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8A Page 12 The League's Climate Change Policies and Guiciing Principles can be found on the environmental quality page of the League's Web site at www.cacities.arq/�. lnstitute for Locat Government Web site Offers Resources on CEQA and Ciimate Change The fnstitute for Local GovernmenYs (I�G) California Climate Action Network (CCAN) Web site recently (aunched a new page (www.ca-ilA.orq/climateceqa) to help locaf agencies address climate change under the California Environmenta! Quality Act (CEQA}, Local agencies have increasingly come under pressure from the state Attorney Generai and others to analyze the impact of their land use decisions on greenhouse gas emissions. CCAN's CEQA web page provides a varie#y af resources that can help local agencies accomplish this task. CEQA requires loca! agencies to identify the signi�cant environmenfal impacfs of fheir actians and to avoid or mitigate those impacts, if feasible. CCAN's CEQA Web page offers links to guidelines for evaluating fhe significance of greenhouse gas emissions and examples of loca! actions to address climate change in planning documents. California's Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) identifies gfobal warming as "a serious threat" to the economic and environmental we[Ibeing of the state. In response, the Attorney General and various citizen groups have filed actions challenging environmenta! studies that do not analyze climate change impacts. They argue that CEQA requires both an analysis af a project's impacts on climate change and mitigation measures to reduce these impacts, The lack of standards for determining the levef of greenhouse gas emissions that have a significant impact on the environment is ane obstacle to incorporating climate change in a CEQA analysis. State guidelines to assist agencies in analyzing greenhouse gas emissions under CEQA wil! not go into effect until 20'[ Q. Additional climate change resources are available on the ILG Web site at www.ca ilq.org/climateresaurces. lnstitute far Local Government Releases New Publication: Understanding the Basics of County and City Revenues 7he Institute for Local Government's (ILG) newest publicatian, Understandrng the Basics of Counfy and City Revenues, pravides a basic overview of the sources of county and city revenues. Hard copies of Urrderstanding the 8asics of County and Cify Revenues are being maifed to city finance ofEicers and county administrative officers. This is the first in a new series of "Local Government 101" publications that will provide information abouf the nuts and bolts of local government structures and processes. These publications are designed to be a resource for newly elected officials, newly-hired staff, the media and members of the public who want a better understanding of how local govemment works. Additional hardcopy versions of Understanding the 8asics of City and County Revenues can be ordered from the Institute for $10 each or at a discounted bulk rafe. The order form is available at www.ca-ilq.orq/iiqpubs. Hardcopy sales support the Institute's work in service to local officials. The publication is avai(able on ILG's Web site at www,ca-ilq.orq/revenueguide free of charge. Understanding the Basics of Counfy and City Revenues was published thanks #o the generous support of MuniFinancial. 5