Business owners, members of various organizations and political representatives attended the seventh Sacramento Sustainability Forum on Thursday at the Sacramento News & Review offices at 1124 Del Paso Blvd. Since August 2009 the SSF has been holding these meetings to discuss local solutions to environmental, economic and political problems.
The discussion focused on Senate Bill 375, which calls for lowering greenhouse gas emissions by curbing urban sprawl. The bill would have city and transportation planners achieve this by placing housing, industry, schools and retail in close proximity to each other.
The bill is complex and would pertain to many segments of population and organizations in Sacramento. For more information and to read the bill, visitwww.arb.ca.gov/cc/sb375/sb375.htm.
The speakers Thursday were Shamus Roller, executive director of the