About the Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability

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About the
Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability

Purpose

The Los Angeles Regional Collaborative for Climate Action and Sustainability is a network designed to encourage greater coordination and cooperation at the local and regional levels by bringing together leadership from government, the business community, academia, labor, environmental and community groups. The purpose of this collaboration is to share information, foster partnerships, and develop system-wide strategies to address climate change and promote a green economy through sustainable communities.

Objectives

Build a Regional Climate Action Plan to 1) establish baselines of current greenhouse gas emission levels, 2) identify greenhouse gas emission reduction targets and mandates, 3) develop a mechanism for tracking progress in reducing those emissions, 4) identify a full range of measures for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and adapting to climate change, and 5) provide strategies to help meet those goals.
Proactively create cross-jurisdictional and public-private partnerships in support of the regional action plan development and implementation.
Work together to leverage local, state and federal resources to implement the Regional Climate Action Plan.
Share information and best practices on climate change and other sustainability goals.
Develop a consistent communication plan for informing stakeholders of the Los Angeles region of the urgency in addressing global climate change and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Organization

LARC is a collaborative organization, based on the principles of dialogue and shared purpose. It is housed at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, but governed by its Membership. Members must formally adopt the LARC Charter (PDF available here), demonstrating their commitment to regional climate action and sustainability.

LARC is housed at the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability. It receives logistical support from the IoES, but is governed by the LARC Steering Committee, which is chosen from LARC Members. In addition, there are several programmatic committees that drive LARC's various activities. For more information, please contact the Managing Director of LARC, Paul Bunje.

LARC Steering Committee

Howard Choy, County of Los Angeles
Beth Jines, City of Los Angeles
Suzanne Frick, City of Long Beach
Shannon Parry, City of Santa Monica
Aaron Katzenstein, South Coast Air Quality Management District
Sarah Jepson, Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Jacki Bacharach, South Bay Cities Council of Governments
Maria Rychlicki, Westside Cities Council of Governments
Stephanie Pincetl, UCLA Institute of the Environment
Juliette Hart, USC SeaGrant
Donald Strauss, Antioch University Los Angeles
Deborah Glaser, Council for Wateshead Health
Valorie Shatynski, Rivers and Mountains Conservancy
Jonathan Parfrey, Climate Resolve/Green LA Coalition
Monica Gilchrist, ICLEI
Barbara Long, Aquarium of the Pacific
Ian Wood, Electricore
Dominique Smith, US Green Building Council
James Brennan, Open Neighborhoods

LARC Technical Advisory Committee

Alex Hall, UCLA
Rob Lempert, RAND
Colin Main, Cisco Systems
J.R. Deshazo, UCLA
Daniel Flaming, Economic Roundtable
Juan Matute, UCLA
Randy Friedl, JPL
John Frane, Predock_Frane Architect
Nate Lewis, CalTech
Daniel Mazmanian, USC

Managing Director

Paul Bunje