BALLOT GOT YOU OVERWHELMED?
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We have some shortcuts for you. This guide tells you which races on your ballot have the biggest impact on the climate emergency in L.A. Check out our other starting point election guides:
Choose your focus
To understand how your vote affects the climate emergency, it helps to know the tangible ways that cities and counties can actually take action. Local leaders have a lot of power to make decisions and influence things such as:
- What energy we use and where we get it from
- How energy efficient our buildings are
- How much and what kind of housing we build, and where
- How much public transit we have access to, including buses, subways and light rail
- What rules businesses, including ports, airports and industrial manufacturing, have to follow to cut down on their emissionsÂ
- How we protect against and respond to wildfires or floodsÂ
Because so many policies address the climate in different ways, it helps to pick the areas that are most important to you and use them to scrutinize candidates’ platforms. Do they seem like they’re taking the problem seriously? Do they have many climate-friendly policies across their platform, or just one or two?
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