ONLINE EVENT ADVISORY: Lessons Learned From California’s Decades of Climate Action Date: May 10, 2021 Contact: Sam Hananel Washington, D.C. — For decades, California has been at the forefront of climate action, including a voluntary emissions reduction program as far back as 2001 and landmark clean car standards that have been adopted by states across the country. The Biden administration has taken a bold approach to climate policy in its first 100 days, laying out climate commitments in a Day One executive order and following up with major investments in climate action to create good jobs, deliver on environmental justice, and reduce planet-warming emissions through its proposed American Jobs Plan.