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Commission debates how to frame climate action plan amid federal funding uncertainty
Summary
Staff asked whether the Climate Action Plan should explicitly acknowledge shifting federal policy and funding risks; commissioners largely supported a brief preamble on uncertainty and keeping the plan ambitious, and they debated whether to adopt a five- or ten-year implementation horizon.
Rebecca opened a broad discussion on March 10 about how to frame the city’s Climate Action Plan in light of shifting federal policy and funding, and whether the plan should explicitly acknowledge those risks or write as if federal support will remain unchanged.
"A climate action plan by nature will always kind of be benchmarked by best practices," Rebecca said, then asked whether staff should include a discussion of federal political changes that could affect funding and implementation. She noted the Green New Deal’s 2030 target and asked whether to prepare a five-…
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