About Colton

• Incorporated: 1887
• Population: 52,154 (2010)
• Location: located in San Bernardino County
• Area: 16.04 square miles
• Elevation: 1,004 feet

Climate Action Activities

The City of Colton has a number of current initiatives that promote actions that help to limit and reduce GHG emissions:

• Electric vehicle and alternative fuel purchasing for fleet
• City facility electric vehicle infrastructure investment
• City facility energy efficiency retrofit initiative
• Modified work week schedule for city staff (4/10)
• Adopted an administrative procurement policy to purchase recycled products on January 25, 1994
• Adopted the CALGreen Building Code on January 1, 2014
• Adopted the Water Efficient Landscape Ordinance November 11, 2014
• Urban Forestry Management Plan- plant trees to get the Urban Forest from 7% to 30% in the City of Colton
• Active Transportation plan- Develop bike lanes and safe routes to schools
• Zero emission park equipment

Climate Action Resources

• Colton Climate Action Plan, adopted 2015

Awards

Beacon Award

Agency Energy Savings

• Silver Level, 8% (2018)

Agency Natural Gas Savings

Agency Greenhouse Gas Reductions

Community Greenhouse Gas Reductions

Sustainability Best Practices

• Gold Level (2019)