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SANTA ANA CLIMATE ACTION PLAN INITIAL STUDY CITY OF SANTA ANA measures shown in Table 1. Implementation of the Draft CAP and emissions reductions from existing measures would result in annual community -wide GHG emissions reductions of 418,896 MTCO2e by 2020 and 731,090 MTCO2e by 2035. The impact would be less than significant. b) Conflict with an applicable plan, policy, or regulation adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases? Less than Significant Impact. As discussed in Section 1.4, California has adopted executive orders and legislation aimed at reducing the State's GHG emissions, including Executive Order S -3 -05, AB 32, SB 375, and Executive Order B- 30 -15. In the Scoping Plan, ARB encourages local governments to adopt a reduction goal for municipal operations emissions and move toward establishing similar goals for community emissions that parallel the State commitment to reduce GHGs. The Scoping Plan recommends that local governments consider adopting a goal of 15% below current emissions levels to assist the State in implementing AB 32. The Scoping Plan did not directly create any regulatory requirements related to implementation of the Draft CAP. The Draft CAP measures and any associated construction or development would be required to comply with applicable regulations, including those developed as measures in the ARB Scoping Plan. Although not mandated by AB 32 and the Scoping Plan, the Draft CAP articulates the City's intentions with respect to reducing community -wide GHG emissions in a manner consistent with AB 32. Implementation of the Draft CAP would exceed the 15% community-wide GHG reduction target by 2020, which would be consistent with AB 32 Scoping Plan recommendations. The Scoping Plan Update approved in 2014 confirms that the state is on track to meet the 2020 emissions reduction target, but will need to maintain and build upon its existing programs, scale up deployment of clean technologies, and provide more low- carbon options to accelerate GHG emission reductions, especially after 2020, in order to meet the 2050 target. However, the Scoping Plan does not recommend additional measures for meeting specific GHG emissions limits beyond 2020. The measures and projected reductions in the Draft CAP include emission reduction benefits associated with state programs. While the measures described in the Scoping Plan Update are designed to meet statewide emissions goals in 2020, those measures have not yet been adjusted to meet emission reduction targets after 2020. As a result, the Draft CAP would also have to be adjusted to account for statewide emission reductions after 2020 in order to meet goals beyond 2020. Therefore, the existing measures and Draft CAP are projected to result in a reduction of 25% below the 2008 baseline emission levels in 2035, which would not meet the City's goal to reducing GIIG emissions to 30% below 2008 baseline levels by 2035; however, it would place the City on a path to do so. While the measures in the Draft CAP do not currently meet the 2035 goal of reducing annual community -wide GHG emissions by 30% below 2008 baseline emission levels, the Draft CAP has a process for evaluation and monitoring progress and identifying additional local and state emission reduction measures in future years to meet these reduction goals. October 2015 Page 33 75B -131