Protecting our public health, communities, and economies
Already, more than 115 local governments in California have passed more than 225 local policies to protect their communities from fossil fuels, including phase-out plans or setbacks on oil and gas drilling, climate lawsuits or divestment from fossil fuel companies, or opposing expansion of fossil fuel production or infrastructure.
Join us in calling on Governor Newsom to protect all Californians by creating a statewide climate emergency plan to phase out fossil fuel production.
| Type | Jurisdiction | Year | Summary | Policy Link | Jurisdiction Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Hayward | 2021 | City of Hayward adopted a resolution to establish a new review process for new service stations selling fossil fuels | Resolution | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Campbell | 2020 | City Council unanimously passed their reach code. Campbell's reach code requires all-electric space and water heating in new residential buildings, ADUs, and major remodels. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Cupertino | 2020 | City Council voted unanimously to adopt an all-electric reach code for new construction. Requires all buildings, including accessory dwelling units, to be all-electric. Also requires outdoor pools, spas, and barbeques to be included within the definition of an all-electric building. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Hayward | 2020 | All new residential buildings are required to be all-electric and nonresidential and high-rise residential buildings are electric preferred. Mixed-fuel buildings must install solar panels, and the energy budget must be 10 percent better than code. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Town of Los Altos Hills | 2020 | City Council passed their reach code with a vote . The code requires electric space and water heating in new low rise residential buildings. | Policy | Town |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Richmond | 2020 | Requires new residential buildings over three stories to have prewiring for electric readiness and to support all-electric clothes dryers and space and water heating. Allows gas to power stoves and fireplaces. Requires all buildings under three stories to build all-electric and install a minimum amount of on-site solar based on square footage. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | San Francisco | 2019 | San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to pass an ordinance amending the Green Building Code to establish energy performance requirements for certain new building construction under the California Health and Safety Code and the California Public Resources Code. | Policy | City and County |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | San Mateo County | 2020 | San Mateo County unanimously approved an all-electric reach code, one of the strongest codes in the region. The ordinance requires that no "natural" gas or propane plumbing is installed in new buildings, and that electricity be used as the energy source for water heating, space heating, cooking, and clothes drying appliances. This is the strongest reach code that has been passed by a county government. | Policy | County |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Santa Cruz | 2020 | Requires all electric new construction with exemptions for projects that are deemed to be in the public interest and for restaurant cooking. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Alameda | 2019 | City Council adopted a limit on natural gas infrastructure for new residential construction on city-owned property, which is a large portion of the undeveloped land on the island. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Berkeley | 2019 | City Council unanimously passed a ban on fossil gas hook-ups in new multi-family construction, with allowances for first-floor retail and certain large structures. Berkeley is the first U.S. city to ban gas hook-ups in new buildings on the grounds of public health and safety. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Brisbane | 2019 | City Council passed a mandatory all electric reach code for new construction requiring pre-wiring throughout the building to enable a transition off gas. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Carlsbad | 2019 | City Council adopted a water heating ordinance requiring non-gas water heating in all new low-rise (below four stories) residential construction. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Davis | 2019 | City Council passed an electrification reach code that requires higher energy efficiency standards and electrification readiness in mixed fuel buildings. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Healdsburg | 2019 | City Council passed a strong building electrification reach code for new construction that requires electrification for most appliances, with exemption from electrification for gas cooking and fireplaces. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Menlo Park | 2019 | City Council adopted a strong reach code that requires all-electric new construction for all (single-family and multifamily, including high-rise) as well as new commercial buildings. Menlo Park was the first city to require electric appliances within their reach code | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Milpitas | 2019 | City Council adopted an electrification preference ordinance for new construction with higher energy-efficiency requirements for mixed fuel buildings and an electrification readiness provision for transitioning off gas to all electric. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Morgan Hill | 2019 | City Council passed a gas prohibition ordinance based on the city’s police powers to ban gas on health and safety grounds and immediately impacts many buildings. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Mountain View | 2019 | City Council voted unanimously to require electrification for new residential and commercial buildings, with no exemptions for gas stoves, fireplaces, or fire pits in residential buildings, although restaurants may request an exemption. Mountain View is home to Google and other large technology companies. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Pacifica | 2019 | City Council adopted an ordinance requiring new construction to use some appliances to be electrified, with exceptions for others. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Palo Alto | 2019 | City Council voted unanimously to adopt a reach code encouraging all-electric construction. The Council also directed city staff to craft multiple ordinances prohibiting natural gas infrastructure in new construction to take effect in 2020. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of San Jose | 2019 | City Council adopted a building electrification code to encourage all-electric construction by requiring new buildings with gas achieve higher energy-efficiency standards and be electrification ready, and later prohibiting new gas hook-ups for new low-rise residential buildings and new municipal buildings. San Jose is the 10th largest city in the U.S. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of San Luis Obispo | 2019 | City Council voted to adopt an ordinance in September 2019 that requires energy efficiency and “electrification-readiness” to enable electrification in all new construction, including a fee on new mixed-fuel buildings gas consumption to finance electrification. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of San Mateo | 2019 | City Council adopted an electrification reach code that requires energy efficiency standards for new construction that uses gas and adds additional rooftop photovoltaic and electric vehicle-charging requirements. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Santa Monica | 2019 | City Council voted unanimously to adopt a building electrification reach code for all new residential and commercial construction that requires additional energy efficiency measures for new buildings with gas. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Santa Rosa | 2019 | City Council voted unanimously to pass an all-electric reach code for new construction. Santa Rosa is recovering after the tragic fires of 2018 and city council members said building electrification is key to climate resilience. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Windsor | 2019 | City Council voted 4-0 to adopt a reach code in September 2019 that mandates all-electric new construction for new low-rise residential buildings, including single-family homes, multi-family below four stories, and detached accessory dwelling units. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Marin County | 2019 | Board of Supervisors voted in 2019 to update its 2018 reach code for unincorporated parts of the county, with 3 compliance pathways: all electric construction (most affordable pathway is all electric with no additional energy efficiency requirements), limited mixed fuel (fewer efficiency requirements due to less gas use) construction, and mixed fuel construction (requires strict compliance with Cal Green Tier 1 and electrification readiness requirements). | Policy | County |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Town of Los Gatos | 2019 | City Council passed an all electric reach code for new construction, requiring electrification for all single family and low-rise multifamily buildings. | Policy | Town |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Town of Mill Valley | 2019 | City Council recently passed a strong electrification preference ordinance for new construction. | Policy | Town |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Town of Saratoga | 2019 | City Council passed an electrification ordinance with mandatory electrification requirements for some buildings and electrification incentives for others. | Policy | Town |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Half-Moon Bay | 2022 | Adopted a Building Electrification Ordinance on February 15, 2022 that:Requires all new building construction to be electric-only – no gas or propane in new constructionRestricts any existing all-electric residential building from adding gas or propaneRequires Fuel Gas lines are capped/decommissioned in existing buildings by 2045 | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Antioch | 2022 | Antioch city council unanimously (5-0) voted to adopt a city ordinance that banned oil and gas drilling throughout the city. The ordinance specifically prohibits oil and gas drilling, production, and exploratory activities within the M-2 industrial and the S “study” zones of the city. | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Antioch | 2022 | Introduction to Ordinance Amending the Antioch Municipal Code Sections 9-5.3803 and 9-5.3834 to Prohibit Oil and Gas Drilling, Production, and Exploratory Operations as Permitted Uses in the M-2 and S Zones | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Antioch | 2022 | Resolution Urging Contra Costa County to Enact Immediate Measures to Phase out Existing Oil and Gas Operations on County Lands, and to Prohibit Any New Drilling, May 10, 2022 | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Brentwood | 2022 | Urgency Ordinance Extending, for an Additional Period of 10 Months and 15 Days, a Moratorium on New Oil and Gas Development in the City at Brentwood , May 24, 2022 (PDF pages 1475-1481; packet pages 1406-1412) | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Los Angeles | 2022 | LA city council unanimously voted to ban new oil wells and phase out existing ones. Oil wells were declared “non-conforming” to city use of land and established a commission to investigate 5,200 current idle and active wells in city limits. | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Pinole | 2022 | Resolution of the City Council of the City of Pinole, County of Contra Costa, State of California, Urging Contra Costa County to Enact Immediate Measures to Phase Out Existing Oil and Gas Operations on County Lands and to Prohibit Any New Drilling, Resolution No. 2023 – XX, February 7, 2023 (PDF pages 65-67, Attachment B) | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Richmond | 2022 | Resolution of the Council of the City of Richmond, California, Encouraging Contra Costa County to End New Permitting of Oil and Gas Drilling in Contra Costa County and Phase out Existing Oil and Gas Development Activities and Associated Infrastructure, June 21, 2022 | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Culver City | 2020 | Culver City city council unanimously passed a Resolution to phase out oil drilling, properly cap and remediate the site and develop a plan to enact a just transition for workers within 5 years. (October 2020) | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Culver City | 2020 | City Council voted unanimously (5-0) to create a plan to phase out oil drilling in the Culver City portion of the Inglewood Oil Field, the largest urban oilfield in the U.S., after commissioning an amortization study in 2018. (August 2020), Settlement of case in 2023 | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Los Angeles | 2020 | LA City Energy, Climate Change and Environmental Justice Committee Members unanimously voted to draft an ordinance making oil and gas drilling a non-conforming use throughout the entire city and commission an amortization study determining a timeline to phase out oil and gas production to allow for a just transition for workers. | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | Los Angeles County | 2020 | LA County Board of Supervisors unanimously (5-0) passed a Just Transition motion to enact a just-transition task force focused on plugging and remediating nonproductive oil wells in unincorporated parts of the county. | Policy | County |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Culver City | 2018 | City Council commissioned an amortization study on phasing out oil drilling within the city, which is located atop of the largest urban oilfield in the U.S. | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | Alameda County | 2016 | Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to ban fracking following protests of several thousand residents. | Policy | County |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | Butte County | 2016 | Referendum to ban fracking countywide passed by 71 percent of voters after the Board of Supervisors failed to bass a ban. | Policy | County |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Carson | 2016 | City Council unanimously passed a 45-day moratorium on all new drilling in 2014. A law to ban fracking introduced in 2016 was withdrawn upon concerns of being preempted by state law and after reaching settlement agreements with operators enabled city to shut down unapproved fracking sites. | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | Monterey County | 2016 | Measure to ban fracking, injection of wastewater into oil wells and production of new oil wells was passed by 56 percent of voters. A legal challenge by several oil companies was settled in 2018, leaving the fracking ban in place. | Policy | County |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Hermosa Beach | 2015 | Ballot measure that would have lifted the city’s 1995 ban on oil drilling was overwhelmingly defeated by 79.5 percent of voters with record turnout. | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Beverly Hills | 2014 | City Council unanimously passed a ban on all fracking, acidization, and well-stimulation techniques, including from outside city limits to extract oil and gas from underneath the city. | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Compton | 2014 | City Council adopted a moratorium on fracking, acidizing, and any form of well-stimulation, which it later rescinded after a lawsuit from the Western States Petroleum Association. | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Los Angeles | 2014 | City Council voted unanimously to direct the City Attorney to draft an ordinance to prohibit fracking, acidizing, and other drilling techniques in Los Angeles, although no ordinance has been enacted. | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of La Habra Heights | 2014 | A ballot initiative to prohibit land use for all new oil and gas well development in the city will be placed on the March 2015 ballot. | Policy | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | Mendocino County | 2014 | Initiative to ban hydraulic fracturing and other stimulation activity passed by 69.5 percent of voters. | Policy | County |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | San Benito County | 2014 | Measure J to ban hydraulic fracturing, gas and oil drilling, and acid well stimulation and cyclic steam injection passed by 59 percent of voters. Citadel filed a lawsuit, but later dropped it in 2015. | Policy | County |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | Santa Cruz County | 2014 | Board of Supervisors unanimously voted to ban fracking and all oil and gas development in the county. | Policy | County |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Hayward | 2021 | City of Hayward switched all municipals accounts to East Bay Community Energy’s to Renewable 100, a 100 percent renewable electricity product | City | |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Hayward | 2020 | City of Hayward City Council adopted new greenhouse gas emission targets of 30% below 2005 levels by 2025, 55% below 2005 levels by 2030 and carbon neutrality by 2045 | City | |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City of Berkeley | 2020 | City of Berkeley voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry in 2013 and recently divested all City funds held in fossil fuel companies or companies that provide direct financing or on-going lines of credit for the funding of fossil fuel infrastructure. | Resolution | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City of Los Angeles | 2020 | Mayor Garcetti requested the city’s pension boards to explore risk factors with fossil fuel investments and opportunities for shifting investments to low-carbon and renewable energy investments. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | San Francisco | 2016 | San Francisco’s Better Roofs Ordinance: Effective January 1st, 2017, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to mandate solar and living roofs on most new construction. With the passage of this legislation, between 15% and 30% of roof space on most new construction projects will incorporate solar, living roofs, or a combination of both. This project is part of the Climate Resilience component of the Resilience and Sustainability program. | Policy | City and County |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | Redway Community Services District | 2019 | Voted to divest from direct and indirect investments in fossil fuel companies, and to shift investments to sustainable and renewable energy companies and local sustainability projects. | Resolution | |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | Sonoma County | 2019 | Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to divest from fossil fuels companies and socially and environmentally problematic companies, including Wells Fargo and BNP Paribas. | Resolution | County |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City of Fremont | 2018 | City Council voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry, and to support other californian sustainability projects. | Resolution | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City of Los Angeles | 2018 | City announced it will not renew a banking contract with Wells Fargo over the bank’s funding of the Dakota Access Pipeline. | Resolution | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | San Francisco | 2020 | In 2013 the City of San Francisco voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment. They received backlash for their lack of action after. In 2018 the SFERS Retirement Board approved a plan to reduce investments in the fossil fuel industry, but so far only in five companies. In 2020, they voted in favor of an updated Climate Action Plan so the SFERS portfolio will be net carbon zero by 2050. | Resolution | City and County |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City of San Leandro | 2018 | Issued a request for proposals for a full-service bank to replace Wells Fargo. In 2017, the City Council voted unanimously to sell a $700,000 corporate bond from Wells Fargo and severe ties with the bank in response to the bank’s funding of the Dakota Access Pipeline. | Resolution | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City of Santa Monica | 2018 | City Council voted to divest from Wells Fargo, including $4.6 million in bonds, in response to the bank’s funding of Dakota Access Pipeline and to revise its investment policy prohibit investing in institutions financing fossil fuel companies | Resolution | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | University of California | 2018 | Administration announced a decision to reallocate $500 million away from investments in fossil fuel companies and cease new investments in oil and gas assets. | Resolution | University |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City of Alameda | 2017 | City Council voted unanimously to divest $36 million from Wells Fargo over the bank’s funding of the Dakota Access Pipeline. | Resolution | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City of Davis | 2017 | City Council voted unanimously to divest $124 million from Wells Fargo over the bank’s funding of the Dakota Access Pipeline | Resolution | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City of Sunnyvale | 2016 | City of Sunnyvale voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry. | Resolution | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City of Palo Alto | 2015 | City of Palo Alto voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry. | Resolution | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City of San Luis Obispo | 2015 | City of San Luis Obispo passed a comprehensive divestment plan to divest from fossil fuel companies. | Resolution | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City of Brisbane | 2014 | City of Brisbane voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry. | Resolution | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City of Oakland | 2014 | City of Oakland voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry. | Resolution | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | Town of Fairfax | 2014 | Town of Fairfax voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry. | Resolution | Town |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City of Richmond | 2013 | City of Richmond voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry. | Resolution | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | City of Santa Monica | 2013 | City of Santa Monica voted to divest from investments in the fossil fuel industry, and prevent future investment back into the fossil fuel industry. | Resolution | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | Santa Clara Valley Water District | 2013 | Santa Clara Valley Water District unanimous vote to divest from 200 of the top fossil fuel companies. | Resolution | |
| Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | City of Oakland | 2019 | Oakland filed their opening brief in their Ninth Circuit appeal of the dismissal of their climate change nuisance action against oil and gas companies. | Case | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | San Francisco | 2018 | Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to urge the insurance industry to divest from coal and tar sands industries; and to end the underwriting of activities in furtherance of the extraction or use of coal and tar sands. | Resolution | City and County |
| Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | City of Richmond | 2018 | City filed suit in California Superior Court against 29 fossil fuel companies for knowingly contributing to climate change and seeking damages for taxpayer costs of adapting to climate change | Case | City |
| Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | City of Imperial Beach | 2017 | City filed suit in California Superior Court against 37 fossil fuel companies seeking damages for knowingly causing sea level rise and coastal flooding, and for seeking to discredit scientific evidence | Case | City |
| Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | City of Oakland | 2017 | City filed a lawsuit in California Superior Court against five oil and gas companies alleging that the carbon emissions from their fossil fuel production had created an unlawful public nuisance | Case | City |
| Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | City of Santa Cruz | 2017 | City filed suit against 29 fossil fuel company seeking damages in California Superior Court for costs of adapting to climate change and impacts of sea level rise, hydrologic cycle disruption, and resulting increases in severe weather, drought, and wildfires. | Case | City |
| Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | Marin County | 2017 | County filed suit in California Superior Court against 37 fossil fuel companies seeking damages for knowingly causing sea level rise and coastal flooding, and for seeking to discredit scientific evidence | Case | County |
| Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | San Francisco | 2019 | San Francisco filed their opening brief in their Ninth Circuit appeal of the dismissal of their climate change nuisance action against oil and gas companies. | Case | City and County |
| Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | San Mateo County | 2017 | County filed suit in California Superior Court against 37 fossil fuel companies seeking damages for knowingly causing sea level rise and coastal flooding, and for seeking to discredit scientific evidence | Case | County |
| Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | Santa Cruz County | 2017 | County filed suit in California Superior Court against 29 fossil fuel company seeking damages for costs of adapting to climate change and impacts of sea level rise, hydrologic cycle disruption, and resulting increases in severe weather, drought, and wildfires. | Case | County |
| Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | City of Petaluma | 2021 | City Council voted unanimously to ban new gas stations and the addition of more gas pumps to existing stations, amending their zoning code to prohibit new fossil fuel gas stations and transition existing stations to serve Zero Emission Vehicles. | Policy | City |
| Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | City of Los Angeles | 2019 | Mayor Garcetti announced that Los Angeles will abandon its plan to rebuild 3 aging gas-fired power plants along its coast and will phase them out by 2029, and invest in renewable energy sources. | City | |
| Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | City of Los Angeles | 2019 | Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilmember Gil Cedillo announced the termination of an oil and gas lease agreement at the St. James Controlled Drill Site in the University Park neighborhood, permanently closing a portion of the drill site. | City | |
| Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | Ventura County | 2019 | Board of Supervisors issued an emergency 45 day moratorium on drilling of new wells and re-drilling of current wells near Fox Canyon Aquifer after USGS scientists found petroleum-related gases in wells supplying irrigation water on the Oxnard Plain. | Policy | County |
| Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | City of Redondo Beach | 2017 | Mayor announced plans to close an AES power plant by 2020 and redevelop the 50 acres of land that it sits on. In 2013, the City Council unanimously passed a 45-day moratorium on power plant construction and successfully blocked AES from proceeding with its plan to repower the Harbor Drive plant. | City | |
| Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | San Luis Obispo County | 2017 | Board of Supervisors denied Phillips 66’s proposal to build a rail spur to deliver 6.6 million gallons of crude oil by rail each week to its Nipomo Mesa refinery. Phillips 66 filed a lawsuit in response, which it later dropped. | Policy | County |
| Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | City of Oxnard | 2014 | City Council passed a moratorium on new power plant construction on city beaches. In 2017 the city successfully blocked construction of the Puente Power Project, a proposed gas-fired electrical generating station on Mandalay Beach. | City | |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | California | 2023 | Senate Bill endorsing Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty | Policy | State |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Richmond | 2022 | Endorsement of Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Sebastopol | 2022 | City Council approved endorsement of a call for an international treaty to phase out fossil fuels. | Motion | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Hayward | 2021 | Resolution committing to setting science based greenhouse gases emission targets and implementing inclusive and reislient climate action as part of the Cities Race to Zero movement | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Hayward | 2021 | Resolution committing to policies opposing fossil fuel expansion and accelerating the clean energy transition as part of the SAFE Cities movement, and endorsing the call for a global Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Los Angeles | 2021 | Endorsement of the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Santa Ana | 2021 | Endorsement of Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, achieve 100% clean energy by 2025, investigate zero GHG emissions by 2030. | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Alameda County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | County |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Carmel-by-the-Sea | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Cayucos Citizen Advisory Council | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Arcata | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of San Luis Obispo | 2019 | City Council unanimously passed a resolution opposing a proposed project to truck and pipe crude oil from offshore platforms through San Luis Obispo County | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Berkeley | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Hayward | 2019 | City of Hayward declared a climate emergency and requested regional collaboration on an immediate just transition and emergency mobilization effort to restore a safe climate | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Capitola | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Carlsbad | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Chula Vista | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Costa Mesa | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Carpinteria | 2018 | Sent letter to Sec. Zinke opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Culver City | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Dana Point | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Cotati | 2018 | City Council voted unanimously to oppose the issuance of new leases for oil exploration in federal waters. | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of El Segundo | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Encinitas | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Del Mar | 2018 | Sent letter to California congressional delegation opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Escondido | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Fort Bragg | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Goleta | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Grover Beach | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Half-Moon Bay | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Hayward | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Imperial Beach | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Monterey | 2018 | Sent letter to federal officials opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Laguna Beach | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Los Angeles | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Malibu | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Manhattan Beach | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Marina | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Morro Bay | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Norwalk | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Oakland | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Pismo Beach | 2018 | Sent letter to Sec. Zinke opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Oceanside | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Rancho Palos Verdes | 2018 | Sent letter to federal officials opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Ojai | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Oxnard | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Pacific Grove | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of San Leandro | 2018 | Sent letter to Sec. Zinke opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Pacifica | 2018 | Pacifica City Council passed a resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Pacifica | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Petaluma | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Point Arena | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Ventura | 2018 | Passed resolution and sent letter to Sen. Feinstein and Sec. Zinke opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Redondo Beach | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Richmond | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of San Diego | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of San Luis Obispo | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Santa Barbara | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Los Osos Community Service District | 2018 | Sent letter to Sec. Zinke opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution | |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Santa Clarita | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Santa Cruz | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Scotts Valley | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Solana Beach | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Trinidad | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Vista | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Watsonville | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of West Hollywood | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Windsor | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Contra Costa County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Humboldt County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | County |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Los Angeles County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | County |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Marin County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | County |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Mendocino County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | County |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Monterey County | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | County |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | San Diego County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | County |
| Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | San Francisco | 2017 | San Francisco filed suit in California Superior Court against five large oil and gas companies alleging that the carbon emissions from their fossil fuel production had created an unlawful public nuisance | Case | City and County |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | San Mateo County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | County |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Santa Barbara County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | County |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Sonoma County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | County |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Town of Windsor | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | Town |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Venice Neighborhood Council | 2017 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling and fracking | Resolution | Neighborhood |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | San Luis Obispo County | 2017 | Sent letter to Sec. Zinke opposing new offshore gas and oil drilling | Resolution | County |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Ventura County | 2018 | Passed resolution opposing Trump’s plan to expand offshore drilling | Resolution | County |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Arroyo Grande | 2014 | City Council recommended the Mayor send a letter to the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors in opposition to fracking. | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Sebastopol | 2014 | City Council unanimously passed resolution in opposition to fracking in the state of California | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Los Angeles Community College District | 2013 | Board of Trustees passed a resolution urging the CA DOC to pass a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing | Resolution | Community College District |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Marin County | 2013 | Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a resolution calling for a ban on fracking | Resolution | County |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Southern California Air Quality Management District | 2013 | The AQMD requires notification and a chemical report for well stimulation activities. | Resolution | Air Quality Management District |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | University of California, Berkeley | 2013 | Passed a resolution calling on the Governor to ban hydraulic fracturing | Resolution | University |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Santa Monica | 2012 | City Council passed a resolution urging DOGGR to place a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing statewide and develop protective regulations | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Culver City | 2012 | City Council passed a resolution urging the California DOC Division of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR) to ban hydraulic fracturing | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Mar Vista Community Council | 2012 | Community Council recommended a ban on hydraulic fracturing | Resolution | Community |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Rampart Village Neighborhood Council | 2012 | Neighborhood Council unanimously passed a resolution supporting the City of Los Angeles resolution to urge the CA DOC to place a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing | Resolution | Neighborhood |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Berkeley | 2011 | City Council passed a resolution calling for a ban on hydraulic fracturing | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Santa Barbara County | 2011 | The county requires companies to apply for a special permit from the county planning commission | Resolution | County |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Ukiah | 1988 | Passed a resolution opposing new offshore oil and gas drilling in the Pacific Ocean | Resolution | City |
| Setbacks, Buffer Zones, or Health and Safety Regulations on Oil and Gas Drilling | Ventura County | 2020 | Ventura County Board of Supervisors officially adopted a General Plan update with drilling setbacks of 2,500ft for schools and 1,500ft for homes. The Board voted to study raising setbacks to 2,500ft for homes by 2022. The General Plan update includes a ban on gas hookups in new homes, the creation of a climate emergency council, and a ban on new flaring and trucking of fluids from wells. | Policy | County |
| Setbacks, Buffer Zones, or Health and Safety Regulations on Oil and Gas Drilling | City of Arvin | 2018 | City Council adopted a prohibition on new oil and gas development within 300 feet of sensitive areas such as hospitals and schools, and restrictions on new operations within 600 feet of sensitive areas. Arvin is in Kern County, California’s largest oil-producing county. | Policy | City |
| Setbacks, Buffer Zones, or Health and Safety Regulations on Oil and Gas Drilling | City of Los Angeles | 2018 | Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and City Council commissioned a 2018 report from L.A. County Department of Public Health that documents the adverse health impacts of the county’s more than 3,400 active oil wells. The City Council is considering setbacks on drilling from residential areas. | Report | City |
| Setbacks, Buffer Zones, or Health and Safety Regulations on Oil and Gas Drilling | City of Huntington Beach | 1990 | Title 15 of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code enacted drilling setbacks of 300 feet of any building used for public assembly, institution or school | Policy | City |
| Setbacks, Buffer Zones, or Health and Safety Regulations on Oil and Gas Drilling | City of Beverly Hills | 1979 | City Municipal Code 10-5 regulates oil and gas production prohibiting any oil operation unless permitted by the City, and seeks reasonable and uniform limitations and controls for the drilling of oil and gas. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Los Angeles | 2022 | Starting April 23, 2023, no food, beverage or retail establishment with more than 26 employees can distribute select EPS products. The policy includes exemptions for certain types of facilities. The policy expands to all covered establishments, regardless of size, in April 2024. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Los Angeles | 2013 | Single-Use Carryout Bag Ban with $0.10 fee per recyclable paper bag in June 2013 effective for large supermarkets in January 2014 and expanded to drug stores, convenience stores, and other types of smaller food markets in July 2014. This ordinance (182604) applies to specified retail stores or “Stores” in the City, including large retailers (full-line self-serve retail stores with two million dollars, or more, in gross annual sales, and stores of at least 10,000 square feet of retail space that generate sales or use tax), and small retailers (supermarkets, grocery stores, drug stores, convenience food stores, food marts, pharmacies, or other entities engaged in the retail sale of a limited-line of goods that include milk, bread, soda, and snack food, including those stores that sell alcohol). | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Los Angeles | 2022 | Enacted ordinance extending the prohibitions in the Single-Use Carryout BagOrdinance to additional retailers, such as apparel stores, farmers’ markets, food andbeverage facilities, hardware stores, and open air markets. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Los Angeles | 2022 | Enacted ordinance taking effect in 2023, directing the city government to limit single-use plastic products and promote waste diversion at its own facilities, or events held on city property. The policy contains numerous provisions focused on areas such as edible food recovery, recycling access for organics and packaging, reusable foodware and limiting the use of paper towels in restrooms. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Los Angeles | 2021 | Disposable Foodware Accessories on Request/Disposable Foodware Accessories and Plastic Drinking Straws ordinance. Since November 15, 2021, food and beverage facilities that utilize third party ordering platforms in Los Angeles and that have more than 26 employees may provide disposable foodware accessories and condiment packets to a dine-in or take-out customer ONLY if the customer requests them. As of April 22, 2022, all other food or beverage facilities in Los Angeles must be in compliance with the requirements of this ordinance. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Los Angeles | 2019 | Disposable Plastic Drinking Straws/Plastic Straws-on-Request ordinance. Since April 22, 2019, food or beverage facilities in Los Angeles that have more than 26 employees may provide a disposable plastic* straw to a dine-in or take-out customer ONLY if the customer requests one. Food or beverage facilities may not automatically provide a disposable plastic straw to drive-through or delivery customers, but may ask those customers if they want one. As of October 1, 2019, all other food or beverage facilities must be in compliance with the requirements of the ordinance. Licensed Health Facilities, as defined in Section 1250 of the California Health and Safety Code, are exempt from the requirements of this ordinance. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of San Diego | 2019 | Single Use Plastic Reduction ordinance to reduce EPS foam products and plastic utensils. Food vendors may only offer utensils or straws made from plastic or bio-plastic on request. Its effective date was delayed by a lawsuit led by Dart and local restaurant representatives. That issue was settled following the completion of an environmental impact report, allowing the San Diego City Council to proceed. The ordinance will take effect in early 2023, though a council report states that “many restaurants and other venues have already switched from polystyrene foam to alternative products due to environmental concerns and customer demand.” | Ordinance | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Oakland | 2014 | Passed resolution opposing using existing rail lines to transport hazardous crude oil, coal and petcoke along California watenA/ays, natural habitats,through densely populated areas, through the East Bay and Oakland, through special districtsand the Port of Oakland. | Resolution | City |
| Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | City of Morro Bay | 1986 | Passed Measure C/Ordinance 297 probhibiting offshore oil development support facilities within Morro Bay and requiring zoning changes to accomodate onshore support facilities for offshore oil development to be submitted to a vote of the people of the City of Morro Bay | Policy | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Davis | 2014 | Passed resolution opposing transportation of crude oil through the City of Davis and adjacent habitat areas | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Eureka | 2019 | Passed a resolution opposing both new offshore oil and gas drilling and fracking in the Pacific Ocean. | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Town of Fairfax | 2020 | Passed resolution opposing offshore oil and gas drilling and exploration activities, including seismic airgun blasting | Resolution | Town |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Newport Beach | 2021 | Passed resolution supporting a ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Huntington Beach | 2021 | Passed resolution opposing offshore oil and gas drilling and exploration activities and supporting a permanent ban on new offshore oil and gas drilling, fracking, and other well stimulation in federal and state waters off the California coast and no new federal oil and gas leasing in all US waters. | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of San Clemente | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing offshore oil and gas drilling, fracking, and related techniques | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of National City | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing offshore oil | City | |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Hermosa Beach | 2019 | Passed resolution opposing offshore oil | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Martinez | 2014 | Resolution Opposing Hazardous Crude-by-Rail (CBR) in Martinez | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Berkeley | 2014 | Resolution passed opposing using existing Union Pacific rail lines to transport hazardous crude along California waterways, through densely populated areas, through the East Bay and Berkeley | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Richmond | 2014 | Passed resolution calling on Congressional delegation to take steps to halt the movement of crude oil in the U.S. until thismode of transport is fully regulated such that the health, welfare and safety of people and the environment are protected | Resolution | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | City of Santa Ana | 2021 | Passed climate emergency and environmental justice resolution. The resolution established clear processes to reduce the city’s dependence on fossil fuels, remove lead from soil, expand green spaces, and bring jobs into their community. This resolution also made Santa Ana just the fourth city in the U.S. to endorse the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty and brought their city into alignment with the SAFE Cities movement’s goal of stopping new fossil fuel infrastructure and implementing a just transition. | Resolution | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Sacramento | 2021 | New Building Electrification Ordinance. New construction under 3 stories needs to be all-electric starting in 2023, and all construction will need to meet the same requirements beginning in 2026. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Berkeley | 1988 | Expanded plastic foam food package ordinance to include nearly all foam cups, plates and hamburger holders starting in 1990. Only exception would be retail foam products such as picnic plates and cups. Two years before the ban takes effect, restaurants and food vendors will be asked to voluntarily stop using the products and take other steps to reduce litter and garbage. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Berkeley | 1978 | Banned plastic foam food packages containing chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, chemical compounds linked to the depletion of Earth’s ozone layer. | Policy | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Sacramento | 2022 | Updated New Building Electrification Ordinance to New Building Electrification Ordinance with the 2022 California Building Code. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Antioch | 2024 | Antioch mayor pledges to work toward public investment in clean energy, reject fossil fuels | City | |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | City of Brentwood | 2024 | Brentwood city council passed by unanimous vote an ordinance banning oil and gas drilling | Resolution | City |
| Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | City of Pinole | 2024 | Bans new gas stations in the city, limits the expansion of existing ones; stop-gap measure that will be followed up with something more permanent; created to address Climate Emergency declared by the city | Policy | City |
| Permit Denials or Targeted Moratoria on Proposed Fossil Fuel Production or Infrastructure Projects | City of Sacramento | 2024 | Bans new gas stations or adding gas pumps to existing ones in favor of EV charging stations (2040 City Plan) | Resolution | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | City of Fremont | 2019 | Goal for 55% carbon reduction for 2030 compared to 2005 levels, and to be carbon neutral by 2055 | Resolution | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | San Diego | 2021 | The City of San Diego passed the City Treasurer’s 2022 Investment Policy with language that “the City shall not purchase any investment issued by a corporation that engages directly in oil exploration, production, drilling, or refining of coal, petroleum or natural gas.” | Policy | City |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | San Mateo | 2022 | San Mateo County adopted a policy to divest from fossil fuels | Policy | County |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | Multiple Locations | 2019 | The university’s faculty Senate sent a memorandum to regents in July urging divestment. U.C. says it will make the change in phases, starting with the university’s endowment by the end of the month and moving on to the larger pension funds. The implementation of the May 2019 Memorandum to the Regents notes: The U.C. Academic Senate petitions the Regents to divest the University’s endowment portfolio of all investments in the 200 publicly traded fossil fuel companies with the largest carbon reserves. | University | |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | Los Angeles | 2021 | The University of Southern California Board of Trustees’ Investment Committee voted to halt new investments in fossil fuels. The university will also liquidate its existing fossil fuel investments over the next several years. | University | |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | Multiple Locations | 2021 | California State University (CSU) Chancellor Joseph I. Castro announced today that the university will not pursue any future investments in fossil fuels in the university’s three investment portfolios: Systemwide Investment Fund Trust (SWIFT), Intermediate Duration Portfolio (IDP) and Total Return Portfolio (TRP). | CSU | University |
| Divestment from Fossil Fuel Companies and Financiers | Multiple Locations | 2022 | LMU will be fully divested from fossil fuels by 2030. The university has made no new investments in any funds that have exposure to the fossil fuel industry since enacting its divestment strategy. Any remaining fossil fuel-related investments within LMU’s portfolio are due to contractual obligations that would be prohibitively costly to exit before the scheduled end date. | LMU | University |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Bell Gardens | 2024 | Bell Gardens passed a groundbreaking Climate Emergency Declaration. In doing so, Bell Gardens became the first in the Southeast LA region to pass such a measure and endorse the international Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. | Resolution | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Pasadena | 2022 | Pasadena passed an ordinance requiring the electrification of certain categories of newly constructed buildings in an effort to further advance the City’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Santa Monica | 2022 | Santa Monica City Council adopted two policies to reduce the carbon footprint of new construction projects in Santa Monica beginning January 1, 2023. The Zero Emission Building Code will require all new buildings to be all-electric. | Code | City |
| Resolutions in Opposition of Fossil Fuel Production, Facilities, or Infrastructure | Oxnard | 2024 | Oxnard City Council adopted a resolution calling for the end of oil and gas drilling in California. The resolution also upheld the law requiring a safety buffer zone between oil drilling and homes and schools, which will be included on the November 2024 ballot referendum. | Resolution | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Ventura | 2022 | Ventura County updated their building codes to ban natural gas in new buildings starting in 2023. | Ordinance | County |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Ojai | 2020 | Ojai passed a reach code prohibiting methane gas in new buildings. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Ojai | 2022 | In October of 2020, Ojai passed a reach code prohibiting methane gas in new buildings. In February of 2022, this code was updated to eliminate loopholes. | Amendment | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Santa Barbara | 2021 | Santa Barbara passed a building electrification policy. | Agenda | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | San Luis Obispo | 2022 | San Luis Obispo passed a building electrification policy. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Campbell | 2024 | Campbell City passed a policy for new construction and alterations to existing buildings to be built with Zero NOx pollution appliances, with some exceptions. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Los Altos Hills | 2024 | Los Altos Hills City passed a policy requring that new construction and substantial alterations to existing buildings to be built with Zero NOx pollution appliances, with some exceptions. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Palo Alto | 2023 | Palo Alto City approved a robust climate action plan that adds additional plans to help phase gas out of existing buildings. | S/CAP | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Manelo Park | 2019 | Menlo Park passed an electrification policy. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | East Palo Alto | 2023 | East Palo Alto passed an electrification policy requiring all-electric construction. | Code | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Redwood City | 2022 | The Redwood City Council passed a series of codes that require all new building and construction developments to be all-electric in 2020. Then in 2022, they updated these codes to remove all exemptions except for “technical infeasibility.” | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | San Carlos | 2021 | The City Council of San Carlos passed a policy requiring newly constructed buildings and remodel projects that update more than 50% of the building to be all-electric. | Staff Report | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Yountville | 2023 | The City Council of Yountville prohibits gas or fueling stations within the town. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Cotati | 2022 | The City Council of Cotati prohibits gas or fueling stations within the town. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Rohnert Park | 2022 | The City Council of Rohnert Park passes a groundbreaking policy to prohibit the construction of new gas stations and prevent the expansion of existing stations. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Sebastopol | 2022 | The City Council of Sebastopol prevents the construction of new gas stations within city limits. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Santa Rosa | 2022 | The City Council of Santa Rosa prohibited construction of new gas stations. | Resolution | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Windsor | 2022 | The Windsor City Council prohibited construction of new gas stations. | Agenda Report | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Sonoma | 2023 | Sonoma County bans new gas stations. | Press Release | County |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Calistoga | 2021 | The Calistoga City Council approved a citywide prohibition on construction of new gas stations | Staff Report | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Burlingame | 2020 | The Burlingame City Council passed building electrification policy, blocking fossil fuel hook ups in commercial and multi-family residential projects | Ordinance(s) | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | South San Francisco | 2021 | The South San Francisco City Council passed a building electrification policy. | Legislation | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Oakland | 2020 | The Oakland City Council requires new building to be electric. | Ordianance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Piedmont | 2021 | The Piedmont City Council passed an all-electric buildings policy that included some solar panel requirements. | Code | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Hercules | 2022 | The Hercules City Council passed building electrification for new construction. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Martinez | 2022 | The Martinez City Council passed building electrification for new buildings. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Marin | 2024 | Marin County Supervisors to mandate that all new building construction must be all electric, eliminating fossil fuels from future business and residential buildings. Supervisors approved a road map for completing the electrification process. | County | |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Navato | 2022 | Novato became the first city in Marin County to ban new gas stations | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | San Mateo | 2022 | The City of San Mateo’s “reach codes" were updated to include all new construction, with commercial kitchens and biotech labs being allowed to apply for exemptions. | Ordinance | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | Buena Park | 2022 | The City of Buena Park adopted a resolution approving the Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) Smart Choice Tier, equivalent to 100% renewable energy, as the City's Default Energy Rate Tier. | Memorandum | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Anaheim | 2020 | The City of Anaheim electrified its bus fleet. Beginning in September 2020, Anaheim’s transit electrification project launched with 46 new electric buses. This is part of Anaheim’s goal to be home to California’s first all-electric bus fleet. | Article | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Irvine | 2023 | The Irvine City Council passed a building electrification policy. | Request | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Encinitas | 2021 | The Encinitas City Council passed a building electrification policy. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | San Diego | 2022 | The San Diego City Council passed a building electrification policy. The plan also aims to electrify almost all of the existing buildings in the city in the next 12 years. | Plan | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Berkeley | 2025 | The Berkeley City Council passed amendments to the building emissions saving ordianance to increase comfort, safety and health for building occupants, transition buildings away from the use of fossil fuels, and potentailly lower energy and water costs. | Oridnance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Carpinteria | 2023 | The City of Carpinteria prohibits fossil gas in new buildings as well as significant remodels beginning October 1, 2023. | Staff Report | City |
| Bans, Moratoria, or Phase-Out Requirements on Oil and Gas Production | Agoura Hills | 2023 | The City of Agoura Hills requires new residential and commercial buildings to be built all-electric starting one month after the ordinance's approval, with exceptions for commercial cooking and spas. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | San Pablo | 2023 | The City of San Pablo requires all new buildings be built all-electric with exceptions including laboratories and public agency-owned emergency centers. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Los Angeles | 2022 | The City of Los Angeles requires new residential and commercial buildings to be built all-electric starting on or before January 1st, 2023, with exceptions for commercial cooking | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | San Rafael | 2022 | The City of San Rafael requires new buildings be built all-electric with exceptions for commercial kitchens, commercial laundry, emergency back-up power, commercial laundry, and industrial processes. Adds additional requirements for EV charging. Prohibits adding gas capacity to single family homes and accessory dwelling units (ADUs) and requires new gas appliance installations to reduce British Thermal Units (BTU’s) through some other measure (e.g., replace an existing gas appliance with an electric one or remove it) | Agenda | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Riverside | 2022 | The City of Riverside requires newly constructed buildings three stories or less with a building permit filed on or after January 6th, 2023, to be all-electric buildings, and newly constructed buildings four stories or more with a building permit filed on or after January 1st, 2026, to be all-electric buildings. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Atherton | 2022 | The City of Atherton requires new buildings to be all-electric with exceptions for residential and commercial cooking and additional requirements for EV charging. | Agenda | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Corte Madera | 2022 | The Cityof Corte Madera requires all new buildings be to built all-electric with exceptions for commercial cooking, industrial process heat, and attached accessory dwelling units (ADUs) with additional requirements for EV charging. | Staff Report | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Dublin | 2022 | The City of Dublin requires new buildings be built all-electric with exceptions for commercial cooking. Adopts mandatory CALGreen Tier 2 level EV charging requirements. | Agenda | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Glendale | 2022 | The City of Glendale requires new buildings to be built all-electric with no exceptions, adds additional requirements for EV charging, and adds additional non-residential and multifamily solar photovoltaic requirements. | Agenda | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | San Leandro | 2022 | The City of San Leandro requires new buildings to be all-electric with exceptions for commercial kitchens and commercial clothes drying for hotels with 80+ rooms. | Ordinance(s) | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Pleasanton | 2022 | The City of Pleasanton requires new buildings to be built all-electric with exceptions for commercial cooking and industrial process and adds additional requirements for EV charging. | Agenda | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Ventura | 2022 | Ventura County requires new buildings to be built all-electric, starting in January 2023, with exceptions for indoor/outdoor fireplaces, outdoor grills, swimming pool and spa heaters, commercial cooking, and commercial and industrial equipment approved by building officials. | Resolution | County |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Portola Valley | 2022 | The City of Portola Valley requires new buildings to be all-electric, however, building officials may grant exceptions for commercial cooking. | Agenda | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Livermore | 2022 | The City of Livermore requires new buildings to be all-electric with exceptions for commercial kitchens, laboratories and commercial clothes drying for hotels with 80+ rooms. | Code | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | San Bruno | 2022 | The City of San Bruno requires newly constructed buildings be all-electric with exceptions for hospitals, commercial kitchens, and 100% affordable housing developments. Also requires additional electric vehicle spaces and EV chargers. | Agenda | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Hillsborough | 2022 | The City of Hillsborough adopted an all-electric preferred, with mixed fuel option, reach code ordinance. This requires all new single-family residential construction to implement electric space heating and electric water heating. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Belmont | 2022 | The City of Belmont adopted a reach code that requires new buildings to be all-electric with exemptions for space conditioning in labs, clothes drying in large hotels, and an application-based exemption for gas stoves in commercial kitchens. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Contra Costa | 2022 | Contra Costa County equires all newly constructed residential buildings, hotels, offices, and retail buildings to be all-electric starting June 1, 2022. | Ordinance | County |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Santa Clara | 2022 | Santa Clara County adopted an all-electric reach code for new residential and commercial buildings, with minor exceptions for certain factories, hazardous materials facilities, hospitals, and laboratories. | Ordinance | County |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Solana Beach | 2022 | The City of Solona Beach Requires new construction in residential and commercial buildings to use electric appliances for space heating, water heating, dryers, pools and spas. It sets standards for major renovations to ensure that significant remodels beyond a certain point require these electric upgrades as well. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Fairfax | 2022 | The City of Fairfax requires all newly constructed residential and commercial buildings to be all-electric, starting March 1, 2022, with an exemption for commercial kitchens. | Staff Report | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Emeryville | 2022 | The City of Emeryville requires all newly constructed residential buildings to be all-electric, with exemptions for newly constructed nonresidential buildings. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Daly City | 2021 | Daly City required all-electric new residential and non-residential buildings with blanket exemptions for 100% affordable housing buildings, commercial kitchens, and laboratories. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Albany | 2020 | The City of Albany encourages newly constructed residential and commercial buildings to be electric preferred and requires mixed fuel buildings to exceed the California Energy Code. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Sunnyvale | 2020 | The City of Sunnyvale requires newly constructed residential and commercial buildings to be all-electric with an exemption for gas fuel cells. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Millbrae | 2020 | The City of Millbrae requires all-electric residential and commercial buildings with exemptions for laboratories, restaurants and gas cooking/fireplaces. | Agenda | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Piedmont | 2020 | The City of Piedmont promotes all-electric new construction for low-rise residential buildings and incentives electrification for renovations of low-rise residences. | Code | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | San Anselmo | 2020 | The City of San Anselmo promotes all electric housing by requiring higher energy efficiency requirements for mixed fuel projects and prewiring for al electric kitchens. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Brisbane | 2024 | In the California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley case, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that this policy approach, along with the building electrification policies of many other cities, was preempted by federal appliance policy. In 2024, the City passed an energy efficiency policy for new construction. | Oridnance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Burlingame | 2024 | In the California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley case, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that this policy approach, along with the building electrification policies of many other cities, was preempted by federal appliance policy. In 2024, Burlingame passed an energy efficiency policy for new construction. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Napa | 2024 | Napa County passed an energy efficiency policy for new construction. In 2024, the county adopted a policy that requires new buildings to meet specific energy efficiency standards. This policy includes provisions to discourage natural gas connections in new residential construction and encourage all-electric homes. | Ordinance | County |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Palo Alto | 2024 | In the California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley case, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the all-electric policy approach for new construction, along with the building electrification policies of many other cities, was preempted by federal appliance policy. In 2024, Palo Alto passed an energy efficiency policy for new construction. | Code | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | East Palo Alto | 2024 | In the California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley case, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that this policy approach, along with the building electrification policies of many other cities, was preempted by federal appliance policy. In 2024, Palo Alto passed an energy efficiency policy for new construction. | Oridnance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | San Mateo | 2024 | In the California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley case, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that this policy approach, along with the building electrification policies of many other cities, was preempted by federal appliance policy. In 2024, the County passed an energy efficiency policy for new construction. | Oridnance | County |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | San Mateo | 2024 | In the California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley case, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that this policy approach, along with the building electrification policies of many other cities, was preempted by federal appliance policy. In 2024, San Mateo passed an energy efficiency policy for new construction. | Agenda | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Santa Monica | 2024 | In the California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley case, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that this policy approach, along with the building electrification policies of many other cities, was preempted by federal appliance policy. In 2024, the City passed an energy efficiency policy for new construction. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | San Luis Obispo | 2024 | In the California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley case, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that this policy approach, along with the building electrification policies of many other cities, was preempted by federal appliance policy. In 2023, the City passed a policy on energy efficiency in new construction. | Oridnance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Berkeley | 2024 | In the California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley case, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that this policy approach, along with the building electrification policies of many other cities, was preempted by federal appliance policy. In 2025, Berkeley passed a new groundbreaking policy that leverages the point of sale to bring modern updates to existing homes, including heat pumps, solar and storage, increased insulation and more. | Ordinance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Los Altos Hills | 2024 | In the California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley case, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that this policy approach, along with the building electrification policies of many other cities, was preempted by federal appliance policy. In February of 2024, the city passed a policy requiring that new construction and substantial alterations to existing buildings be built with Zero NOx pollution appliances, with some exceptions. | Oridnance | City |
| Banning or Phasing Out End-User Infrastructure or Use of Fossil Fuels | Campbell | 2024 | In the California Restaurant Association v. City of Berkeley case, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that this policy approach, along with the building electrification policies of many other cities, was preempted by federal appliance policy. In 2024, the city passed a policy for new construction and alterations to existing buildings to be built with Zero NOx pollution appliances, with some exceptions. | Oridnance | City |
| Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | Los Angeles | 2016 | Lawsuit Brought by Los Angeles County to Force SoCalGas to Take Safety Measures at Gas Wells. | File | County |
| Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | Arcata | 2020 | City of Arcata v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. Lawsuit by California cities and county against utility for withholding amounts collected as greenhouse gas credits from electricity users from taxes paid to the plaintiffs under their electricity ordinances. | File | City |
| Lawsuits Against Fossil Fuel Companies | Torrance | 2021 | City of Torrance v. Southern California Edison Co. Lawsuit by California city against utility for withholding amounts collected as greenhouse gas credits from electricity users from taxes paid to the City under its electricity tax ordinance. | File | City |
| Producer Responsibility | Albany | 2025 | Resolution passed in the City of Albany supporting California State Senate Bill No. 684, introduced by Senator Caroline Menjivar, and Assembly Bill No. 1243, introduced by Assembly Member Dawn Addis, to address the climate crisis in California by shifting the burden of increased taxpayer costs away from California residents and small businesses to fossil fuel companies that have created the climate crisis. | Resolution | City |
| Producer Responsibility | San Francisco | 2025 | Resolution passed in San Francisco City & County supporting California State Senate Bill No. 684, introduced by Senator Caroline Menjivar, and Assembly Bill No. 1243, introduced by Assembly Member Dawn Addis, to address the climate crisis in California by shifting the burden of increased taxpayer costs away from California residents and small businesses to fossil fuel companies that have created the climate crisis. | Resolution | County/City |
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Schedule
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4
6:00 pm – 9:30 pm Reception – Grange Restaurant (Citizen Hotel)
MONDAY, DECEMBER 5 – CEC Warren-Alquist Building
9:00 am – 9:30 am Networking
9:30 am – 9:45 am Doors Open
9:45 am – 10:00 am Welcome and Overview
10:00 am – 10:30 am Keynote: Siva Gunda, CEC Vice Chair
10:30 am – 11:00 am Floating Offshore Wind – Dr. Habib Dagher
11:00 am – 11:30 am Keynote: David Chiu, San Francisco City Attorney
11:45 am – 12:00 pm Windfall Profit Cap: Jamie Court, President/Chair of Consumer Watch Dog
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch & Networking (catered lunch onsite)
1:00 pm – 1:45 pm Accelerating Offshore Wind in California
1:45 pm – 2:30 pm Climate Emergency and Energy Security
2:30 pm – 3:00 pm Networking Break
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm Just Transition to a Clean Energy Economy
4:00 pm Close
4:15 pm – 5:15 pm EOPA CA Leadership Council meeting
6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Dinner (Private Dinning Room Citizen Hotel)
Days
Hours
Minutes
Seconds
Venue
Rosenfeld Hearing Room
- Location: Warren-Alquist State Energy Building
- December 5,2022
- 09:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M.
Day Two
California State Capitol
Room: TBD
- Location: State Capitol Building
- December 6, 2022
- 11:30 A.M. - 1:30 P.M.