SB 1087: Transportation planning: sustainable communities strategies: transportation funding programs.

This bill aims to improve transportation planning in California by requiring regional transportation plans to include sustainable communities strategies. The strategies must achieve regional targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the automobile and light truck sector. The bill establishes new requirements for preparing and reviewing sustainable communities strategies, including the need for an analysis of alternative development patterns and infrastructure. It also requires the state to provide regions with greenhouse gas emission reduction targets, which must be achievable and based on a combination of policies, regulations, and investments. The bill transfers the responsibility for reviewing sustainable communities strategies from the state board to the California Transportation Commission and revises the procedural requirements for the commission's review. Additionally, t…