San Diego County’s plan to reduce greenhouse gases and lessen the harms of climate change in large part hinges on input from residents.
Across multiple years of outreach and engagement, over 20,000 people asked questions and pitched ideas to help shape the county’s most recent Climate Action Plan (CAP). The county held 170 community meetings and events from 2021 to 2023, culminating in a period of public review before the CAP was finalized in 2024. It established a greenhouse gas reduction goal of net-zero emissions by 2045.
To help achieve this ambitious goal, the CAP directs the county to develop a program encouraging people to switch to energy efficient appliances in unincorporated San Diego. In many cases, that means switching from gas-powered to electric appliances…