Climate Action Plan Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Progress Report

At a glance

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What: the annual progress report on the city Climate Action Plan for July 2025 to June 2026, presented by Landa and Tapia.
Where it stands: on 10/21/2026 the Environmental Quality Commission heard it as an information item with no recommendation or vote.
Next: the report goes to the City Council on November 17, 2026. Staff will post the shareable part of the inventory workbook, and the commission expects to discuss the plan beyond 2030.

Emissions fell about 7 percent from 2023 to 2025, mainly from less natural gas use in buildings; landfilled waste fell 46 percent.
On-road transportation is about 51 percent of emissions and buildings almost 43 percent.
Progress: 57 home electrification projects, a fully subscribed matching rebate, EV charger grants of about $2.3 million, 201 multi-family EV charging ports, and city facility solar and electrification work.

Questions on the 2005 baseline figure and on how the county inventory attributes reductions.
Ideas to move faster: a regional building performance standard, a nonresidential heat pump code, earlier state permit streamlining, electrifying Burgess Pool heating, workplace and multi-family EV charging.
One commissioner doubted the 95 percent building electrification goal is attainable.
A sustainability team vacancy is being held because of budget shortfalls.

About 49 minutes across 1 meeting (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Meeting	Minutes
2026-10-21 - Environmental Quality Commission	49

2026-10-21 - Environmental Quality Commission — Information item presented; one public speaker; extended commissioner questions and ideas; no vote.

Informational item L3, 2030 Climate Action Plan progress (Staff Report 26-187-CC), is on the November 10 agenda.