Climate Action Plan Update Supplemental EIR
PDS2020-POD-20-016; PDS2020-GPA-20-004; PDS2020-ER-20-00-002
Project Description
A Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (Final SEIR) has been prepared for the Climate Action Plan (CAP) Update project. The project entails the County’s CAP that includes measures and actions to reduce GHG emissions from the unincorporated county and County operations. The CAP necessitates changes to Goal COS-20 and Policy COS-20.1 of the 2011 County of San Diego General Plan Update (GPU) and mitigation adopted in the certified Final Program Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the 2011 GPU (Mitigation Measures CC-1.2, CC-1.7, and CC-1.8). As a result, an associated action of the project is a General Plan Amendment to the 2011 GPU, which includes revised mitigation measures and a revised Mitigation, Monitoring, and Reporting Program for the 2011 GPU PEIR. The project also includes a threshold of significance for GHG emissions and revised Guidelines for Determining Significance for Climate Change, as well as a CAP Consistency Review Checklist. All of these actions constitute the project analyzed in the Final SEIR.
Electronic copies of these documents are available below.
On September 11, 2024, the Board of Supervisors adopted the CAP Update. The CAP Update noticed public hearing is Item 6 on the Board Agenda. The CAP Update Board Action Summary is also available.
The Final 2024 CAP project documents are available online.
Project Contact: Meghan Kelly
| meghan.kelly@sdcounty.ca.gov | (619)
323-6462
Please use the following links as a guidance tool to navigate the website. The following volumes are referenced within the September 11, 2024, Board Letter.
*New or revised document revised since Planning Commission Hearing on July 26, 2024.
Volume 1 – Climate Action Plan Update Documents
Volume 2 – Related Project Documents
Volume 3 – Supplemental EIR Documents
Volume 4 – Planning Commission Hearing Document
Draft Supplemental EIR (Public Review between 10/26/23 – 1/5/24)
Draft Climate Action Plan (Public Review between 10/26/23 – 1/5/24)
Attachment A: Draft Final Climate Action Plan Update
A-1: CAP Appendix 1 – Community Outreach and Engagement
A-2: CAP Appendix 2 – Co-Benefits Evaluation Tool
A-6: CAP Appendix 6 – Carbon Stock Estimates for Unincorporated San Diego County
A-7: CAP Appendix 7 – Climate Action Plan Combined Measure Workbook
A-9: CAP Appendix 9 – Equity Implementation Framework
A-10: CAP Appendix 10 – Implementation Cost Analysis
*A-11: CAP Appendix 11 – Cost Effectiveness and Disproportionate Cost Analysis
Attachment B: CAP General Plan Amendment
Attachment C: Draft Resolutions
Attachment D: Minute Orders from Board Hearings Related to Climate Action Plan
D-1: 2011 General Plan Update Minute Order
D-2: 2012 Climate Action Plan Adoption Minute Order
D-3: 2012 Climate Action Plan Rescission Minute Order
D-4: 2018 Climate Action Plan Adoption Minute Order
D-5: 2018 Climate Action Plan Rescission Minute Order
Attachment E: Minute Orders from Board Hearings Related to Smart Growth Alternatives
Attachment F: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (Complied)
F-1: Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Report Sections
Chapter 1 - Project Description
Chapter 2 - Environmental Effects of the Project
2.2 Agriculture and Forestry Resources
2.5 Cultural and Paleontological Resources
2.9 Hazards and Hazardous Materials
2.10 Hydrology and Water Quality
2.14 Tribal Cultural Resources
Chapter 3 - Environmental Effects Found Not to be Significant
Chapter 4 - Other CEQA Sections
Chapter 8 - Mitigation Measures
Chapter 9 - Comment Responses and Summary of Revisions
F-2: SEIR Technical Appendix A – Notice of Preparation and Comments
F-4: SEIR Technical Appendix C – Smart Growth Alternative VMT Forecast
F-5: SEIR Technical Appendix D – Attachments to Letter I-3
F-6: SEIR Technical Appendix E – Attachments to Letter I-30
*Attachment G: Findings and Statement of Overriding Considerations
ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS
Draft SEIR (Complied)
Chapter 1 - Project Description
Chapter 2 - Environmental Effects of the Project
2.2 Agriculture and Forestry Resources
2.5 Cultural and Paleontological Resources
2.9 Hazards and Hazardous Materials
2.10 Hydrology and Water Quality
2.14 Tribal Cultural Resources
Chapter 3 - Environmental Effects Found Not to be Significant
TECHNICAL APPENDICES
A - Notice of Preparation and Comments
B - In-Process General Plan Amendment Project VMT and GHG Emission Forecast
Draft Climate Action Plan Appendices
The following Draft Appendices are available at the above link.
CAP Appendix 1 – Community Outreach and Engagement
CAP Appendix 2 – Co-Benefits Evaluation Tool
CAP Appendix 3 – Unincorporated County of San Diego 2019 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory and Projections
CAP Appendix 4 – County of San Diego Local Government Operations Greenhouse Gas 2019 Inventory and Projections
CAP Appendix 5 – County of San Diego Climate Action Plan Update: Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets and Gap Analysis
CAP Appendix 6 – Carbon Stock Estimates for Unincorporated San Diego County
CAP Appendix 7 – Climate Action Plan Update Combined Measure Workbook
CAP Consistency Checklist
Guidelines for Determining Significance for Climate Change
CAP General Plan Amendment
Notice of Preparation
On December 10, 2020, the County sent public notice that a Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (Supplemental EIR) would be prepared for the CAP Update. The County sought input from the public and agencies on potential environmental impacts of the CAP Update, ways to mitigate those impacts, and alternatives that may lessen those impacts. The County also sought input on potential GHG reduction strategies and measures to be included in the CAP Update.
Comments on this Notice of Preparation document were accepted for 57 days following the issuance of the first notice on December 10, 2020, and must have been received no later than February 4, 2021. The County provided 27 extra days.
Revised County of San Diego CAP Update Notice of Preparation
Project Public Scoping Meeting
Consistent with Section 21083.9 of the CEQA Statutes, a public scoping meeting was held virtually on January 28, 2021 to solicit comments regarding the scope and analysis of the Supplemental EIR.
County of San Diego CAP Update - Scoping Meeting Presentation (01/28/2021)
- Video Recording (English)
- Question and Answer Discussion (English)
- Presentation Slides (English and Español)
Climate Action Links