LBC is trying to be Green

The Long Beach Police Department is trying to be “greener”.

The Police Department added ten Toyota Priuses to it fleet.

And, plans to replace retiring vehicles with more eco-friendly cars.

The Department consists of mainly Ford Crown Victorias.

The Priuses will be used by police personnel traveling for training and other work…but not patrol.

The new cars will not be replacing black and white patrol vehicles.

The Department says this is because the system is not compatible with all the features needed in a patrol unit.

Mayors of SF and LA want their cities to CLEAN and GREEN

Mayors of two large and prominent cities have proposed new building standards vowing to make their cities the cleanest and greenest of them all.

Mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa are using their jurisdiction to make their cities healthier for the environment.

Both cities plan to use green building councils to certify all construction in their cities meet green standards making them LEED certified.

Mayor Villaraigosa plans to slash L-A’s greenhouse gases by 35 percent by the year 2030 making the L-A the cleanest and greenest in the country.

Meanwhile Mayor Newsom has also planned to cut San Francisco’s greenhouse gases by 20 percent by 2012 creating the largest green city in the U-S.

With a population nearing the four million mark, Los Angeles would have a bigger effect on reducing global warming than San Francisco’s aggressive plan for a smaller population.

Municipal leaders for both cities will meet to vote on the mayor’s proposals in the upcoming weeks.