The City of Healdsburg is taking the lead on expanding its electric vehicle and clean transportation programs by leveraging available state Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) funding, while sharpening the city’s focus on equity and climate goals. At its Feb. 2 meeting, the City Council approved updates to existing transportation electrification programs, to be implemented by Earth Day 2026 (April 22).
Sampson pointed out that in the program’s equity requirement section, the “governing body” could provide a definition of low income that could provide “more local flexibility and opportunity to benefit low-income residents,” she said. “Adopting a local low-income definition is part of tonight’s resolution.”
The local definition expanded the definition of a low-income resident to include anyone currently receiving the Healdsburg CARE Electric Bill Discount, or anyone residing in a household that meets the qualifications…