CALIFORNIA
GOP mayor guided plan requiring end to fossil fuel-made power
SAN DIEGO -- Republican Mayor Kevin Faulconer confronted the issue of climate change not long after taking office in this coastal city. He inherited a Democratic climate plan with ambitious goals for renewable energy and carbon emissions, but the Republican mayor didn't take a hatchet to the plan, or even a red pen. He shepherded the project to passage late last year with only a few minor changes.