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California's Cap & Trade reauthorization should prioritize investments in infrastructure projects that maximize emissions reductions, enhance climate safety and support middle-class jobs

Background

California's Cap & Trade program is set to expire in 2030. As lawmakers consider reauthorizing this program, they should prioritize proven investments in physical and natural infrastructure that will reduce the greatest amount of greenhouse gas emissions; that make California safer and more resilient to the impacts of climate change; and investments that create good paying middle class jobs. Climate change and extreme weather are here. We need an improved Cap & Trade program with maximum accountability and effectiveness.

Lawmakers should improve the Cap & Trade program by authorizing investment into the following:

State Supported Transit and Rail Infrastructure

State Supported Transit and Rail Infrastructure

State Wildfire Resilience Infrastructure

State Wildfire Resilience Infrastructure

Local Land Use Infrastructure to Support High Density and Infill Development

Local Land Use Infrastructure to Support High Density and Infill Development

Climate Adaptation and Sea Level Rise Infrastructure to Keep Californians Safe

Climate Adaptation and Sea Level Rise Infrastructure to Keep Californians Safe

Clean Local Transportation Infrastructure

Clean Local Transportation Infrastructure

Who We Are

We are a broad and growing coalition of local governments, public transit, infrastructure advocates and labor unions dedicated to reauthorizing California's Cap & Trade program while prioritizing investments in high-priority projects that deliver the greatest results.

Join our Coalition to Improve California’s Cap & Trade Program:

I/we support the Climate Safe Infrastructure Coalition. California’s Cap & Trade Program should prioritize proven investments in infrastructure that reduce the most greenhouse gas emissions, enhance climate resilience, and create good-paying middle-class jobs. Climate change and extreme weather are here—we need a more accountable and effective Cap & Trade program.

California's Cap & Trade Program