CSAC to Develop Policy on Climate Change
By Steve Keil, Interim Executive Director
skeil@counties.org
Climate change is a hot topic. From the barrage of media coverage to international attention, climate change is an issue that has reached just about everyone. Similarly, in California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Assembly Bill 32, the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, which establishes a regulatory and market mechanisms program with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) to 1990 levels by 2020. While specific impacts of AB 32, California’s Global Warming Solutions Act, on counties remain for the most part undetermined, certain early action items have been identified that will impact local governments.
As a result of this and a significant amount of pending climate change-related legislation this session, CSAC has established a working group on climate change, with the objective of developing climate change policy statements that would be utilized by CSAC staff as a foundation for lobbying efforts on behalf of counties.
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