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Recommendation to respectfully request City Council support for the City of Long Beach to participate in the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability.
DISCUSSION
The Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action & Sustainability is "a network designed to encourage greater coordination and cooperation at the local and regional levels by bringing together leadership from government, the business community, academia, labor, environmental and community groups. The purpose of this collaboration is to share information, foster partnerships, and develop system-wide strategies to address climate change and promote a green economy through sustainable communities." (LARC)
LARC was created in 2008 and is administered by the UCLA Institute of the Environment & Sustainability on behalf of its members, who include the County of Los Angeles, City of Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Metropolitan Transit Authority, South Bay Cities Council of Government, Westside Cities Council of Governments, Los Angeles & San Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council and Rivers and Mountains Conservancy and the Aquarium of the Pacific. The group has coalesced around the need to integrate climate action plans throughout the region into one plan titled Blueprint for Our Metropolis. The plan will address regional sustainability through best practices, model ordinances and effective strategies to protect and improve the health and well being of citizens on issues ranging from transportation to greenhouse gases, from ecological impacts to urban water use that is "cross-jurisdictional, action-oriented, pragmatic, innovative, inclusive, and successful." It is non-binding and relies on government entities in the region to be proactive and cooperative.
LARC objectives are to:
ยท Build a Regional Climate Action Plan to 1) establish baselines of current greenhouse gas emission levels, 2) identify greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and mandates, 3) develop a mech...
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