Reso 2021-113 Adopt 2021 CAP and Addendum to 2035 General Plan

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4. GHG Reduction Strategies EXISTING AND PLANNED REDUCTION STRATEGIES In order to evaluate the City's current progress toward meeting its emissions reductions targets, this CAP acknowledges the City's existing climate policies and programs, planned future actions, and actions already and soon -to -be implemented at the State level. These policies and programs are summarized in the "State Existing and Planned Accomplishments" and "Local and Regional Existing and Planned Accomplishments" sections, below. Once the emissions reduction benefits of existing actions have been identified, the CAP identifies future policies that, if implemented, will help the City achieve its emissions reductions targets. State Existing and Planned Accomplishments Since passing AB 32, the State has enacted regulations and programs to reduce GHG emissions. Although statewide in scope, these actions affect several sources of San Leandro's emissions, and so the local benefits of these State efforts can be "credited" to San Leandro even in cases where the community has not needed to take any action. This CAP includes the local benefits from five State policies: • Renewable Portfolio Standard: The Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) was first established in 2002 and has been amended multiple times, most recently by SB 100 in 2018. It requires all electricity providers in the state to obtain at least 33 percent of their electricity from eligible renewable resources by the end of 2030, and all of their electricity from carbon -free (although not necessarily eligible renewable) resources by the end of 2045. This policy reduces GHG emission from electricity use, including electricity used to transport and process water and wastewater, and electricity used for electric vehicles. • Clean Car Standards: In 2002, California adopted AB 1493, the New Passenger Motor Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards or Pavley standard. It required a reduction in tailpipe GHG emissions from new vehicles produced from 2009 to 2015. In 2012 CARB adopted an extension of this policy, the Advanced Clean Car Standards, which requires more stringent reductions in tailpipe GHG emissions from vehicles produced from 2016 to 2025. The Clean Car Standards (including the Advanced Clean Car Standards) reduce GHG emissions from on -road transportation. • Title 24 Energy Efficiency Standards: California Code of Regulations, Title 24, Part 6 is California's energy efficiency standards for new and renovated buildings, applied at the local level through the project review/building permit process. The standards are San Leandro Climate Action Plan Page 59