provided critical review and feedback of work during the process. The consulting firm PlaceWorks provided technical support for the CAP update. The first phase of the CAP update process involved preparing the technical analyses that form the foundation of the CAP, including the GHG inventory and forecast and the vulnerability assessment. The project team used these analyses to identify and assess a range of GHG reduction and climate adaptation strategies that respond to the specific conditions and issues of concern in San Leandro. Following this, the project team prepared the CAP update document. The public input process, which ran throughout the CAP update process, is intended to ensure that community stakeholders have a voice in developing the CAP. The City of San Leandro has conducted significant public outreach to educate community groups on climate protection issues, as well as to gather comments from the public. Community Outreach Following best practices around climate equity laid out by the National Association for Climate Resilience Planners and other leading climate justice organizations, the San Leandro Sustainability Office centered relationship-building and listening in the community outreach for the CAP update. The community and stakeholder engagement process for the 2021 CAP included in-person and virtual conversations, meetings, gatherings, games, presentations, community workshops, and online surveys and activities. The purpose of the community and stakeholder engagement for the CAP was to understand community needs and capacity, identify vulnerabilities and inequities, and build a leadership development infrastructure for community champions to collaborate with City staff on projects and planning. Since climate impacts everyone, and particularly those already impacted by systemic factors such as racism or poverty, a broad and diverse audience was sought. 62