Editing Sebastopol, California (section)

===Environmental innovation===
In 1985, the city passed an ordinance declaring Sebastopol a [[nuclear-free zone]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=April 7, 2010|title='Nuclear Free Zone' sign in Sebastopol may get more slogans|url=https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/news/nuclear-free-zone-sign-in-sebastopol-may-get-more-slogans/|access-date=December 14, 2024|website=Santa Rosa Press Democrat|language=en-US}}</ref> The town does not use pesticides in city landscaping.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 2, 2000|title=Resolution 5108|url=https://www.cityofsebastopol.gov/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/res5108sustainseb.pdf|access-date=December 14, 2024|website=cityofsebastopol.gov|language=en-US}}</ref> Sebastopol became the second city in California (after [[Lancaster, California|Lancaster]]) to require [[Solar power|solar panels]] on all new homes in 2013,<ref name="grist">{{Cite web|url=https://grist.org/climate-energy/sebastopol-requiring-solar-panels-on-all-new-homes/|title=California town of Sebastopol will require solar panels on all new homes|last=Upton|first=John|website=[[Grist (magazine)|Grist]]|date=May 9, 2013|access-date=December 15, 2024}}</ref> a requirement implemented statewide by 2020.<ref name="solar">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/business/realestate/hot-property/la-fi-solar-mandate-20181214-story.html|title=Starting in 2020, all new homes in California must come with solar panels. Builders are getting ready|last=Flemming|first=Jack|website=Los Angeles Times|date=December 14, 2018|access-date=December 15, 2024}}</ref> The neighboring city of [[Petaluma, California|Petaluma]] passed the first ban in the world on new gas stations in 2021; Sebastopol also imposed a ban along with the North Bay cities of [[American Canyon, California|American Canyon]], [[Calistoga, California|Calistoga]], and [[Rohnert Park, California|Rohnert Park]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rushe |first=Dominic |date=August 17, 2021 |title=This town is the first in America to ban gas stations – is the tide turning? |url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/17/end-american-gas-station-ban |access-date=December 15, 2024 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref name="gas">{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-07-11/california-cities-ban-new-gas-stations-amid-climate-change|title=California cities ban new gas stations in battle to combat climate change|last=Toohey|first=Grace|website=Los Angeles Times|date=July 11, 2022|access-date=December 15, 2024}}</ref>