Los Angeles Green New Deal

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Los Angeles Green New Deal
AbbreviationLA Green New Deal
Formation2019
Founder Eric Garcetti
TypeMunicipal program
Legal statusActive
PurposeEnvironmental sustainability, green jobs creation, emissions reduction, climate change mitigation
Headquarters Los Angeles, California
Region served
Los Angeles
Parent organization
 City of Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Green New Deal, or LA Green New Deal, is the municipal Green New Deal of Los Angeles, California. Announced in 2019 by Mayor Eric Garcetti, the Los Angeles Green New Deal aims to create green jobs, slash emissions, invest in public transportation, and mitigate climate change. [1] Garcetti introduced the plan with the three Es: the environment, the economy, and equity. [2]

Contents

Overview

The program includes 13 distinct topic areas: environmental justice, renewable energy, local water, clean and healthy buildings, housing and development, mobility and public transit, zero-emission vehicles, industrial emissions and air quality monitoring, waste and resource recovery, food systems, urban ecosystems and resilience, prosperity and green jobs, and leading by example. [3] Specific goals within the topic area framework include reaching a 100% carbon-free grid by 2035, 100% zero-emission vehicles in the city by 2050, and 100% wastewater recycling by 2035.

The city established plans to hire a forest officer to oversee the planting of 90,000 trees. [4] Green job creation is a core part of the plan. [5]

History

The plan was opposed by many workers in the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP), including those in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. They criticized its plan to phase out several gas-fired power plants, which would cause job losses. Workers protested in front of Garcetti's house and the LADWP building. [6]

In 2023, City Controller Kenneth Mejia released a report that criticized the Green New Deal's implementation, claiming that many of its targets were vague and the plan had "outlived its usefulness". [7]

Results

While proponents point to 11% reduced emissions in the first year and thousands of green jobs created as evidence of the program's success, others highlight that the outcomes are difficult to measure, and the plan is lagging behind certain targets. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Cowan, Jill (2019-04-30). "A Green New Deal? L.A. Now Has One". The New York Times. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
  2. ↑ "Background | Plan.lamayor.org". plan.mayor.lacity.gov. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  3. ↑ Fuller, Elizabeth (2022-12-08). "L.A.'s Green New Deal - What it is and How We're Doing". Larchmont Buzz - Hancock Park News. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  4. ↑ Mogensen, Jackie Flynn. "Los Angeles, a city known for its freeways, is about to plant a shit ton of trees". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  5. ↑ "Why green jobs plans matter and where US cities stand in implementing them". Brookings. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
  6. ↑ Furnaro, Andrea; Kay, Kelly (2022). "Labor resistance and municipal power: Scalar mismatch in the Los Angeles Green New Deal". Political Geography. 98. Elsevier BV: 102684. doi:10.1016/j.polgeo.2022.102684. ISSN   0962-6298.
  7. ↑ Smith, Hayley (2023-10-06). "L.A.'s Green New Deal didn't get much done and needs a reboot, city controller says". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-07-03.
  8. ↑ "Editorial: To reach climate goals, L.A. needs action on its Green New Deal — not excuses". Los Angeles Times. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2025-06-27.
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