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5.21 Climate Change

that serve as the foundation of the General Plan and all future growth within the County. The
Guiding Principles are to (1) employ smart growth; (2) ensure community services and
infrastructure are sufficient to accommodate growth; (3) provide the foundation for a strong
and diverse economy; (4) promote excellence in environmental resource management; and
(5) provide healthy, livable, and equitable communities (DRP 2015b). In addition to the
Guiding Principles, the General Plan provides the policy framework for how and where the
unincorporated County will grow through the year 2035, while recognizing and celebrating
the County’s wide diversity of cultures, abundant natural resources, and status as an
international economic center. The Los Angeles County 2035 General Plan accommodates
new housing and jobs within the unincorporated areas in anticipation of population growth
in the County and the region (DRP 2014). The Final EIR addresses the environmental effects
associated with the implementation on the Los Angeles County 2035 General Plan. The FEIR
finds that Greenhouse Gas Emissions Impacts would be significant and unavoidable without
the implementation of Community Climate Action Plan (DRP 2014).

Los Angeles County Community Climate Action Plan
The Final Unincorporated Los Angeles County Community Climate Action Plan 2020 (CCAP) is
part of the County General Plan under the Air Quality Element and was adopted along with
the General Plan on October 6, 2015. The County acknowledges the consensus among leading
scientists that without action to reduce GHG emissions, climate change due to global
warming will pose a considerable threat to the environment and to human health and society
(DRP 2015a).

The CCAP is being implemented by the County to mitigate and avoid GHG emissions
associated with community activities in unincorporated Los Angeles County. The CCAP
addresses emissions from building energy, land use and transportation, water consumption,
and waste generation. The measures and actions outlined in the CCAP tie together with the
County’s climate change initiatives and provides a blueprint for a more sustainable future.
To reduce the impacts of climate change, the County has set a target to reduce GHG emissions
from community activities in the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County by at least
11 percent below 2010 levels by 2020, which is consistent with AB 32 targets. The CCAP
describes the County’s plan for achieving this goal, including specific strategy areas for each
of the major emissions sectors, and provides details on the 2010 and projected 2020
emissions in the unincorporated areas.

The actions in the CCAP are priority actions and intended for near-term implementation such
that the County can achieve its GHG reduction goal for 2020 for the unincorporated areas of
Los Angeles County. The County has designated a CCAP Implementation Team (CIT) to lead
and coordinate the County’s efforts on CCAP implementation, monitoring, and plan updates.
The following is a list of general implementation steps that the County will undertake to
implement each CCAP local action.

• Develop implementation plans for each CCAP action
• Estimate project-specific costs

• Adopt or update ordinances and/or codes

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