Graduation Year
2014
Document Type
Open Access Senior Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Environmental Analysis
Reader 1
Bowman Cutter
Reader 2
Hans Rindisbacher
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© 2013 Caroline Vurlumis
Abstract
The California Global Warming Solutions Act, also known as Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32), was passed in 2006 to reduce California emissions to 1990 levels by 2020. Senate Bill 375 (SB 375) was passed in 2008 to support AB 32's emission goals. SB 375 aims to reduce emissions from transportation and land use by assigning regional per capita emission targets for 2020 and 2035. Through a series of four case studies of San Diego, San Francisco, Fresno, and Berkeley, this thesis investigates the impacts of SB 375. Each region is required to combine housing and regional transit plans in the hopes of promoting future sustainable growth. By compacting development SB 375 hopes to reduce sprawl and per capita emissions over time by greatly decreasing vehicular miles traveled.
Recommended Citation
Vurlumis, Caroline, "AB 32 and SB 375: Investigating Land Use and Transportation Policy on a Regional and Local Scale" (2014). Scripps Senior Theses. 308.
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/scripps_theses/308
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