Juan Matute, Program Manager of the UCLA Lewis Center and Luskin Center for Innovation’s joint Climate Change Initiative is working with UCLA Environmental Science undergraduate seniors to evaluate options for carbon neutrality in the City of Hermosa Beach. The project, the first of its kind in California, will evaluate the steps needed to reduce or offset the city’s greenhouse gas emissions.
The Governor’s Office of Planning and Research recently recommended use of the U.S. Community Protocol for Accounting and Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions, which means that all California communities will soon use this protocol in planning for climate mitigation. Mr. Matute helped write this protocol as co-chair of the transportation section.
The Lewis Center also will begin work soon on an upgrade to its California Land Opportunities Tracking System (or CALOTS) map-based planning website. The upgrade will enable local planners throughout Southern California to monitor the performance of policies related to Senate Bill 375 local government climate change mitigation planning. Should you be interested in serving on the project’s practitioners working group, contact Mr. Matute.