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Encinitas sustainability analyst outlines reach-code readoptions and limits under new state moratorium
Summary
City sustainability analyst Ryan Lampkin briefed the Environmental Commission on reach codes readopted by the council and explained how Assembly Bill 130 pauses most new residential reach codes from Oct. 1, 2025, through June 1, 2031, while offering limited exceptions for cities.
Ryan Lampkin, the city’s sustainability analyst, told the Encinitas Environmental Commission that the city readopted several local “reach codes” to align with the 2025 statewide building-code cycle and to preserve locally adopted efficiency standards where allowed.
Lampkin said buildings account for nearly 40% of Encinitas’ greenhouse-gas emissions and described reach codes the city readopted, including electric-readiness requirements for single-family homes with gas furnaces (preparing exterior pads and condensate drainage for future heat-pump replacement), a retrofit energy-efficiency requirement for additions and alterations with a permit valuation of $50,000 or greater, EV‑ready provisions for newly…
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