California Climate & Energy Collaborative

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Priority Area: Climate Action
Barrier: Planning Capacity

Challenge/Local/State

Description

State Solution
(Type of Activity: Policy/Regulation )

Strengthen and standardize state CAP guidance with regionally tailored default options. The state should update CAP guidance to include pre-approved, region-specific default policies and measures that meet state and CEQA standards. Clear defaults would reduce local planning burden, improve consistency, and enable under-resourced jurisdictions to advance compliant CAPs without reinventing methodologies.

Existing Examples of Progress: California's Climate Action Planning Framework includes several key components to support local governments. The Local Actions Appendix of the Scoping Plan provides recommendations and guidance for developing Climate Action Plans (CAPs), including methods for setting local GHG reduction targets. It outlines 13 recommended strategies within three priority areas—transportation electrification, VMT reduction, and building decarbonization—that have been validated through academic research to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Appendix also offers guidance on determining consistency with the Scoping Plan qualitatively by incorporating project attributes associated with low per capita GHG impacts, and provides direction for preparing CEQA-Qualified CAPs.
Region: San Diego, Statewide

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