While its air quality is regularly within national guidelines, the fast-growing lakeside city of Santa Rosa is nonetheless focused on encouraging the use of renewable energy, electric vehicles, non-motorised transport and sustainable urban planning to keep it that way, and is conducting a comprehensive emissions inventory as part of efforts to draw up a Clean Air Plan and formally set air quality targets.
"Santa Rosa is growing and developing quickly, and while we are proud that our air quality is regularly within national guideline values, we want to make sure that it stays that way even while our city continues to develop by taking a proactive approach."