Beacon Award Participant Profile
City of San Ramon
December 14, 2010
“Cities with Climate Action Plans, that they are consistent with the state and regional AB 32 and SB 375 reduction targets, can use their CAP as the basis for determining if projects would result in significant climate change impacts under CEQA. The San Ramon CAP is intended to fulfill this function.” City of San Ramon Climate Action Plan Executive Summary
About San Ramon
- Incorporated: July 1, 1983
- Population: 51,027 (2005)
- Location: 25 miles east of Oakland in Contra Costa County
- Elevation: 480 feet
- Area: 11 square miles
Climate Action Activities
- ICLEI member (current as of May 2011)
- Completed Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory, March 2010
- Completed Climate Action Plan, July 2010
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Climate Action Resources
- Adopted Climate Action Plan
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory
- Green Building Guidelines
- “San Ramon General Plan 2030 Air Quality & Greenhouse Gas Element” Presentation delivered at San Ramon Planning Commission Workshop, October 2009
Video Clips
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The Beacon Award 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.


