• Energy
• Environmental Health
• Transportation
• Urban Design
• Urban Nature
• Waste Reduction
• Water

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Green Cities California (GCC) is a coalition...

of California’s largest and most environmentally progressive jurisdictions. These leaders are developing and implementing cutting edge sustainability policies and practices, and have proven experience solving urban environmental challenges.

Our Mission is to accelerate local, regional, national and international adoption of sustainability policies and practices through collaborative effort.

Opportunity: The adoption of local environmental policies can have a profound impact on environmental protection, and a well-crafted local ordinance can help shape state policy.

Problem: Developing such legislation, however, is exceedingly time-consuming.

Solution: GCC has created this easily accessible and free repository of Best Practices in sustainability policy that cities and counties can download and adapt for their communities. We provide everything needed to justify and directly implement new policy, including the policy document, staff report, and outreach materials.

Best Practices are organized around the seven categories of the Urban Environmental Accords: Energy, Waste Reduction, Urban Design, Urban Nature, Transportation, Environmental Health and Water.

What Cities Can Do:  Become a Green Cities Member!

What Local Policymakers and their Staff Can Do:
1) Replicate a best practice in your jurisdiction.
2) Submit a Best Practice to add to GCC’s collection!

What Civic Organizations Can Do: Use our materials to lobby for sustainable policies in your jurisdiction.

recent BEST PRACTICe updates

• San Francisco Wind Power
• Sacramento Outdoor Water Conservation
• San Francisco Solar Incentive
• Los Angeles Million Trees
• Marin County Climate Protection
• Los Angeles County Single Use Bag Ordinance
• Berkeley Solar Financing
• San Jose Zero Waste

Last updated February 14, 2013