“This is the mayor's Climate Action Plan. She's got a big, beautiful, full-page photo of herself on the second page. She’s got a statement in it. And she has, so far, not funded her own plan.”
Last December, Mayor London Breed’s Climate Action Plan was rolled out with great fanfare. Press releases beamed into inboxes; web pages were launched; the day was capped with a TEDx event, where the mayor, local business leaders and activists came together to talk about how to maintain hope amid a rapidly warming planet.
“This is the mayor's Climate Action Plan,” said Ildiko Polony, executive director of the nonprofit Sutro Stewards. “She's got a big, beautiful, full-page photo of herself on the second page. She’s got a statement in it. And she has, so far, not funded her own plan.” It also represents a blow to The City’s environmental community, who have been rallying city leadership for financial support. “I think this is shameful. They are asking for a tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny amount of money in a budget of $13 billion,” said Elena Engel of the environmental nonprofit 350 San Francisco. “To not even put the department in a position where they can at least start to get ready to implement the CAP — it's just insane.
Still, the budgetary process isn’t over. Breed’s proposal now heads to the Board of Supervisors for amendments before the final version is approved and signed in July, leaving a sliver of opportunity for Engel and others to rally for more dollars directed toward the department.
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