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Hana Japan Restaurant Project Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration 38 May 2025 The proposed project would be subject to all relevant provisions of the most recent update of the CBSC, including the Building Energy Efficiency Standards. Adherence to the most recent CALGreen Code and Building Energy Efficiency Standards would ensure that the proposed structures would consume energy efficiently. Required compliance with the CBSC would ensure that the building energy use associated with the proposed project would not be wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary. In addition, electricity supplied to the project by PG&E would comply with the State’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), which requires investor-owned utilities, electric service providers, and community choice aggregators to increase procurement from eligible renewable energy resources to 60 percent by 2030. Thus, a portion of the energy consumed during project operations would originate from renewable sources. The CARB prepared the 2022 Scoping Plan for Achieving Carbon Neutrality (2022 Scoping Plan),13 which builds upon previous efforts to reduce GHG emissions and is designed to continue to shift the California economy away from dependence on fossil fuels. Appendix D of the 2022 Scoping Plan provides suggestions for prioritizing various types of mitigation, such as on-site GHG-reducing design features and mitigation measures. Appendix D includes the methods to reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT), support building decarbonization, and provide access to shared mobility services or transit, as well as EV charging. Appendix D provides further suggestions for prioritizing other mitigation types, including non-local off-site mitigation, and voluntary offsets issued by a recognized and reputable voluntary carbon registry. The regulation described above, with which the proposed project must comply, would be consistent with the intention of the 2022 Scoping Plan and the recommended actions included in Appendix D of the 2022 Scoping Plan. With regard to transportation energy use, the proposed project would comply with all applicable regulations associated with vehicle efficiency and fuel economy. In addition, as discussed in Section XVII, Transportation, of this IS/MND, the project site is located within close proximity to existing pedestrian infrastructure and public transportation facilities. The proposed project would also include installation of a sidewalk along the project frontage. Such existing and proposed facilities would ensure patrons could use alternative transportation to access the project site and help reduce transportation energy. Based on the above, compliance with the State’s latest energy efficiency standards would ensure that the proposed project would implement all necessary energy efficiency regulations, which would reduce any impacts associated with energy consumption. Furthermore, the proposed project would be consistent with the site’s existing General Plan land use designations; thus, development of the site and associated energy demands have been previously anticipated by the City. Conclusion Based on the above, construction and operation of the proposed project would not result in wasteful, inefficient, or unnecessary consumption of energy resources or conflict with or obstruct a State or local plan for renewable energy or energy efficiency. Thus, a less- than-significant impact would occur. 13 California Air Resources Board. 2022 Scoping Plan for Achieving Carbon Neutrality. November 16, 2022.