Sacramento County has completed revisions to the 2022 Communitywide Climate Action Plan (2022 CAP) to address public comments received and to ensure consistency with California Air Resources Board’s 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan and Assembly Bill 1279 (2022).
The 2024 Draft CAP utilizes both the recently completed
Greenhouse Gas Inventory for 2021 and newly developed growth forecasts for all reasonably foreseeable development projects for which Sacramento County is the lead agency. Other revisions have strengthened the implementation actions for each communitywide and County operations greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction measures and provided greater clarity on annual tracking and reporting mechanisms to inform future CAP updates.
In support of the 2024 CAP, Sacramento County has prepared a Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (SEIR) to analyze the potential impacts of the 2024 CAP. The 2024 CAP and the Draft SEIR are available for public review and comment on the
Planning and Environmental Review website.
Public comments on the 2024 CAP and the SEIR will be accepted until Aug. 29, 2024, at 5 p.m.
The County’s goal is to complete the CAP and its associated SEIR as quickly as possible while ensuring compliance with applicable CEQA statutory timelines for public input and review. During the 45-day public review period, staff will present the 2024 CAP to the Sacramento County Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force on Aug. 8, 2024, and the Sacramento Environmental Commission on Aug. 19, 2024.
The 2024 CAP is a comprehensive plan for reducing GHG emissions and adapting to the effects of climate change that identifies strategies and measures to meet the State of California’s 2030 and 2045 GHG emissions reduction targets. The 2024 CAP is a multi-objective plan that balances environmental, economic and community interests; provides mechanisms to reduce GHG emissions associated with implementing the Sacramento County General Plan of 2005–2030; and aligns with multiple County initiatives.
