2014-028 - Approving General Plan Amendement No. 2014-01

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City of Santa Ana -Park View at Town and Country Manor Draft EIR Climate The 2050 reduction goal represents what scientists believe is necessary to reach levels that will stabilize the climate. The 2020 goal was established to be an aggressive, but achievable, mid -term target. To meet these targets, the Governor directed the Secretary of the California EPA to lead a Climate Action Team made up of representatives from the Business, Transportation, and Housing Agency; the Department of Food and Agriculture; the Resources Agency; the Air Resources Board; the Energy Commission; and the Public Utilities Commission. The Climate Action Team's Report to the Governor in 2006 contains recommendations and strategies to help ensure the targets in Executive Order 5 -3 -05 are met. AB 32. In 2006, the California State Legislature enacted AB 32, the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006. AB 32 focuses on reducing greenhouse gas emissions in California. Greenhouse gases, as defined under AB 32; it includes carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydrofluorocarbons, perfluorocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride. AB 32 requires that greenhouse gases emitted in California be reduced to 1990 levels by the year 2020. ARB is the State agency charged with monitoring and regulating sources of emissions of greenhouse gases that cause global warming in order to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. The ARB Board approved the 1990 greenhouse gas emissions level of 427 MMTCOze on December 6, 2007. Therefore, emissions generated in California in 2020 are required to be equal to or less than 427 MMTCOze. Under the current "business as usual" scenario, statewide emissions are increasing at a rate of approximately 1 percent per year as noted below. Also shown are the average reductions needed from all statewide sources (including all existing sources) to reduce greenhouse gas emissions back to 1990 levels. • 1990: 427 MMTCOze • 2004: 480 MMTCOze (an average 11 percent reduction needed to achieve 1990 base) • 2008: 495 MMTCOze (an average 14 percent reduction needed to achieve 1990 base) • 2020: 596 MMTCOze `Business As Usual" (an average 28 percent reduction needed to achieve 1990 base) The ARB Board approved the Climate Change Seeping Plan in December 2008. The Plan "proposes a comprehensive set of actions designed to reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions in California, improve our environment, reduce our dependence on oil, diversify our energy sources, save energy, create new jobs, and enhance public health." The measures in the Seeping Plan will be in place by 2012. The Seeping Plan identifies recommended measures for multiple greenhouse gas emission sectors and the associated emission reductions needed to achieve the year 2020 emissions target--each sector has Michael Brandman Associates 4.8 -5 H\Cl t(PN -Rn) 327b32]003MMVB2]0030 Sec01 Clore Ch ge dac