From: Rick Moody
Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2023 7:33 PM
To: All at City Clerk's Office <[email protected]>
Subject: Reach Codes
[NOTICE: This message originated outside of City of South San Francisco -- DO NOT CLICK on links or open attachments unless you are sure the content is safe.] I am writing to provide comment for the City of South San Francisco in your consideration of amendment of the Reach Codes for new commercial building construction.
I live in San Mateo but my daughter and our grandchildren live in South San Francisco and my wife and I spend a great deal of time in South San Francisco.
In San Mateo we've passed new Reach code regulations to cover new installation in all buildings, both residential and commercial. I have given public testimony about these issues on two occasions
to the San Mateo City Council and I'm in regular contact with the government in my role as part of the San Mateo Climate Action Team.
I would urge the Council in South San Francisco to take note of what many jurisdictions in the Bay Area have been doing in recent weeks: namely, strengthening codes to provide incentives for new installation or new buildings, both residential and commercial, to move toward electricity
instead of fossil gas. This incremental approach was endorsed by us in San Mateo, and it's being adopted by many others both in California and around the country.
Climate change requires that we rethink our energy use as a society, and the City of South San Francisco is in a position to exercise leadership here.
I appreciate your willingness to consider this enlightened approach to public policy and I hope you will amend the Reach Codes in this way.
Sincerely,
Harry R. Moody
San Mateo, CA 94403
Government Code Section
54957.5
SB 343 Agenda: 03/22/2023
Reg CC Item # 17