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Task Force presents nine priority measures from Climate Emergency Response Plan; public urges immediate funding and board action
Summary
The Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force presented nine early-action priorities from the 2024 Climate Emergency Response Plan, including tree-canopy expansion, electrification, transit and EV infrastructure. More than a dozen public speakers urged the board to fund and implement the full plan and suggested revenue options such as a climate superfund.
Josh Lathan, the county's sustainability manager, and Sharon Merker, chair of the Climate Emergency Mobilization Task Force, delivered an annual update on the task force's work and proposed nine early-action priorities drawn from the Climate Emergency Response Plan (CERP). The priorities highlighted cleaner energy in buildings, solar at public facilities, low-interest financing for efficiency upgrades, increased bicycle infrastructure, equitable electric-vehicle charging, and measures to expand urban tree canopy.
Merker said the task force prioritized measures that are "relatively more implementable" because they…
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