| First Name: | Karen |
|---|---|
| Last Name: | McDonough |
| Email Address: | karen.mcdonough@sanjoseca.gov |
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| Subject | City of San Jose Comment |
| Comment |
The goals and regional targets found in the Draft Scoping Plan are not aggressive enough to reach the reduction goals that have been discussed by experts in the field to mitigate for climate change. Many of the leading cities have goals well below the regional targets. Raise the target goals for local government actions. More effort should be made to provide a more thorough analyses and recommendations on how local government can reduce green house gas emissions in all listed categories. Many categories are left with little to no quantification. The City of San Jose, as a member of Green Cities California supports making Climate Action Plans mandatory for all California cities if funding can be provided to help cities develop their plans and implement pilot studies that are beneficial to others in the state. The City will not support an unfunded mandate. Cities need to have readily available data in a format consistent with the protocol from resource agencies. Specific data includes energy and water usage by customer category, local and regional transportation data and waste disposal and diversion data. Please help facilitate making this data annually available. The City of San Jose also supports and incorporates as reference comments made by Green Cities California |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2008-08-01 01:16:57 |
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