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Energy & Environment
Advanced Clean Fleets (CARB)
Medium and heavy-duty zero-emission fleet regulation with the goal of achieving a zero-emission truck fleet by 2036.
LABC Position: Support
Advanced Clean Cars II Program (CARB)
The Advanced Clean Cars II regulations will rapidly scale down emissions of light-duty passenger cars, pickup trucks and SUVs starting with the 2026 model year through 2035.
LABC Position: Support
Hyperion 2035 (LA Sanitation)
LASAN’s vision for recycling 100% of the water flowing through Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant by 2035.
LABC Position: Support
Hyperion 2035 (LA Sanitation)
LASAN’s vision for recycling 100% of the water flowing through Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant by 2035.
LABC Position: Support
Housing & Transportation
SB 4 - Affordable Housing on Faith Lands Act (Wiener)
Would allow faith-based institutions and nonprofit colleges to build 100% affordable housing on their property by-right, even if local zoning prevents this housing. SB 4 re-zones the property and ensures neither CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) nor local political processes can be misused to stop these affordable housing projects.
LABC Position: Support
21-0658 (Raman)
Develops a strategic plan to streamline affordable housing approvals, including: creating an administrative ministerial planning review process for majority deed-restrict affordable housing projects, streamlining and prioritizing 100% affordable housing at LADBS, improving project intake at LAFD, enhancing reporting at BOE, and increasing staffing at various departments, among other stipulations.
LABC Position: Support
21-0972 (Raman)
Tasks the Department of City Planning to prepare an ordinance with incentives for 100% affordable housing projects through the development of an Affordable Housing Overlay Zone. Linked to Council File 21-0658.
LABC Position: Support
21-1230-52 (Bonin - Raman - Harris-Dawson)
Livable Communities Initiative – Directs the Department of City Planning, LADBS, and LADOT to report to Council within 180 days with strategies to establish incentives along transit rich corridors that facilitate mid-scale development and enhances existing commercial, mixed-use character.
LABC Position: Support
21-0890-54 (Krekorian)
The motion studies the potential to increase funding for EV charging rebates in multifamily apartments, prioritizing installations in MUDs in disadvantaged communities, and capping the reimbursement timeline to 120 days.
LABC Position: Support
Local / Small Business
21-0863 (Blumenfield/Harris-Dawson/Koretz)
Modifies the Local Business Preference Program to include a bid preference range of 10% to 12% for businesses within the City of LA.
LABC Position: Support
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; Metropolitan's Liz Crosson participated in #LABCSustainabilitySummit's panel on creating a regional water system. She discussed MWD's Climate Adaptation Master Plan for Water and about navigating an uncertain future for our region’s water supply as a result of #climatechange.
Our final panel, Creating a Regional Water System explores how L.A. & CA can navigate the effects climate change is having on our water resource.
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Chief Policy Officer Greg McWilliams from FivePoint is delivering a video presentation about @ValenciaSoCal’s vision of a zero net greenhouse gas emission community, solar and EV installation FivePoint has done throughout LA County, and more.
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Enjoyed leading a discussion with folks from @californiapuc, @California_ISO & @EDF_Renewables at today's @labctweets Sustainability Summit at USC. Will have a (condensed) transcript in a future edition of my @latimes Boiling Point newsletter! http://latimes.com/boilingpoint
The @labctweets Annual Sustainability Summit livestream will soon have a special presentation by @USCPrice's @Marlon_Boarnet of @METRANS_CENTER https://labusinesscouncil.org/
CA’s transportation sector accounts for more emissions than any other sector. But new regulations like the Advanced Clean Fleets Rule are jumpstarting the decarbonization of this sector
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