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

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b) Conflict with any applicable plan, policy or regulation of an agency adopted for the purpose of reducing the emissions of GHG emissions. The Project would comply with all applicable state and local regulatory requirements, including the provisions set forth in the City's Building Ordinance. Furthermore, the Project would also include sustainability features related to energy conservation, water conservation, and waste reduction. Project Impacts Consistency with Applicable Plans and Policies The discussion below describes the extent the Project complies with or exceeds the performance -based standards included in the regulations outlined in the Climate Change Scoping Plan and the 2020-2045 RTP/SCS, each of which identifies GHG-reducing measures that directly and indirectly apply to the Proposed Project. This analysis also evaluates the Project's consistency with the City's CAP. As shown herein, the Project would be consistent with the applicable GHG reduction plans and policies. Statewide: Climate Change Scoping Plan The goal to reduce GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 (Executive Order S-3-05) was codified by the Legislature as the 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32). In 2008, CARB approved a Climate Change Scoping Plan as required by AB 32 that has been updated over time to reflect updated strategies. In addition, SB 32 was approved in 2016, calling for deeper GHG emissions reductions by 2030. The 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan addresses the 2030 horizon but also addresses the objective of carbon neutrality by 2045 and has a range of GHG emissions reduction actions that include direct regulations, alternative compliance mechanisms, monetary and non -monetary incentives, voluntary actions, market -based mechanisms such as a cap -and -trade system, and an AB 32 implementation fee to fund the program. The following discussion demonstrates how the pertinent reduction actions relate to and reduce project -related GHG emissions. Table 5 evaluates the Project's consistency with applicable reduction actions/strategies by emissions source category outlined in the 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan Update.69 When compared to SB 32, the Proposed Project would be consistent with its objectives and the GHG reduction -related actions and strategies of the 2022 Scoping Plan. Table 5 confirms that the Proposed Project is consistent with the Scoping Plan's focus on increasing renewable energy use, putting more electric cars on the road, and improving energy efficiency. Although a number of these strategies are currently promulgated, some have not yet been formally proposed or adopted. It is expected that these measures or similar actions to reduce GHG emissions will be adopted as required to achieve statewide GHG emissions targets. Independent studies confirm CARB's determination that the state's existing and proposed regulatory framework will put the state on a pathway to reduce its GHG emissions level to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030, and to 85 percent below 1990 levels by 2045 to meet carbon neutrality objectives if 69 An evaluation of stationary sources is not necessary as the stationary sources emissions will be created by emergency generators that would only be used in an emergency. Cabrillo Town Center Greenhouse. as ec PAGE 32 18 — 997 City of Santa Ana 10/3/2023 July 2023