In 2004, the La Mesa Sustainable Building Task Force was established to evaluate the feasibility of integrating sustainable building techniques into all new publicly and privately financed commercial, multi-family and residential buildings as well as major retrofits of these buildings types.
Sustainable building techniques use generally accepted industry standards including, but not limited to, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards.
Task Force members were composed of representatives from various fields within the building industry, non-profit organizations and others. The Task Force issued a report back to the City Council which included policy recommendations promoting reasonable sustainable building within the city.
