Policy Briefs

As a response to the climate change crisis, Sonoma County has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2030. As approximately 60% of the county’s total emissions, policy addressing transportation greenhouse gas (GHG) could provide substantial progress towards this goal. However, the complexity, cost, and scale of transportation policy challenge the county’s ability to reduce transportation GHGs. 

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The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) was passed in 2014 to help achieve sustainable water levels in groundwater basins across the state of California. This act called for the creation of local Groundwater Sustainability Agencies (GSAs) who are responsible for drafting Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) that outline how their basins will be brought in to balance through careful management actions.

The global transition to a green economy is accelerating alongside the arrival of climate change impacts. Lucrative, leading market positions throughout...

Black Carbon (BC) is a source of local air pollution and a major contributor to global warming. Black Carbon is generated by incomplete combustion sources, including diesel engines, vehicles emissions, residential wood burning and forest fires. Reducing BC emissions could greatly reduce climate impacts on the short and medium term, while improving...

Housing in California is unaffordable compared with the rest of the United States. This unaffordability crisis partially stems...