New Sustainability Plan Adopted By LA County: What To Know

LOS ANGELES, CA — The county Board of Supervisors Tuesday adopted an updated "sustainability plan" aimed at providing guidelines for protecting the environment, improving communities, bolstering economic development and stabilizing the housing market.

The 2025 OurCounty Sustainability Plan is an update to a plan initially adopted in 2019, adding nearly 60 new initiatives covering a variety of topics

"It is a roadmap to a more healthy, prosperous, safe, and equitable Los Angeles County, despite legacy pollution, inequality, and a dangerously changing climate," according to the motion introduced by Supervisor Lindsey Horvath. "The original OurCounty Plan strategies were similarly ambitious, and yet, the county rose to the occasion and made tremendous progress in over the past six years. As we emerge from the January 2025 fires, the worst natural disaster in Los Angeles County's history, we owe it to those recovering, and to rising generations, to affirm this bold vision for a sustainable, resilient, and inclusive future."

According to Horvath's office, some successes achieved since the 2019 plan was adopted include the phasing out of oil and gas extraction operations in unincorporated areas, transitioning thousands of residents to renewable energy, investing more than $1 billion in stormwater capture and reuse projects, and enacting tenant protection measure such as habitability ordinances and ensuring tenants' right to legal representation.

The 57 new actions added into the 2025 plan focus on topics such as climate resilience, housing stability and environmental justice.

"In particular, climate resilience work was elevated in the 2025 OurCounty Plan to recognize pronounced risks, enhance intergovernmental coordination, and launch new efforts to keep County residents safe and thriving," the motion states. "In total, 57 actions related to extreme heat, wildfire, inland flooding, coastal flooding, and drought make up the climate resilience initiative. The goals, strategies, and actions identified in the 2025 OurCounty Plan involve all county residents, impact our 88 cities, and will require engagement from every county department."

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