Green Sacramento County

Measure

The County will develop a reach code requiring new commercial and nonresidential buildings obtaining building permits to meet the following requirements:

• building permit applications filed on or after January 1, 2023, or 6 months after the availability of a cost-effectiveness study prepared by the Statewide Reach Codes Team, whichever is later, for newly constructed buildings that are three stories or less to be all-electric buildings;

• building permit applications filed on or after January 1, 2026, or 6 months after the availability of a cost-effectiveness study prepared by the Statewide Reach Codes Team, whichever is later, for newly constructed buildings that are four stories or more to be all-electric buildings; and

• limited exemptions for specific uses, available only for building permits filed on or before December 31, 2025, provided that the associated GHG emissions are offset through an accredited local carbon offset program:

• a limited exemption for food establishments for cooking equipment only;

• a limited exemption for manufacturing process loads within a manufacturing or industrial facility;

• a limited exemption for essential medical facilities, such as hospitals that may require natural gas;

• a limited exemption for regulated affordable housing when virtual net energy metering is not available, for water heating only; and

• if the technology to require construction of an all-electric building for ground floor food service establishments, manufacturing or industrial facilities, essential medical facilities, or regulated affordable housing is not feasible and available by July 1, 2025, the Board of Supervisors may consider extending the limited exemption until the technology is feasible and available.​