What is Santa Barbara County Doing?
Santa Barbara County is already addressing many of the eighteen measures identified in the AB 32 Scoping Plan, as illustrated in the State Climate Action Framework and a Sample of County Related Activities diagram. To further these activities and establish a comprehensive response to the statewide regulatory environment, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors initiated the development and implementation of a Climate Action Strategy (CAS). The CAS represents a coordinated approach for ensuring that local norms, values, and traditions are upheld, while also preparing Santa Barbara County for opportunities in the emerging clean energy economy. In fact, through its roles as: 1) a producer of GHG emissions, 2) a regulator of GHG emitting activities, and 3) an incentivizer of GHG reductions, the County is uniquely positioned to reduce community-wide emissions. These roles and the framework for the CAS are further illustrated in the Proposed Architecture for Climate Policy in Santa Bar
Santa Barbara County is already addressing many of the eighteen measures identified in the AB 32 Scoping Plan, as illustrated in the State Climate Action Framework and a Sample of County Related Activities diagram. To further these activities and establish a comprehensive response to the statewide regulatory environment, the Santa Barbara County Board of Supervisors initiated the development and implementation of a Climate Action Strategy (CAS). The CAS represents a coordinated approach for ensuring that local norms, values, and traditions are upheld, while also preparing Santa Barbara County for opportunities in the emerging clean energy economy. In fact, through its roles as: 1) a producer of GHG emissions, 2) a regulator of GHG emitting activities, and 3) an incentivizer of GHG reductions, the County is uniquely positioned to reduce community-wide emissions. These roles and the framework for the CAS are further illustrated in the Architecture for the Climate Action Strategy. Through
