Active Local Government Efforts

Local Government Decarbonization Ordinances
Comparison Matrix as of 10/28/2020
Number of California Jurisdictions: 39

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See Sierra Club's summary of each ordinance here.
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California Statewide Codes and Standards maps and tracks codes adopted by the CEC here.

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Adopted Language 2019-2020

All-Electric Only - Whole Building

• Berkeley​
• Burlingame (commercial, 8c)
• ​Cupertino
• East Palo Alto (page 78)
• Hayward (residential)
• Los Altos
• ​​Los Gatos
• Morgan Hill
• ​​Mountain View: staff report, ordinance
• Ojai
• ​​​Palo Alto
• Piedmont
• ​San Jose (residential)
• San Mateo
• San Mateo County
• Santa Cruz
• Santa Rosa
• Sunnyvale
• ​Windsor

All-Electric Only - Specific Systems

• Brisbane
• Burlingame (residential, 8c)
  
• ​​​Campbell
• Carlsbad^
• Healdsburg: staff report
• Menlo Park
• Millbrae
• ​Los Altos Hills
• Pacifica
• Redwood City
• Richmond
• Saratoga: ordinance, resolution

^Electric Water Heating
All others: Electric Space Heating, Water Heating and Clothes Drying

Electric-Preferred

• County of Marin: ordinance, overview
• Davis​
• Hayward (commercial)
• Mill Valley
• Milpitas
• San Anselmo
• ​San Francisco
• ​​​​​​​San Jose (commercial)
• San Mateo
• San Luis Obispo
• Santa Monica ​

Other Approaches

• Alameda (city-owned properties)
• Sunnyvale (Density Bonus)
• ​Oakland (Electric Vehicles)
• ​Electric Vehicle Model Language (Peninsula Clean Energy)