Los Angeles Releases Ambitious 'Sustainable City Plan'

"Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s office unveiled a sweeping city sustainability plan today that seeks to reduce the amount of imported water used by Angelenos, improve air quality levels and reduce greenhouse emissions over the next two decades," reports Dakota Smith.

Totaling 105 pages, the sustainable city plan—cleverly titled "the pLAn"—sets goals to be measured in 2025 and 2035.

On one measure of extremely current relevance, one of the plan’s most ambitious goals says "Los Angeles would source 50 percent of its water locally by 2035 by turning to recycling, stormwater capture and other conservation methods," according to Smith.

Also, "[t]he plan seeks to have 'zero days' when air pollution reaches unhealthy levels by 2025. The city saw 14 days last year when levels reached unhealthy thresholds…"

Peter Jamison also reported on the release of the pLAn.