CLIMATE ACTION & ADAPTATION

The County of Ventura’s Climate Action Plan is woven throughout the County’s 2040 General Plan and is available online at ecap.ventura.org. Sections of the 2040 General Plan with details related to the CAP can be found at:

• Ventura County 2040 General Plan, Various Elements for all policies and program depicted with a “CAP” icon;
• Ventura County 2040 General Plan, Chapter 1. Introduction
• Ventura County 2040 General Plan, Appendix B. Climate Change
• Draft EIR for the 2040 General Plan, Appendix D. GHG Calculations
• Draft EIR for the 2040 General Plan, Appendix F. Vehicle Miles Traveled Estimation
• Final EIR for the 2040 General Plan, Appendix D. Revised Draft EIR Appendix D GHG Calculations

The annual Budget and Staffing Plan for Climate Action Plan (CAP) Implementation was created in collaboration with all agencies that have CAP-related implementation programs assigned to them in the County of Ventura’s 2040 General Plan. The report focuses on the anticipated costs, labor, and resource needs for a specified fiscal year (FY). This report informs the County’s Board of Supervisors on anticipated needs for allocating resources to departments responsible for CAP-related program implementation and is created as part of the County’s annual budgeting process.

FY2024-25 Budget and Staffing Plan for CAP Implementation (PDF)

This report estimates that the County’s cost of implementing CAP-related programs will be $5.70M in FY2024-25. In FY2024-25, $1.96M or 34.4% of the total costs are expected to be funded from the General Fund. However, the implementation programs include both existing ($1.71M) and new ($245.K) General Fund allocations. The balance of funding, $3.74M, is expected to come from a combination of other sources including revenue offsets and permitting activities, grants, impact fees, or other funding mechanisms. Federal, state, or regional grants over and above the figures in this report are anticipated as additional revenue sources to partially fund CAP-related programs, although the expected amounts are speculative. 

Of the 81 CAP-related implementation programs, 41 (51%) have been initiated or completed while 40 (49%) remain uninitiated. The change in number of programs considered initiated or completed compared to previous years is due to a more refined data collection process that now indicates whether “ongoing” programs have been initiated or remain uninitiated. In previous years, “ongoing” programs were included in the initiated count.

FY2023-24 Budget and Staffing Plan for CAP Implementation (PDF)

This report estimates that the County’s cost of implementing CAP-related programs will be $5.83M in FY2023-24. In FY2023-24, $2.36M or 40.6% of the total costs are expected to be funded from the General Fund. However, the implementation programs include both existing ($2.02M) and new ($340.7K) General Fund allocations. The balance of funding, $3.47M, is expected to come from a combination of other sources including revenue offsets and permitting activities, grants, impact fees, or other funding mechanisms. Federal, state, or regional grants over and above the figures in this report are anticipated as additional revenue sources to partially fund CAP-related programs, although the expected amounts are speculative.

Of the 81 CAP-related implementation programs, 53 (65%) have already been initiated or completed while 28 (35%) remain uninitiated.

FY2022-23 Budget and Staffing Plan for CAP Implementation (PDF)

This report estimates that the County’s cost of implementing CAP-related programs will be $5.25M in FY2022-23. In FY2022-23, $2.43M or 46.3% of the total costs are expected to be funded from the General Fund. However, the implementation programs include both existing ($1.67M) and new ($756.1K) funding allocations. The balance of funding, $2.82M, is expected to come from a combination of other sources including revenue offsets and permitting activities, grants, impact fees, or other funding mechanisms. Federal, state, or regional grants over and above the figures in this report are anticipated as additional revenue sources to partially fund CAP-related programs, although the expected amounts are speculative. 

Of the 81 CAP-related implementation programs, 42 (52%) have already been initiated or completed while 39 (48%) remain uninitiated. 

FY2021-22 Budget and Staffing Plan for CAP Implementation (PDF

Ventura County Electric Vehicle (EV) Ready Blueprint (PDF)

The Ventura County Electric Vehicle (EV) Ready Blueprint (2019) is intended to accelerate and support electric vehicle and charging infrastructure deployment throughout Ventura County. The completed by County staff responsible for administering programs associated with the Ventura County Regional Energy Alliance (VCREA).