City Of West Hollywood: City Releases Draft Climate Action & Adaptation Plan For Public Input

Press release from the City of West Hollywood:

September 08, 2021 4:11 PM

The City of West Hollywood remains committed to engaging the community in citywide planning efforts. As part of continuous efforts to safely increase community participation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the City invites community members to provide input on its draft Climate Action & Adaptation Plan by visiting the City’s Climate Action webpage area at www.weho.org/climateaction.

The City of West Hollywood is dedicated to sustainability and to preserving our environment. One of the City of West Hollywood’s core values is Respect for the Environment and the City has a strong record of developing and instituting progressive and forward-thinking environmental policies. In 2011, the City released its Climate Action Plan, which is designed to address climate change and reduce the community’s greenhouse gas emissions at the local level.

Although climate change is a global problem, the City of West Hollywood recognizes that strategies to adapt to a changing climate must be enacted at the local level to address challenges such as heat waves, wildfire smoke, and drought. The City is currently updating its Climate Action Plan — an effort called “WeHo Climate Action” — to further champion the actions needed to meet the global and local challenges of climate change and reaffirm West Hollywood as a vibrant, sustainable, and resilient leadership city for current and future generations.

At-large outreach on WeHo Climate Action began in Fall 2020 with several opportunities for the community to offer feedback on strategies to reduce the City’s carbon footprint and adapt to long-term changes in climate. Community members participated in one-on-one interviews, received flyers on how to learn more about the project and provide feedback, participated in focus groups and listening sessions, completed a short survey, called in to the WeHo Climate Action Hotline to share input and provided comments on draft climate actions through our online portal.

The City is now sharing a draft version of the West Hollywood Climate Action and Adaptation Plan for public input through September 30, 2021. The draft plan can be found at: https://weho.konveio.com/weho-climate-action. The community can provide feedback in three ways:

• Online by adding comments directly onto the draft plan.

• Via the WeHo Climate Action Hotline at (323) 848-3155

• Via a Virtual Community Workshop on Tuesday, September 21, 2021 at 5:30 p.m. RSVP by visiting the Zoom meeting link here.

For more information on the City’s Sustainability Program, please click here. For further information, please contact the City of West Hollywood Long Range Planning & Sustainability Manager, Robyn Eason at (323) 848-6558 or at reason@weho.org. For people who are Deaf or hard of hearing, please call TTY (323) 848-6496.

The City of West Hollywood remains in a declared local emergency in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. West Hollywood City Hall is open for in-person transactions by appointment; to make an appointment, visit www.weho.org/appointments. City Hall services remain accessible by phone at (323) 848-6400 and via the City’s website at www.weho.org. City of West Hollywood coronavirus information is available at www.weho.org/coronavirus.

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