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Community and Municipal Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory / Carbon Reduction Goals / Climate Impact Team / Capital and Technology Improvement and Expenditure Program (CTIEP)

Council File 22-1402

Introduced
2022-11-09
Last changed
2026-05-15
Status
open
Expires
2028-05-15
Committee
Energy and Environment Committee
Mover
PAUL KREKORIAN
Second
MITCH O'FARRELL
References
Related Council Files: 21-0352; 21-0890; 21-0064; 21-0450; 21-1039City Administrative Officer Report: 0220-06229-0000

Brief

Councilmember Paul Krekorian moved this motion to establish an annual Community and Municipal Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, set carbon reduction goals, create a Climate Impact Team, and integrate climate considerations into the Capital and Technology Improvement and Expenditure Program (CTIEP). The Council adopted the motion in June 2025. The Bureau of Sanitation and City Administrative Officer have since submitted reports on inventory methodology and climate budgeting strategy. The file remains active in the Energy and Environment Committee with recent bureau referrals pending committee action.

Full summary

Council File 22-1402 directs the City to systematically measure and reduce its greenhouse gas emissions across municipal operations and the broader community. Councilmember Paul Krekorian introduced the motion in November 2022, seconded by Mitch O'Farrell, arguing that Los Angeles had set ambitious climate targets — 55% reduction in municipal emissions by 2025, 65% by 2035, and carbon neutrality by 2045 — but had not aligned its budget and capital planning with those goals. The motion draws on progress already documented at the time: municipal emissions had fallen 54% from a 2008 baseline by 2020, and community-wide emissions had dropped 35.5% from a 1990 baseline, but Krekorian argued the city lacked the institutional infrastructure to sustain and accelerate that progress. The motion's core directives are wide-ranging. It requires LASAN to present annual Community and Municipal Greenhouse Gas Inventories to Council by January 15 each year, broken out by sector using established international protocols, with all city departments required to submit their activity data to LASAN by October 31. It directs the City Administrative Officer to create a Climate Impact Team to help departments develop decarbonization investment plans and to set annual, shrinking emissions caps on high-emitting departments — specifically naming LASAN, General Services, the Police Department, the Fire Department, Recreation and Parks, and the LA Zoo. The CAO is also directed to compile a budget-included list of all active emissions-reduction programs with costs and timelines, and to report annually by April 15 on departmental progress toward carbon reduction goals. On the capital side, the motion directs the City to amend the CTIEP policy to make climate change mitigation a Primary Criteria in project prioritization, and to identify past CTIEP climate projects that counted toward the General Fund's 1.5% annual minimum investment target — then recommend a meaningfully higher investment target for subsequent budget years. Finally, it calls for a consultant-led feasibility study comparing the costs of achieving municipal carbon neutrality by 2035 versus the existing 2045 goal, building on the LA100 study and Municipal Building Decarbonization workbooks. The motion explicitly frames this as building a "climate budget" modeled on approaches in Oslo, Barcelona, Montreal, and New York City. The Council adopted the motion on June 20, 2025, by a vote of 11-0-4. Since introduction, LASAN has submitted annual inventory reports — covering data through at least 2023 — and the City Administrative Officer delivered a report in August 2024 on the strategy for integrating climate considerations into the budgeting process. The file was referred to the Budget and Finance Committee in late 2024 for review of fiscal implications before returning to full Council for adoption. Most recently, in March 2026, the Bureau of Sanitation submitted a new document referred to the Energy and Environment Committee, which scheduled it for a May 19, 2026 hearing. The file remains open, with ongoing annual reporting cycles and committee oversight continuing through its expiration in May 2028.

Activity (46)

  • 2026-05-15 Energy and Environment Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on May 19, 2026.
  • 2026-03-09 Bureau of Sanitation document(s) referred to Energy and Environment Committee.
  • 2026-03-06 Document submitted by Bureau of Sanitation, dated March 6, 2026.
  • 2025-06-24 Council action final.
  • 2025-06-20 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
  • 2025-06-17 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on June 20, 2025.
  • 2025-06-03 Energy and Environment Committee noted and filed item(s).
  • 2025-05-30 Energy and Environment Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on June 3, 2025.
  • 2025-03-26 Bureau of Sanitation document(s) referred to Energy and Environment Committee.
  • 2025-03-26 Document(s) submitted by Bureau of Sanitation, as follows:Bureau of Sanitation report, dated March 24, 2025, relative to the Annual Community and Municipal Greenhouse Gas Inventory report.
  • 2025-02-28 Council action final.
  • 2025-02-26 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
  • 2025-02-21 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on February 26, 2025.
  • 2025-02-18 Budget and Finance Committee concurred with the Energy and Environment Committee action of February 4, 2025.
  • 2025-02-13 Budget and Finance Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on February 18, 2025.
  • 2025-02-04 Energy and Environment Committee approved as amended .
  • 2025-01-31 Energy and Environment Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on February 4, 2025.
  • 2024-12-13 Council rereferred item to Budget and Finance Committee; Energy and Environment Committee, pursuant to Council Action of , Council File No. 24-2000.
  • 2024-12-13 Energy and Environment Committee continued item to a date to be determined due to December 13, 2024 meeting cancellation.
  • 2024-11-12 Energy and Environment Committee continued item to to be determined.
  • 2024-11-08 Energy and Environment Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on November 12, 2024.
  • 2024-11-08 Energy and Environment Committee meeting cancelled.
  • 2024-11-01 Energy and Environment Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on November 8, 2024.
  • 2024-10-01 Corrected Referral per Council President to include Budget, Finance and Innovation Committee.
  • 2024-09-27 Energy and Environment Committee continued item to a date to be determined.
  • 2024-09-20 Energy and Environment Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on September 27, 2024.
  • 2024-08-07 City Administrative Officer document(s) referred to Energy and Environment Committee.
  • 2024-08-07 Document(s) submitted by City Administrative Officer, as follows:City Administrative Officer report 0220-06229-0000, dated August 7, 2024, relative to the strategy for integrating climate considerations into the City budgeting process.
  • 2024-05-10 Council action final.
  • 2024-05-08 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
  • 2024-05-03 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on May 8, 2024.
  • 2024-04-29 Energy and Environment Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on April 26, 2024.
  • 2024-04-26 Energy and Environment Committee approved item(s) .
  • 2024-03-15 Energy and Environment Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on March 22, 2024.
  • 2024-02-16 Bureau of Sanitation document(s) referred to Energy and Environment Committee.
  • 2024-02-14 Document(s) submitted by Bureau of Sanitation, as follows:Bureau of Sanitation report, dated February 14, 2024, relative to Los Angeles Sanitation and Environment (LASAN) Annual Community and Municipal Greenhouse Gas Inventory report.
  • 2023-03-02 Community Impact Statement submitted by Palms Neighborhood Council.
  • 2023-02-24 Council action final.
  • 2023-02-22 Council adopted item, subject to reconsideration, pursuant to Council Rule 51.
  • 2023-02-17 City Clerk scheduled item for Council on February 22, 2023.
  • 2023-02-10 Energy and Environment Committee approved as amended .
  • 2023-02-09 Community Impact Statement submitted by Westside Neighborhood Council.
  • 2023-02-03 Energy and Environment Committee scheduled item for committee meeting on February 10, 2023.
  • 2023-01-13 Council rereferred item to Energy and Environment Committee, pursuant to Council Action of January 13, 2023, Council File No. 23-2000.
  • 2022-12-21 Community Impact Statement submitted by Del Rey Neighborhood Council.
  • 2022-11-09 Motion referred to Energy, Climate Change, Environmental Justice, and River Committee.

Documents (30)

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