Planning commission recommends City Council adopt 2025 Climate Action Plan update with amendment excluding public-safety fleet from near-term electrification

The Manteca Planning Commission on Oct. 16 recommended the City Council adopt the 2025 Climate Action Plan (CAP) update and its associated tiered Initial Study/Negative Declaration (SCH 2025071350), but the commission amended a fleet electrification measure to exclude public-safety vehicles from the City’s near-term zero‑emission purchase target.

Why it matters: The CAP update establishes the city’s greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory baseline (2020), models emissions under business-as-usual and state-regulation scenarios, and lists reduction measures intended to meet California’s near-term targets and move toward statewide carbon neutrality goals. The planning commission’s amendment narrows one municipal-fleet action to address public-safety concerns raised during the hearing.

Plan overview and findings: Associate Planner Tobin Barnum and consultant Rod Stinson (Rainey Planning and Management) presented the CAP update and the associated CEQA analysis. Barnum told the commission the city’s baseline year for the inventory is 2020 and that modeling included three projections: business-as-usual, implementation of state measures, and implementation of the CAP’s reduction measures. The presentation and staff report state the CAP would allow future projects to use the plan as a “qualified” GHG reduction strategy for CEQA streamlining when applicants show consistency with the CAP.

Consultant Rod Stinson explained the CAP’s structure and measures, noting the largest source of citywide emissions is mobile sources…