Santa Ana adopted a Climate Action Plan (CAP) targeting greenhouse-gas reductions consistent with California state goals, with measures across buildings, transportation, waste, and municipal operations citywide.
The Santa Ana CAP sets community-wide GHG reduction targets aligned with California Senate Bill 32 and AB 1279, requiring city-led actions in zero-emission buildings, fleet electrification, urban forestry, and waste diversion. Implementation is tracked through annual progress reports. Discretionary projects must screen against CAP measures during CEQA review, and large new developments may need to demonstrate consistency with reduction strategies before entitlements are issued by Planning.
CAP itself is policy, not penal; non-compliance flows through CEQA findings or denial of inconsistent project entitlements.
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