Item 18 - Appeal Application Nos. 2023-02 and 2023-03 for Cabrillo Town Center project

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the number of heat -related deaths, illnesses, and asthma attacks throughout the state.10 However, if higher temperatures are accompanied by wetter, rather than drier conditions, the rains would temporarily clear the air of particulate pollution and reduce the incidence of large wildfires, thus ameliorating the pollution associated with wildfires. In 2009, the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) published the California Climate Adaptation Strategy as a response to the Governor's Executive Order S-13-2008.11 The CNRA report lists specific recommendations for state and local agencies to best adapt to the anticipated risks posed by a changing climate. In accordance with the California Climate Adaptation Strategy, the California Energy Commission (CEC) was directed to develop a website on climate change scenarios and impacts that would be beneficial for local decision makers.12 The website, known as Cal -Adapt, became operational in 201113 and provides a projection of potential future climate scenarios. The data are comprised of the average values (i.e., temperature, sea -level rise, snowpack) from a variety of scenarios and models and are meant to illustrate how the climate may change based on a variety of different potential social and economic factors. Water Supply. Uncertainty remains with respect to the overall impact of global climate change on future water supplies in California. Studies have found that, "[c]onsiderable uncertainty about precise impacts of climate change on California hydrology and water resources will remain until we have more precise and consistent information about how precipitation patterns, timing, and intensity will change."14 For example, some studies identify little change in total annual precipitation in projections for California while others show significantly more precipitation.15 Warmer, wetter winters would increase the amount of runoff available for groundwater recharge; however, this additional runoff would occur at a time when some basins are either being recharged at their maximum capacity or are already full. Conversely, reductions in spring runoff and higher evapotranspiration because of higher temperatures could reduce the amount of water available for recharge.16 10 California Environmental Protection Agency, Preparing California for Extreme Heat: Guidance and Recommendations, October 2013, https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OHE/CDPH%2ODocument%2OLibrary/CCHEP-General/CDPH-EPA- 2013-Preparing-CA-for-Extreme-Heat_ADA.pdf. Accessed April 2020 11 California Natural Resources Agency, Climate Action Team, 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy: A Report to the Governor of the State of California in Response to Executive Order S-13-2008, 2009. 12 California Natural Resources Agency, Climate Action Team, 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy: A Report to the Governor of the State of California in Response to Executive Order S-13-2008, 2009. 13 The Cal -Adapt website address is: http://cal-adapt.org. 14 Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security, Climate Change and California Water Resources: A Survey and Summary of the Literature, July 2003, page 5, http://www.pacinst.org/reports/ climate _change_and_california_water_resources.pdf. Accessed April 2020. 15 Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment and Security, Climate Change and California Water Resources: A Survey and Summary of the Literature, July 2003, http://www.pacinst.org/reports/ climate _change_and_california_water _resources.pdf. Accessed April 2020. 16 California Natural Resources Agency, Safeguarding California: Reducing Climate Risk, an Update to the 2009 California Climate Adaptation Strategy, 2014. Cabrillo Town Center Greenhouse. as ec PAGE 4 M. City of Santa Ana 10/3/2023 July 2023