Climate News
The city council has adopted a Climate Mobilization Strategy which is a plan for the city through 2050.
Follow the city’s progress on the City of Healdsburg website.
Climate Action Healdsburg partnered with the City for Climate Fest 2024. They are also working with the city to plant more shade trees. For more information visit our website.
ACTION NEEDED
The Climate-Safe California Action Group (using Indivisible’s model) is forming “strike” teams to advocate for critical climate change legislation. Indivisible Healdsburg has joined with The Climate Center and other Indivisible groups including Sonoma County Indivisible Team on this
Check out Climate Action NOW for ways to combat climate change.
In October, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed into law two state senate bills and one state assembly bill that collectively require certain public and private U.S. companies that perform certain business activities in California to provide disclosures about their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, climate-related financial risks, voluntary carbon offsets (VCOs),1 and certain climate-related emission claims. The two senate bills, SB-253, Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act and SB-261, Greenhouse Gases: Climate-Related Financial Risk, will mandate the corporate reporting of GHG emissions and climate risks in the United States. The assembly bill, AB-1305, Voluntary Carbon Market Disclosures, is intended to combat companies’ “greenwashing” of climate-related emission claims and establishes requirements for both U.S. and international entities that market or sell VCOs within California as well as entities that operate in California and make certain climate-related emission claims2 (whether or not they purchase or use VCOs).
Keep track of the latest legislation on climate change in California here.
RESOURCES
Check out Climate Action NOW for ways to combat climate change.
Contact Healdsburg City Council
Mayor David Hagele
Phone: 707-578-7800
Email: dhagele@ci.healdsburg.ca.us
Vice Mayor Evelyn Mitchell
Phone: 707-431-3317
Email : emitchell@ci.healdsburg.ca.us
Council Member Ariel Kelley
Phone: 707-431-3317
Email: akelley@ci.healdsburg.ca.us
Council Member Chris Herrod
Phone: 707-431-3317
Email: JHerrod@Healdsburg.gov
Council Member Ron Edwards
Phone: 707-431-3317
Website: https://ronedwardshealdsburg.com/
50 Things You can do to combat Climate Change
https://rcpa.ca.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/CA2020_Plan_7-7-16_web.pdf
50 Things You can do to combat Climate Change