Bell Gardens planning commission recommends City Council adopt climate action plan

The Bell Gardens Planning Commission voted on Feb. 18, 2026, to approve staff recommendations and forward the draft Bell Gardens Climate Action Plan and an accompanying mitigated negative declaration to the City Council for consideration.

City staff and consultants presented the draft plan during a public hearing that outlined community and municipal greenhouse-gas (GHG) inventories, five focus-area strategies—energy and buildings, transportation and mobility, resource conservation, green community, and resilience and adaptation—and an implementation roadmap that includes monitoring, cost estimates, and funding sources. "For the record, my name is Adrian Flores, associate planner with the City of Bell Gardens planning division," said Adrian Flores, introducing the staff recommendation to find the ISMND prepared pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act and to adopt Resolution PC 2026-01 recommending City Council adoption of the CAP and certification of the mitigated negative declaration.

The plan is intended to align with statewide GHG reduction targets and provide an actionable, equity-focused implementation framework. "The CAP will be implemented with long-term climate objectives consistent with the California…