The Santa Monica City Council adopted the next version of the Sustainable City Plan (SCP) on March 15, 2023. The Sustainable City Plan guides the work and plans to achieve water self-sufficiency, zero waste, and carbon neutrality, as well as economic vitality and social equity.

Metro has launched a 10-year Sustainability Strategic Plan,Moving Beyond Sustainability (MBS). The plan focuses on producing greener Metro facilities, minimizing air pollution and construction waste, and reducing smog and greenhouse gases across L.A. County.

This book argues that the best way to meet health and climate challenges is by providing society’s most vulnerable people with housing stability while reducing the environmental, health and climate impacts of constructing and operating buildings.

SCAG produced a collection of maps that serve as a tool to measure and track sustainability progress in the region across 12 categories and 29 sustainability indicators.

Climate Resolve’s January 2020 report “Ready for Tomorrow? A Snapshot of Climate Preparedness Planning in Southern California” describes the current status of climate preparedness planning in Southern California Edison’s service territory and offers best practices of identified plans.

Global Green USA creates transformative model projects and advances new policies that build sustainable and resilient communities and affordable housing. Read more about their work here.

On March 1st, 2017, our Quarterly Member meeting had a presentation from Cole Roberts and Robert Dickinson, representing Arup and Argos Analytics respectively, on the WeatherSuite™ Toolkit. Here is a link to summary information for 259 global cities for the WeatherShift™ weather file tool.