The Local Government Commission, along with the City of Encinitas, conducted a workshop to educate citizens, municipalities, and private sector service providers about AB 32. Along with SB 375, this legislation could produce a new paradigm for urban development and management, from the perspective of both the government and private sectors relative to GHG emissions. Especially in relation to urban development, details have yet to be defined, but the State and its municipalities have defined targets for reducing emissions, and the changes required are substantial.
Regulation is a burden, but in instances where there are excessive economic and environmental externalities available and taken, and no adequate change in sight, regulation may be the only realistic option. If some regulation is necessary, we must be extra diligent to reject that which is not--a function of citizen engagement and true political leadership, neither of which are sufficently apparent.
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