Existing law, the Planning and Zoning Law, requires a city or county to adopt a comprehensive general plan for the city’s or county’s physical development that includes various elements, including, among others, a land use element that designates the proposed general distribution and general location and extent of the uses of the land in specified categories, and a circulation element that identifies the location and extent of existing and proposed major thoroughfares, transportation routes, terminals, any military airports and ports, and other local public utilities and facilities, as specified.
This bill, the Local Electrification Planning Act, would require a city or county to either adopt a climate action electrification element as part of the general plan or otherwise amend the general plan to, among other things, identify strategies and enforceable commitments to meet California’s greenhouse gas reduction goals requiring increased electrification of transportation and buildings. The bill would require a city or county to adopt a climate action electrification element or otherwise amend the general plan upon the adoption or revision of the general plan, on or after January 1, 2025, but no later than January 1, 2028.
Committee Location: Held in committee June 28 at request of author.
