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

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6/15/2021 Mail - Mok, Hoi-Fei - Outlook BAAQMD review of San Leandro CAP Abby Young <ayoung@baaqmd.gov> Tue 6/15/2021 9:58 AM To: Mok, Hoi-Fei <HFMok@sanleandro.org> ATTENTION: This email is from an external source, outside of the City. While attachments and links are scanned by our Advanced Threat Protection service, we still recommend you use caution when opening or clicking them. Unless you recognize the sender and have an expectation that the content is safe, it is best to ignore this email and report it to the Helpdesk. Sincerely, Your IT Team Hello Fei — Thank you for giving Air District staff the opportunity to review San Leandro's draft Climate Action Plan update. The one over -arching comment we have on the CAP is that it appears to lack teeth. Most of the measures are framed as, "encourage efforts" and "explore feasibility," rather than stating that actions will be taken. Many local CAPs in the Bay Area include definitive, mandatory measures and our suggestion is that the San Leandro CAP do the same by including commitments to specific actions. For example, 40 local governments in the Bay Area have already adopted mandatory building codes that limit or outright ban natural gas in new construction. In Chapter 4, San Leandro's CAP makes a good argument for why building electrification is essential to meeting GHG reduction targets, yet it's measures for building electrification are to "encourage efforts" at retrofitting and "explore the feasibility" of pursuing a reach code for new construction. This is way behind where other jurisdictions are on this issue. There are many very interesting and compelling sections in the draft CAP, and staff has clearly done a thorough, excellent job of compiling a breadth of measures in the GHG reduction strategy. If those measures could be given teeth by committing to specific actions, that would transform the CAP from being a voluntary, visionary document to an actionable blueprint for meeting the City's GHG reduction target. Thank you for considering this input. Abby Young Abby Young I Climate Protection Manager Bay Area Air Quality Management District 375 Beale Street San Francisco, CA 94105 (415)749-4754 "Fight for the things that you care about, but do it in a way that will lead others to join you." • Ruth Bader Ginsburg https://outlook.office365.com/mail/inbox/id/AAQkAGY3YTIwNWYyLTIiYmMtNGQzYS05OTgOLTYyMTJIN WZINzk2ZAAQADwktWDdKUn%2Fgmbydej... 1 /1