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programs) must procure energy generated 100 percent from Renewables Portfolio Standard for eligible renewable resources by 2045; and WHEREAS, on June 1, 2005, the governor issued EO S-03-05, which established a Statewide goal of reducing GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and created the Climate Action Team. The 2020 GHG reduction target contained in EO S-03-05 was later codified by Assembly Bill (AB) 32; and WHEREAS, on April 29, 2015, the governor issued EO B-30-15, which established Statewide GHG emission reduction targets of 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 and 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050. The 2030 GHG emissions reduction target contained in EO B-30-15 was later codified by SB 32; and WHEREAS, On September 8, 2016, the governor signed SB 32 into law, extending AB 32 by requiring the Statewide reduction of GHG emissions to 40 percent below 1990 levels by 2030 (the other provisions of AB 32 remain unchanged). On December 14, 2017, CARB adopted the 2017 California Climate Change Scoping Plan, which provides a framework for achieving the 2030 target. The 2017 Scoping Plan relies on the continuation and expansion of existing policies and regulations, such as the Cap- and-Trade Program, as well as implementation of recently adopted programs and policies, such as SB 350 and SB 1383. The 2017 Scoping Plan also puts an increased emphasis on innovation, adoption of existing technology, and strategic investment to support its strategies. As with the 2013 Scoping Plan update, the 2017 Scoping Plan does not provide project-level thresholds for land use development. Instead, it recommends that local governments adopt policies and locally appropriate quantitative thresholds consistent with Statewide per capita goals of six metric tons (MT) of carbon dioxide equivalent (COze) by 2030 and two MT of COze by 2050. As stated in the 2017 Scoping Plan, these goals may be appropriate for plan-level analyses (city, county, subregional, or regional level), but not for specific individual projects because they include all emissions sectors in the State; and WHEREAS, in September 2018, the Governor of the State of California issued Executive Order B-55-18, establishing a Statewide goal to achieve carbon neutrality as soon as possible, and no later than 2045, and achieve and maintain net negative emissions thereafter; and WHEREAS, Pleasanton is located in the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD)jurisdiction where BAAQMD recommends that local jurisdictions prepare and adopt their own local Climate Action Plan and CEQA GHG Thresholds in conformance with the BAAQMD GHG Thresholds adopted in April 2022. The proposed Pleasanton GHG Thresholds are in conformance with the new BAAQMD GHG thresholds; and WHEREAS, in 2012, the City of Pleasanton adopted the 2020 Climate Action Plan, and subsequently, on February 15, 2022, the City Council voted to approve the Climate Action Plan (CAP) 2.0 that established a GHG emission reduction target pathway to reduce emissions to 4.11 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent per capita by 2030 (which reduces emission by more than 20 percent below 1990 levels called for in SB 32) and carbon neutrality per capita by 2045 (which aligns with EOB-55-18); and