Beacon Award Participant Profile: City of Santa Clarita

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"Protecting the environment is a high priority for the City of Santa Clarita. Our efforts began shortly after cityhood and have yielded tremendous results." - Green Santa Clarita website

About Santa Clarita

• Incorporated: 1987
• Population: 177,045 (as of 2008)
• Location: Northern Los Angeles County, just north of the San Fernando Valley, 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles
• Elevation: 1,207 feet above sea level
• Area: 56.8 square miles

Santa Clarita's Climate Action Activities

• ICLEI member
• HEAL Cities  Campaign Participant
• Climate action plan in progress, completion expected 2012
• Community Energy Partnership member
• Designated a Bicycle Friendly Community
• Designated as a national Tree City USA for 18 years; tripled number of trees since cityhood
• Designated a "Smarter City" by the Natural Resources Defense Council
• Introduced Pilot Food Waste Recycling Program in 2006

Links to Santa Clarita's Climate Action Resources

• Green Santa Clarita website
• One Valley One Vision general plan update website
• Review of Climate Action Plan Community Meetings June 2011
• "Santa Clarita Recognized as a Green-Friendly Community Among Top California Cities"

Hear Ken Pulskamp on the Beacon Award and sustainability in the City of Santa Clarita

This program is funded by California utility ratepayers and administered by Southern California Gas Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Southern California Edison, under the auspices of the California Public Utilities Commission.