Santa Monica, CA

We deliver the Sustainable City Progress Report annually. We deliver the Sustainable City Report Card every other year.  

The Office of Sustainability sits in the City Manager's office and reports to the City Council. Staff positions include: Sustainability and the Environment  Sustainable City Program Manager (Senior Environmental Analyst-Sustainability); Outreach Coordinator;  Environmental Analyst -Sustainability  Environmental Analyst; Sustainability Budget Analyst;  Administartive Staff III;  Senior Environmental Analyst - Watershed management ;  Water Resources Specialist;  Senior Environmental Analyst - Hazardous Materials;  Hazardous Materials technician;  Energy and Green Building Program Manager; Greenbuilding Specialist; and Energy Efficiency Engineer

We are funded by enterprise funds, the general fund and grants. Our annual budget is more than 4 million annually. (It is 2.1 million exclusive of salaries).

1. Coordinate and lead City's Green Team
2. Develop a multi-faceted communication strategy within the organization and the community to promote the City's efforts locally, statewide, and nationally to gain recognition
3. Foster, develop, and launch projects in partnership with city departments and external stakeholders
4. Develop criteria, policies and procedures for sustainable programs
5. Draft procedural and training manuals, process flow charts, and implementation plans
6. Develop Sustainability Plan and Climate Action Plan
7. Maintain updated Sustainability Plan and Climate Action Plan
8. Oversee and maintain sustainability budget
9. Perform financial analysis on ongoing and new projects
10. Track, monitor, and report utility usage and greenhouse gas emissions of city operations
11. Track, monitor, and report greenhouse gas emissions at the community level
12. Represent the City at key meetings
13. Support city executive and senior management team in the design of overall strategy and process for the project
14. Track and report about sustainability programs underway on a regular basis through the City's performance management program

Our Sustainable City Plan is a Council adopted policy. It was adopted in 1994 and continues to be the guiding document for our sustainability planning and action. The Sustainable City Plan is also incorporated into the legally binding elements of our General Plan.