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Dear Mayor and Council,
As a local constituent deeply concerned by Pasadena's continued dependence on polluting fossil fuels, I am writing to urge you to set the City on a path towards sustainable, affordable, healthy, clean power by 2030. 100% clean power is already possible. Pasadena has historically been a leader in the region on issues ofsustainability.
Unfortunately in the realm of clean power that is no longer the case. Over the past five years most of Pasadena's neighbors have implemented 100% clean energy standards.
In 2018 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for residential consumers.
In 2019 the Sierra Madre City Council implemented a 100% clean power standard for all residential and business customers.
In 2022 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors implemented a 100% clean power standard for residential customers in Altadena, East Pasadena, and the rest of unincorporated Los Angeles County, with businesses to follow in 2023.
In 2022 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for business consumers.
In 2022 the Alhambra City Council voted to implement a 100% clean energy standard for residential customers in 2023.
These cities have all contracted with Community Choice Aggregators. In addition, the cities of Los Angeles, Sacramento, Palo Alto and San Jose have all adopted plans for 100% clean power by 2030 or 2035.
The City of Pasadena is committed to meeting only the bare minimum required by state law - 60% clean power by 2030. 100% clean power is affordable. The costs of renewable energy and storage have declined dramatically and are less expensive than coal or gas. The recently adopted federal Inflation Reduction Act includes subsidies for cities to build clean energy infrastructure. Pasadena should not miss out on these opportunities.
Pasadena needs the leadership of the City Council to set policy goals.
PWP and external consultants will apply expertise to develop and model scenarios for implementation of goals.
As a local elected official with a track record on local climate action, please seize this opportunity to move Pasadena forward. As your constituents and supporters we know that you are committed to ensuring a livable future for our children.
Please agendize the Pasadena 100 resolution in support of this goal for the next Council meeting on January 23, 2023. 1 Thank you for your service and leadership!
Respectfully,
Brian Biery
Pasadena Resident
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Dear Mayor and Council,
Global warming is just about the most critical issue which we must make every effort to face. It's shocking that my city, Pasadena,gets such a huge percentage of it's power from coal, an archaic source of polluting energy.
I urge you to set the City on a path towards sustainable, affordable, healthy, clean power by 2030. 100% clean power is already possible. Pasadena has historically been a leader in the region on issues ofsustainability.
Unfortunately in the realm of clean power that is no longer the case. Over the past five years most of Pasadena's neighbors have implemented 100% clean energy standards.
In 2018 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for residential consumers.
In 2019 the Sierra Madre City Council implemented a 100% clean power standard for all residential and business customers.
In 2022 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors implemented a 100% clean power standard for residential customers in Altadena, East Pasadena, and the rest of unincorporated Los Angeles County, with businesses to follow in 2023.
In 2022 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for business consumers.
In 2022 the Alhambra City Council voted to implement a 100% clean energy standard for residential customers in 2023.
These cities have all contracted with Community Choice Aggregators. In addition, the cities of Los Angeles, Sacramento, Palo Alto and San Jose have all adopted plans for 100% clean power by 2030 or 2035.
The City of Pasadena is committed to meeting only the bare minimum required by state law - 60% clean power by 2030. 100% clean power is affordable. The costs of renewable energy and storage have declined dramatically and are less expensive than coal or gas. The recently adopted federal Inflation Reduction Act includes subsidies for cities to build clean energy infrastructure. Pasadena should not miss out on these opportunities.
Pasadena needs the leadership of the City Council to set policy goals. PWP and external consultants will apply expertise to develop and model scenarios for implementation of goals.
As a local elected official with a track record on local climate action, please seize this opportunity to move Pasadena forward. As your constituents and supporters we know that you are committed to ensuring a livable future for our children. 1 Please agendizethe Pasadena 100 resolution in support of this goal for the next Council meeting on January 23, 2023.
Thank you for your service and leadership,
Sincerely,
Susan Demhowski
,Pasadena,CA91107
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Dear Mayor and Council,
I am writing to urge you to agendize the Pasadena 100 Climate Change resolution, which will set Pasadena on a path towards sustainable, affordable, healthy clean power by 2030.
I am a Pasadena pastor, and my congregation and I are deeply concerned that our City continues its dependence on dirty fossil fuels.
Pasadena citizens need you to take leadership on this issue and provide guidance to Pasadena Water and Power. This is a timely request as PWP is currently updating its Integrated Resource Plan for power supply.
It's clear that you, our Council, deeply care about Pasadena and that you want a livable future here for our young people.
There is a lot of public support for the Pasadena 100 resolution. Please do not delay and agendize it.
Thank you for your faithful service to our community!
May your day be filled with faith, love, and purpose,
Rev. Tera Landers, Lead Pastor
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On behalf of our patients and the community we serve, the physicians of Pasadena are urging you to implement policies that will counter climate change and the looming climate emergency. To quote over 200 medical and health journals: The science is unequivocal; a global increase of 1.5°C above the preindustrial average and the continued loss of biodiversity risk catastrophic harm to human health that will be impossible to reverse. [1]
The American Medical Association (AMA) declared climate change a public health crisis, risking mental illness, physical injury, heat stroke, insect borne diseases and respiratory illness. [2] According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), climate change is already impacting human health through air pollution, allergens and pollen, diseases carried by vectors, food- and water-borne disease, temperature extremes, and wildfires, and these health impacts are expected to increase. [3]
Heatwaves have become more frequent since the mid-1960s and are projected to become longer and more intense. This summer large portions of the globe experienced unprecedented heatwaves, with record temperatures of 117°F in Portugal, 109°F in France, and over 104°F in the UK. We here know all too well how this oppressive heat feels. Such extreme temperatures lead to heat stress, the largest single cause of weather-related deaths in the US.
Climate change has contributed to changes in the frequency, duration, and geographic distribution of droughts, and increases the risk of wildfires. Lastly, disasters and the need to quickly evacuate can affect usual access to medications, medical services, and electricity which can be dangerous for those with chronic disorders who need these items to survive. [4] This year will again bring record highs in greenhouse gas emissions because we lack policy to prevent it. With current policies, the world is on track to warm by at least 3°C above preindustrial levels by 2100. [1] The technology for the transition exists but has not been prioritized or used to its maximum potential.
This is where the Council's job is of utmost importance. We desperately need policy prioritizing a rapid transition away from fossil fuels and toward renewable energy. The single most effective action that we can take in Pasadena to fight the climate catastrophe is to stop buying and generating the fossil fuels that emit the greenhouse gases that cause climate change. We support the Pasadena 100 effort to have Pasadena Water and Power (PWP) commit to achieving 100% carbon free power generation by 2030. We also support policies to electrify all buildings in Pasadena.
The signatories below strongly encourage the City Council to implement policies that promote and enforce the switch to renewables. This is the only way to have a healthy, livable future. The physicians of Pasadena are calling on the Council to take the climate crisis seriously and show leadership commensurate with the threat. The faster the transition happens, the less damage to our citizens' health.
Signed below are the doctors and their specialties.
Sincerely,
Your physicians:
October 20th, 2022
Claire Smigiel, MD - Allergy/Immunology
Alexis Rieber, MD - Otolaryngology
Caroline Yao, MD - Plastic Surgery
Leslie Korostoff, MD - Obstetrics and Gynecology
Annemarie Fanselau, MD - Pediatrician
Mark Swanson, MD - Otolaryngology
Katie Harder, MD - Emergency Medicine
Taylor Carle, MD - Otolaryngology
Celene Mulholland, MD - Neurosurgeon
Ronnie Bannerje, MD - Anesthesia
Aakash Agarwala, MD - Anesthesia
Joanna Chan, MD - Dermatology
William Lee, MD - Vascular surgery
Eva Poon, MD - Internal medicine
Sing Wind Poon, MD - Plastic surgeon
Richa Agarwala - Psychology
Vicky Pai, MD - Ophthalmology
Haig Yenikomshian, MD - Plastic Surgery
Evann Rosenberg, MD - Cardiology
Sonal Patel, MD - Allergy/Immunology
Marc Futernick, MD - Emergency Medicine
Tina Wang, MD - Hematology/Oncology
Sheila Clayton, MD - General Surgery
Michele Montllor, MD, FACS - General Surgery
JoAnne D. Als M.D. - Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychiatry Anna Cheng, MD - Physical medicine & rehabilitation
Amy Ni, MD - Family medicine
October 20th, 2022
References:
1. Medical Journals Call Climate Change the 'Greatest Threat to Global Public Health (https://www.nytimes.com/202l/09/07/climate/climate-change-health-threat.html)
2. AMA adopts new policy declaring climate change a public health crisis [June 2022] (https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/press-releases/ama-adopts-new-policy-declaring-climate- change-public-health-crisis)
3. US public health response to climate change for allergists-immunologists. Gillespie, Elizabeth et al. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, Volume 128, Issue 6, 626 - 628.2022
4. Building a comprehensive approach in CDC's National Center for Environmental Health to address the health effects of climate change. Schramm PJ, Cordero A et al. The Journal of Climate Change and Health. 2021
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Dear Mayor and Council,
As a local constituent deeply concerned by Pasadena's continued dependence on polluting fossil fuels, I am writing to urge you to set the City on a path towards sustainable, affordable, healthy, clean power by 2030.
100% clean power is already possible. Pasadena has historically been a leader in the region on issues of sustainability. Unfortunately in the realm of clean power that is no longer the case. Over the past five years most of Pasadena's neighbors have implemented 100% clean energy standards.
In 2018 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for residential consumers.
In 2019 the Sierra Madre City Council implemented a 100% clean power standard for all residential and business customers.
In 2022 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors implemented a 100% clean power standard for residential customers in Altadena, East Pasadena, and the rest of unincorporated Los Angeles County, with businesses to follow in 2023.
In 2022 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for business consumers.
In 2022 the Alhambra City Council voted to implement a 100% clean energy standard for residential customers in 2023.
Other large cities have also set stronger goals than Pasadena. The cities of Los Angeles, Sacramento, Palo Alto and San Jose have all adopted plans for 100% clean power by 2030 or 2035.
The City of Pasadena is committed to meeting only the bare minimum required by state law-60% clean power by 2030.
100% clean power is affordable. The costs of renewable energy and storage have declined 1 dramatically over the past decade. Meanwhile methane gas just skyrocketed in price, more than doubling just this past month. Clean electric power is far more insulated to such price shocks.
Pasadena needs the leadership of the City Council to set policy goals. PWP and external consultants will apply expertise to develop and model scenarios for implementation of goals. Please seize this opportunity to move Pasadena forward. As your constituents and supporters we know that you are committed to ensuring a livable future for our children.
Please agendize the Pasadena 100 resolution in support of this goal for the next Council meeting on January 23, 2023.
Thank you for your service and leadership,
Wes, Kristin, and Jasper Reutimann
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Dear Mayor and Council,
As a local constituent deeply concerned by Pasadena's continued dependence on polluting fossil fuels, I am writing to urge you to set the City on a path towards sustainable, affordable, healthy, clean power by 2030. 100% clean power is already possible. Pasadena has historically been a leader in the region on issues ofsustainability.
Unfortunately in the realm of clean power that is no longer the case. Over the past five years most of Pasadena's neighbors have implemented 100% clean energy standards.
In 2018 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for residential consumers.
In 2019 the Sierra Madre City Council implemented a 100% clean power standard for all residential and business customers.
In 2022 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors implemented a 100% clean power standard for residential customers in Altadena, East Pasadena, and the rest of unincorporated Los Angeles County, with businesses to follow in 2023.
In 2022 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for business consumers.
In 2022 the Alhambra City Council voted to implement a 100% clean energy standard for residential customers in 2023.
These cities have all contracted with Community Choice Aggregators. In addition, the cities of Los Angeles, Sacramento, Palo Alto and San Jose have all adopted plans for 100% clean power by 2030 or 2035.
The City of Pasadena is committed to meeting only the bare minimum required by state law - 60% clean power by 2030. 100% clean power is affordable. The costs of renewable energy and storage have declined dramatically and are less expensive than coal or gas. The recently adopted federal Inflation Reduction Act includes subsidies for cities to build clean energy infrastructure. Pasadena should not miss out on these opportunities.
Pasadena needs the leadership of the City Council to set policy goals. PWP and external consultants will apply expertise to develop and model scenarios for implementation of goals.
As a local elected official with a track record on local climate action, please seize this opportunity to move Pasadena forward. As your constituents and supporters we know that you are committed to ensuring a livable future for our children.
Please agendize the Pasadena 100 resolution in support of this goal for the next Council meeting on January 23, 2023.
Thank you for your service and leadership,
Topher Mathers
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Dear Mayor and Council,
As a local constituent deeply concerned by Pasadena's continued dependence on polluting fossil fuels, I am writing to urge you to set the City on a path towards sustainable, affordable, healthy, clean power by 2030. I am writing in support of Pasadena 100 and the goal to have 100% carbon free energy by 2030.
The investor owned utilities provide approximately 75% of the electricity transmission in California and are incentivized to not invest in conservation, rooftop solar, carport solar, and other local initiatives that would not only bring local energy resilience, but would also reduce our carbon emissions. In fact, EIX, SCE's parent, announced we will most likely not meet our 2030 climate goals falling short by about 30 to 90 million metric tons. Their answer is to build transmission lines to new green energy plants. The process to add new energy from green energy facilities could take a decade, especially if new transmission infrastructure is required. This clearly won't help us meet 2030 climate goals. What would help is rooftop solar, reduction of standby power, battery storage, and securing 100% carbon free energy by 2030.
California already produces 13 GWs of solar energy so it is not a stretch to see more of this helping to supply the 290 MWs peak demand required for Pasadena's load. Reduction of standby power would also reduce the demand. The US Department of Energy reports that 20 percent of our electricity use goes to standby power. Reducing demand would make it even easier to supply Pasadena with 100% renewables by 2030.
It's reprehensible that 48%, or about 150 MWs of our electricity in Pasadena is procured from coal power, when many neighboring cities are below 5%, and other cities and countries have deliberate strategies to wean themselves off of fossil fuels or are already not using them. The short-term costs don't equal the long term consequences by any measure.
I appreciate your support for 100% renewable power by 2030.
Sincerely,
Cheryl Auger
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Dear Mayor and Council,
We are deeply concerned by Pasadena's continued dependence on fossil fuels. We urge you to set the City on a path towards sustainable, affordable, clean power by 2030.
100% clean power is already possible. Pasadena has historically been a leader on issues of sustainability. Unfortunately in the realm of clean power that is no longer the case. Over the past five years most of Pasadena's neighbors are leading the way.
Alhambra, South Pasadena, Sierra Madre and LACounty have all contracted with Community Choice Aggregators. In addition, the cities of Los Angeles, Sacramento, Palo Alto and San Jose have all adopted plans for 100% clean power by 2030 or 2035.
The City of Pasadena is committed to meeting only the bare minimum required by state law - 60% clean power by 2030. 100% clean power is affordable. The costs of renewable energy and storage have declined dramatically and are less expensive than coal or gas. The recently adopted federal Inflation Reduction Act includes subsidies for cities to build clean energy infrastructure. Pasadena should not miss out on these opportunities.
Pasadena needs the leadership of the City Council to set policy goals.
As our elected official with a track record on local climate action, please seize this opportunity to move Pasadena forward.
As your constituents and supporters we know that you are committed to ensuring a livable future for our children.
Please agendize the Pasadena 100 resolution in support of this goal for the next Council meeting on January 23, 2023.
Thank you for your leadership and service for the citizens of Pasadena, Therese and Bob Brummel
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Dear Mayor and Council,
As a local constituent deeply concerned by Pasadena's continued dependence on polluting fossil fuels, I am writing to urge you to set the City on a path towards sustainable, affordable, healthy, clean power by 2030. 100% clean power is already possible. Pasadena has historically been a leader in the region on issues of sustainability.
Unfortunately in the realm of clean power that is no longer the case. Over the past five years most of Pasadena's neighbors have implemented 100% clean energy standards.
In 2018 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for residential consumers.
In 2019 the Sierra Madre City Council implemented a 100% clean power standard for all residential and business customers.
In 2022 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors implemented a 100% clean power standard for residential customers in Altadena, East Pasadena, and the rest of unincorporated Los Angeles County, with businesses to follow in 2023.
In 2022 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for business consumers.
In 2022 the Alhambra City Council voted to implement a 100% clean energy standard for residential customers in 2023.
These cities have all contracted with Community Choice Aggregators. In addition, the cities of Los Angeles, Sacramento, Palo Alto and San Jose have all adopted plans for 100% clean power by 2030 or 2035.
The City of Pasadena is committed to meeting only the bare minimum required by state law - 60% clean power by 2030. 100% clean power is affordable. The costs of renewable energy and storage have declined dramatically and are less expensive than coal or gas. The recently adopted federal Inflation Reduction Act includes subsidies for cities to build clean energy infrastructure. Pasadena should not miss out on these opportunities.
Pasadena needs the leadership of the City Council to set policy goals. PWP and external consultants will apply expertise to develop and model scenarios for implementation of goals.
As a local elected official with a track record on local climate action, please seize this opportunity to move Pasadena forward. As your constituents and supporters we know that you are committed to ensuring a livable future for our children.
Please agendize the Pasadena 100 resolution in support of this goal for the next Council meeting on January 23, 2023.
Thank you for your service and leadership,
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Dear Mayor and Council,
Before I pass on the below canned message, I would like to share my experience from my colleagues from the financial services sector: "battery storage in place of peaker plants is a highly lucrative investment". Furthermore, unsubsidized solar PV generation is cost competitive with the subsidized fossil fuel generation and potentially a huge asset during natural disasters. Therefore, I'm very puzzled as to why Pasadena lags in adopting financially prudent practices? Please ensure this matter is properly explored. Thank you!
Sincerely,
Chris Ziegler
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As a local constituent deeply concerned by Pasadena's continued dependence on polluting fossil fuels, I am writing to urge you to set the City on a path towards sustainable, affordable, healthy, clean power by 2030. 100% clean power is already possible. Pasadena has historically been a leader in the region on issues of sustainability.
Unfortunately in the realm of clean power that is no longer the case. Over the past five years most of Pasadena's neighbors have implemented 100% clean energy standards.
In 2018 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for residential consumers.
In 2019 the Sierra Madre City Council implemented a 100% clean power standard for all residential and business customers.
In 2022 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors implemented a 100% clean power standard for residential customers in Altadena, East Pasadena, and the rest of unincorporated Los Angeles County, with businesses to follow in 2023.
In 2022 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for business consumers.
In 2022 the Alhambra City Council voted to implement a 100% clean energy standard for residential customers in 2023.
These cities have all contracted with Community Choice Aggregators. In addition, the cities of Los Angeles, Sacramento, Palo Alto and San Jose have all adopted plans for 100% clean power by 2030 or 2035. 1 The City of Pasadena is committed to meeting only the bare minimum required by state law - 60% clean power by 2030. 100% clean power is affordable. The costs of renewable energy and storage have declined dramatically and are less expensive than coal or gas. The recently adopted federal Inflation Reduction Act includes subsidies for cities to build clean energy infrastructure. Pasadena should not miss out on these opportunities.
Pasadena needs the leadership of the City Council to set policy goals. PWP and external consultants will apply expertise to develop and model scenarios for implementation of goals.
As a local elected official with a track record on local climate action, please seize this opportunity to move Pasadena forward. As your constituents and supporters we know that you are committed to ensuring a livable future for our children.
Please agendize the Pasadena 100 resolution in support of this goal for the next Council meeting on January 23, 2023.
Thank you for your service and leadership,
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Dear Mayor and Council,
As a local constituent deeply concerned by Pasadena's continued dependence on polluting fossil fuels, I am writing to urge you to set the City on a path towards sustainable, affordable, healthy, clean power by 2030. 100% clean power is already possible. Pasadena has historically been a leader in the region on issues ofsustainability.
Unfortunately in the realm of clean power that is no longer the case. Over the past five years most of Pasadena's neighbors have implemented 100% clean energy standards.
In 2018 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for residential consumers.
In 2019 the Sierra Madre City Council implemented a 100% clean power standard for all residential and business customers.
In 2022 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors implemented a 100% clean power standard for residential customers in Altadena, East Pasadena, and the rest of unincorporated Los Angeles County, with businesses to follow in 2023.
In 2022 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for business consumers.
In 2022 the Alhambra City Council voted to implement a 100% clean energy standard for residential customers in 2023.
These cities have all contracted with Community Choice Aggregators. In addition, the cities of Los Angeles, Sacramento, Palo Alto and San Jose have all adopted plans for 100% clean power by 2030 or 2035.
The City of Pasadena is committed to meeting only the bare minimum required by state law - 60% clean power by 2030. 100% clean power is affordable. The costs of renewable energy and storage have declined dramatically and are less expensive than coal or gas. The recently adopted federal Inflation Reduction Act includes subsidies for cities to build clean energy infrastructure. Pasadena should not miss out on these opportunities.
Pasadena needs the leadership of the City Council to set policy goals. PWP and external consultants will apply expertise to develop and model scenarios for implementation of goals.
As a local elected official with a track record on local climate action, please seize this opportunity to move Pasadena forward. As your constituents and supporters we know that you are committed to ensuring a livable future for our children.
Please agendize the Pasadena 100 resolution in support of this goal for the next Council meeting on January 23, 2023.
Thank you for your service and leadership,
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Good morning, Mayor Gordo and Council,
As a local constituent deeply concerned by Pasadena's continued dependence on polluting fossil fuels, I am writing to urge you to set the City on a path towards sustainable, affordable, healthy, clean power by 2030. 100% clean power is already possible. Pasadena has historically been a leader in the region on issues of sustainability.
Unfortunately in the realm of clean power that is no longer the case. Over the past five years most of Pasadena's neighbors have implemented 100% clean energy standards.
In 2018 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for residential consumers.
In 2019 the Sierra Madre City Council implemented a 100% clean power standard for all residential and business customers.
In 2022 the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors implemented a 100% clean power standard for residential customers in Altadena, East Pasadena, and the rest of unincorporated Los Angeles County, with businesses to follow in 2023.
In 2022 the South Pasadena City Council implemented a 100% clean energy standard for business consumers.
In 2022 the Alhambra City Council voted to implement a 100% clean energy standard for residential customers in 2023.
These cities have all contracted with Community Choice Aggregators. In addition, the cities of Los Angeles, Sacramento, Palo Alto and San Jose have all adopted plans for 100% clean power by 2030 or 2035.
The City of Pasadena is committed to meeting only the bare minimum required by state law - 60% clean power by 2030. 100% clean power is affordable. The costs of renewable energy and storage have declined dramatically and are less expensive than coal or gas. The recently adopted federal Inflation Reduction Act includes subsidies for cities to build clean energy infrastructure. Pasadena should not miss out on these opportunities.
Pasadena needs the leadership of the City Council to set policy goals. PWP and external consultants will apply expertise to develop and model scenarios for implementation of goals.
As a local elected official with a track record on local climate action, please seize this opportunity to move Pasadena forward. As your constituents and supporters we know that you are committed to ensuring a livable future for our children.
Please agendize the Pasadena 100 resolution in support of this goal for the next Council meeting on January 23, 2023.
Thank you for your service and leadership,
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Dear Councilmembers,
The once-every-four-year "Integrated Resource Plan" (IRP) process has begun.The IRP establishes how Pasadena will secure enough power to meet local electric needs in the next 10-20 years. Other cities in our area have accomplished this using far less fossil fuel energy than Pasadena. Let's have Pasadena be a leader in this effort! It is shameful and irresponsible if the City Council does not prioritize the serious reduction of fossil fuels on its agenda.
The City Council must provide clear direction to City staff and consultants that they should study pathways to 100% clean power by 2030. The fate of our city and our state depends on the determination to carry out any means to combat our and indeed the world's climate emergency.
Thank you,
Kathryn Kroger
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It is my opinion that Pasadena should be carbon free by 2030. I just put in solar myself.
I am a resident of Pasadena and have been for nearly 60 years. I had no idea that so much of our power comes from coal - horrors! We don't live in West Virginia, after all!
Janet Rose
1 Stevenson, Garrett
Subject:FW: Public Comment - MSC - Agenda Item #2
From: cheryl auger < >
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2023 9:50 PM
To: Hampton, Tyron <[email protected]>; Williams, Felicia <[email protected]>; Jones, Justin <[email protected]>; Masuda, Gene <[email protected]>; Rivas, Jessica <[email protected]>; Madison, Steve <[email protected]>; Lyon, Jason <[email protected]>; Stevenson, Garrett <[email protected]>; Sabha, Tamer <[email protected]>; Gordo, Victor <[email protected]> Cc: Chapman, Justin <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: Public Comment - MSC - Agenda Item #2
Dear Mayor Gordo, Members of MSC, other Councilmembers, and Supporting Staff, California's Climate Goals seek to reduce greenhouse gases 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. Right now the state might miss the mark by up to 90 million metric tons if specific steps are not made to significantly bring down carbon emissions.
Pasadena wants to declare a Climate Emergency yet only seeks to be Climate Neutral by 2030. Carbon Neutrality is not the same as Carbon Free Energy. Carbon neutrality does not reduce our greenhouse gases. Carbon neutrality does not help California meet 2030 climate goals. Carbon neutrality does nothing to save us from the sixth mass extinction except to pass a notional intention that the climate crisis is real.
Pasadena's Climate Neutrality legislation will continue to fuel the flames of the climate crisis and therefore it must be dismissed as an agenda item or even a topic of discussion.
I ask instead that the Mayor agendize PASADENA 100's resolution for 100% Carbon free energy for the January 30 Council meeting.
At least with clean energy by 2030, we can help California meet our 2030 climate goals.
Sincerely,
Cheryl Auger
Resident - District 6
Business Owner - District 1
CA will Miss 2030 Climate Goals
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1 Stevenson, Garrett
Subject:FW: Public Comment for MSC meeting on 24 Jan 2023 RE: Pasadena 100 Resolution From: breden < >
Sent:Sunday, January 22, 2023 9:19 PM
To: Sabha, Tamer <[email protected]>; Stevenson, [email protected]> Cc: Jamie Scott < >; breden < >
Subject: Public Comment for MSC meeting on 24 Jan 2023 RE: Pasadena 100 Resolution Dear MSC,
It is pretty simple, carbon-free and carbon neutral are completely different. Many of Pasadena's citizens, and many of Pasadena's citizen groups, have been asking our City Council to direct PWP adopt 100% carbon-free sources by 2030. This move to change this to "carbon-neutral" will not be tolerated. If you can't find it within yourselves to be on the right side of history, and go with carbon-free sources, and by the way help to save the planet, than just admit it and defeat the proposal that your citizens are asking for. But don't change it to carbon-neutral and completely gut the proposal.
This arbitrary change reminds me of the arbitrary way I was dropped from the membership of STAG, after being told I was on it, and then other people were added outside of the published process. Let's at least adopt a transparent process within the City government.
Sincerely,
Felix Breden
Pasadena, CA 91105
1 Stevenson, Garrett
Subject:FW: Public Comment
From:Analisa Swan < >
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2023 7:08 PM
To: Stevenson, Garrett <[email protected]>; Sabha, Tamer <[email protected]> Subject: Public Comment
I am urging MSC to please reject the proposed carbon neutral resolution and instead adopt Pasadena 100's resolution for 100% Carbon free energy by 2030.
Pasadena needs 100% fossil fuel free energy by 2030, not to be Carbon Neutral by 2030! In 2021, a whopping 48% of electricity in Pasadena was procured from coal power. The statewide average was 3%.
Pasadena should take immediate and substantive action including a goal of 100% fossil fuel free energy by 2030. I live in the nearby community.of Burbank. Fossil fuels in Pasadena impact climate change, air quality, health, etc. in the surrounding area.
Thank you for your courtesy and consideration of this matter. -Analisa Swan
Resident of Burbank, CA
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Subject:FW: Public Comment Re Carbon Neutrality is not the same as Carbon Free Energy From: Jim Stewart< >
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2023 2:44 PM
To: Sabha, Tamer <[email protected]>; Stevenson, Garrett <[email protected]> Subject: Public Comment Re Carbon Neutrality is not the same as Carbon Free Energy We need Pasadena to be a GOOD example: Pasadena needs 100% fossil fuel free energy by 2030, not to be Carbon Neutral by 2030! Carbon Neutrality is not the same as Carbon Free Energy.
Thanks,
Jim Stewart
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Subject:FW: Public Comment
From: Max Rissman < >
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2023 2:16 PM
To: Sabha, Tamer <[email protected]>; Stevenson, Garrett <[email protected]> Subject: Public Comment
Hello, my name is Max Rissman and I am a resident of Pasadena. My address is , Pasadena, CA 91101. I would like to submit a public comment urging that the MSC reject the proposed Carbon neutral resolution and instead propose PASADENA 100's resolution for 100% Carbon free energy by 2030. Thank you very much.
Sincerely,
Max Rissman
www.maxrissman.com
1 Stevenson, Garrett
Subject:FW:Public Comment - Please Support 100% CARBON FREE Power by 2030 From: Wesley Reutimann < >
Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2023 6:26 AM
To: Stevenson, Garrett<[email protected]>; Sabha, Tamer <[email protected]> Cc: Hampton, Tyron <[email protected]>; Williams, Felicia <[email protected]>; Jones, Justin <[email protected]>; Lyon, Jason <[email protected]> Subject: -^7 ® Public Comment - Please Support 100% CARBON FREE Power by 2030 CAUTION: This email was delivered from the Internet. Do not click links or open attachments unless you toowthe content is safe. Report phish using the Phish Alert Button. Learn more....
Dear Municipal Service Committee Members,
As a local family deeply concerned by Pasadena's continued dependence on polluting fossil fuels, we urge you to set the City on a path towards clean, affordable, CARBON-FREE power by 2030. "Carbon Neutrality" is NOT the same as "Carbon Free" Energy. Carbon neutrality permits the burning of fossil fuels and the purchase of carbon credits to "offset" greenhouse gas emissions. Offsets are too often loosely monitored and fail to address the pollution and other harms associated with the continued burning of fossil fuels, especially to low-income communities.
Over the past few years Pasadena's neighbors - including the communities of South Pasadena, Sierra Madre, and unincorporated Los Angeles County - have implemented 100% clean energy standards. In doing so they realized largely Carbon-Free power in 2022 or before. The MSC's proposal would set a lower standard for Pasadena to reach in seven years. This is not climate leadership.
A "carbon neutrality" goal would allow Pasadena to remain on its current course, the bare minimum required by state law - 60% clean power by 2030 - and offset the rest. This is not climate leadership.
Local climate leaders in California have already adopted 100% standards and are working towards procuring even more clean, renewable energy. 24 cities in San Mateo County just committed to work towards 24/7 carbon-free energy by 2025 (https://www.canarvmedia.com/articles/clean-energv/24-7-carbon-free-energy-is-about-to-become-a- reality-in-california). These communities realize that doing the right thing is not only feasible, it is cost effective, reliable, and stable. Renewable energy is not subject to the vagaries of the fossil gas market. Over the last few months alone fossil gas prices more than doubled in the City.
Pasadena residents desen/e more than Iip service. The MSC's draft resolution accurately highlights that we are faced by a climate emergency. Only Carbon Free Energy will guarantee Pasadena does its part to address the emergency at hand.
Please support a 100% Carbon Free Energy goal as outlined in the Pasadena 100 resolution.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
Wes, Kristin, Jasper, and Max Reutimann
1 Stevenson, Garrett
Subject:FW: Public Comment
From: Mary Fitzpatrick < >
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2023 11:59 PM
To: Sabha, Tamer <[email protected]>; Stevenson, Garrett <[email protected]> Subject: Public Comment
Hi there —- Please instruct the MSCommittee that I want them to reject "carbon neutral" and go for 100% Carbon Free energy by 2030. PWP messed around and delayed for too long - I have been paying extra for "Green Power" for 10-12 years now, and feel my investment has been in vain. We have no time left to lose. Carbon Free by 2030, please.
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Subject:FW: ^Public Comment - Please Support 100% CARBON FREE Power by 2030 From: Leigh Adams < >
Sent: Saturday, January 21, 2023 7:45 AM
To: Stevenson, Garrett <[email protected]>; Sabha, Tamer <[email protected]> Cc: hlampton, Tyron <[email protected]>; Williams, Felicia <[email protected]>; Jones, Justin <[email protected]>,· Lyon, Jason <[email protected]> Subject: ^Public Comment - Please Support 100% CARBON FREE Power by 2030 Dear Municipal Service Committee Members,
As a local constituent deeply concerned by Pasadena's continued dependence on polluting fossil fuels, I urge you to set the City on a path towards clean, affordable, CARBON-FREE power by 2030.
Language matters. "Carbon Neutrality" is NOT the same as "Carbon Free" Energy. Carbon neutrality permits the burning of fossil fuels and the purchase of carbon credits to "offset" greenhouse gas emissions. Offsets are too often loosely monitored and fail to address the pollution and other harms associated with the continued burning of fossil fuels, especially to low-income communities.
Over the past few years Pasadena's neighbors - including the communities of South Pasadena, Sierra Madre, and unincorporated Los Angeles County - have implemented 100% clean energy standards. In doing so they realized largely Carbon-Free power in 2022 or before. The MSC's proposal would set a lower standard for Pasadena to reach in seven years. This is not climate leadership.
A "carbon neutrality" goal would allow Pasadena to remain on its current course, the bare minimum required by state law - 60% clean power by 2030 - and offsetting the rest. This is not climate leadership.
Local climate leaders in California have already adopted 100% standards and are working towards procuring even more clean, renewable energy. 24 cities in San Mateo County just committed to work towards 24/7 carbon-free energy by 2025 (https://www.canarvmedia.com/articles/clean-energv/24-7-carbon-free-energv-is-about-to-become-a-reality-in- California). These communities have already realized that doing the right thing is not only feasible, it is cost effective, reliable, and stable. Renewable energy is not subject to the vagaries of the fossil gas market. Over the last few months alone fossil gas prices more than doubled in the City.
Pasadena residents deserve more than lip service. The MSC's draft resolution accurately highlights that we are faced by a climate emergency. Only Carbon Free Energy will guarantee Pasadena does its part to address the emergency at hand.
Please support a 100% Carbon Free Energy goal as outlined in the Pasadena 100 resolution.
Thank you for your time and consideration,
I have nothing new to teach the world. Truth and non-violence are as old as the hills. All I have done is to try experiments in both on as vast a scale as I could. -Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948)
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Subject:FW: Public Comment for MSC meeting on 24 Jan 2023 RE: Pasadena 100 Resolution From: Jamie Scott < >
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 10:35 PM
To: Sabha, Tamer <[email protected]>; Stevenson, Garrett <[email protected]> Cc:Jamie Scott < >
Subject: Public Comment for MSC meeting on 24 Jan 2023 RE: Pasadena 100 Resolution Dear MSC,
I am writing in support of the Pasadena 100 draft resolution proposing that PWP convert to 100% carbon free energy by 2020.
I support this resolution AS WRITTEN, and hope that MSC will support it AS WRITTEN as well.
I do not favor MSC editing it for two reasons.
First, other entities within the Pasadena government (e.g., EAC) are also sending messages regarding the original resolution, and having two versions in circulation will be confusing.
And second, it seems unfair and undemocratic to change a document that is ultimately meant for the City Council.
By changing the text of the resolution you are changing its meaning (and potentially its intent); therefore misrepresenting the intentions of the many Pasadenas who put their time and effort into developing and supporting this resolution in the first place.
In effect you are silencing them.
Sincerely yours,
Jamie Scott
Jamie Scott, MD,PhD
(preferred pronouns: she/her/hers)
Pasadena, CA 91105
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Subject:FW: Carbon Free!!
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Sent: Sunday, January 22, 2023 5:01 PM
To: Sabha, Tamer <[email protected]>
Subject: Carbon Free!!
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While I don't live in Pasadena, I live close by and my children went to Sequoyah School. However, I am effected by Pasadena's choice on how to get your electricity. Pasadena's large reliance on coal and gas generated electricity is out- sized and out-dated. Carbon neutrality is a gimmicky, easily corrupted program to allow continued burning of fossil fuels.
The science is clear and unequivocal. We must stop burning fossil fuels now. Global warming and climate change can and will destroy human civilization. Imagine global food shortages caused by droughts and storms and floods. Oh. It isn't necessary to imagine it, we can see it playing out now. Pasadena has an important choice to make. Vote for Carbon Free energy generation.
1 Stevenson, Garrett
Subject:FW: International Montessori Academy 355 W. Green St. PUBLIC COMMENT From:
Sent: Monday, January 23, 2023 6:58 AM
To: Sabha, Tamer <[email protected]>; [email protected] Subject: International Montessori Academy 355 W. Green St. PUBLIC COMMENT As the owner of a Pasadena preschool - the International Montessori Academy - I urge you to adopt Pasadena 100's resolution for 100% carbon free energy by 2030.
At any given time we are entrusted with the care and education of ninety-some preschoolers who will come of age when the most dramatic results of our collection action - or inaction - regarding the detrimental effects of fossil fuels on our biosphere will become evident.
We feel it our duty to do everything possible to mitigate those impacts on their behalf.
Thank you.
Jordan Sollitto, Owner
International Montessori Academy
1 Stevenson, Garrett
Subject:FW: Public comment
From: Sylvia Holmes <
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2023 2:52 PM
To: Stevenson, Garrett <[email protected]>
Cc: Sabha, Tamer <[email protected]>
Subject: Public comment
I urge the MSC to reject the proposed Carbon neutral resolution and instead propose PASADENA 100's resolution for 100% Carbon free energy by 2030.
Sylvia Holmes
Transition Pasadena
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