Victoria Simon
Director of Operations, Sustainability
Ofﬁce of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti1

The Role of Cities●Urban centers are the ﬁrst and last line ofdefense against climate change●Cities are leading national and global
action on climate●

Decisions made now will havegenerational consequences

What is L.A.’s Green New Deal?
●An expanded vision of the 2015 pLAn●

An action plan that includes accelerated
targets and new, aggressive goals●

Paris-compatible plan that accelerates
emission reductions and reaches carbon
neutrality by 2050

●Holds environmental justice and equity asa cornerstone of the work ensuring all
Angelenos can join the green economy●Demonstrates the art of the possible andleadership on a global scale

Green New Deal Topic Areas

Environmental

Renewable Energy

Local Water

JusticeIndustrial Emissions &Waste & Resource

Air Quality Monitoring

Recovery

Clean & Healthy

Housing &Mobility & Public

Zero Emission

Buildings

Development

Transit

VehiclesFood Systems

Urban Ecosystems &Prosperity & Green

Resilience

Jobs

Lead by Example

L.A.’s 5 Zeros
Emissions must decline everywhere, as soon as possible. L.A.’s GND puts our city on the road to a zero carbon
future across the board.

Zero Carbon

Zero Carbon

Zero Carbon

Zero Waste

Zero Wasted

GridBuildings

Transportation

95% landﬁll

Water

100% carbon free

100% net-zero carbon

80% zero emission

diversion rate by

100% of ourby 2035*

new buildings by 2030

vehicles in the city by

2035 & 100% by

wastewater recycled& all buildings by 2050

2035 & 100% by 2050

2050

by 2035*Announced at the 2021 State of the City Address

Path to Carbon Neutrality
L.A.’s GND accelerates the city’s greenhouse gasemissions reduction targets. Taken together, theactions in L.A.’s GND will:●

Prevent 1,650 premature deaths and 660
respiratory and cardiovascular hospital
admissions each year●

Save $16 billion from prevented deaths andhospital admissions each year●

Create 300,000 green jobs by 2035; and400,000 by 2050

Zero Carbon Grid
Major Projects & Accomplishments:●

Completed LA100 study and accelerated 100%carbon free grid target by 10 years●

More than doubled percentage of grid poweredby renewable energy●

Deployed $338M in solar incentives with26,811 installations●

Commissioned largest solar and batteryenergy storage system in the U.S. and largest,highest capacity, and lowest cost wind farm in
LADWP’s renewable portfolio●

Established a ﬁrst of its kind Equity Metrics
Data Initiative to track and report on program
beneﬁts, particularly for low-income residents

Zero Carbon Buildings
Major Projects & Accomplishments:●

Adopted most ambitious and comprehensive
energy and water efﬁciency law for existingbuildings in U.S.

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Largest number of buildings with an ENERGYSTAR certiﬁcation in the U.S.

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Saved customers $1.8 billion through energy
efﬁciency investments; enough to power 1.5
million homes/year●First city to adopt the Buy Clean CA Act for theprocurement of low-carbon materials forinfrastructure projects●

Announced all new municipal buildings will be
all electricZero Carbon Transportation
Major Projects & Accomplishment:●

Installed 16,600 commercial EV chargers; the mostof any U.S. city●

Pioneered the deployment of charging stations oncity street lights, with over 400 currently installed●

Placed the single largest electric bus order in U.S.
history and have the 2nd largest municipal EV ﬂeet●

Launched a ﬁrst-of-its-kind enforceablezero-emission delivery zone pilot program●

Greening the Port of L.A. with ﬁrst-of-its-kind Green
Omni Terminal, Clean Truck Fund to accelerate EV
truck deployment, and partnership with the Port ofShanghai on a green shipping corridor

Zero Waste
Major Projects & Accomplishments:●

Launched recycLA, L.A.’s ﬁrst citywide effort to offer
recycling services to all businesses, institutions, and large
multifamily buildings●

Expanding organic waste collection services●All municipal departments are developing andimplementing zero waste plans●

First city in the nation to pilot a new recycled plastic
asphalt process on a major street repurposing plasticbottles●

Piloting ﬁber-to-ﬁber recycling and ﬁber compostingZero Wasted Water
Major Projects & Accomplishments:●

Reduced water usage by 20%●

Distributed $247 million to residents and businesses
for water efﬁciency measures●

Replaced 51 million square feet of turf – resulting in
2.3 billion gallons of water saved per year●

Awarded $263 million for 29 local and regional
multibeneﬁt stormwater capture projects●Developing the largest water recycling plants in U.S.

C40 Cities●Mayor Garcetti served as C40 Chairfrom 2019-2021●

C40 is a network of 97 of theworld’s largest cities committed toaddressing climate change in an
equitable manner●

Key initiatives founded on theprinciples of the Global Green New
Deal:○ Global Mayors COVID-19
Recovery Task Force○ Global Youth and MayorsForum●COP26 and the Cities Race to Zero

Thank you!