Mark K
The State Building Standards Commission and Energy Commission Receive and File amendments, without review, all the time.
Both the Green Code and the Energy Code encourage the Local Agencies adopt stricter codes than those adopted by the state.
We have now had four decades of experience with energy efficiency standards, when was the last time you saw a power plant built in CA?
People complain about Nuclear, so they shut them down, but they want to have light.
Now people are complaining about the "climate", so no more fossil fuel, when there are alternatives.
State does not want to import Fossil fuels. (Nat. Gas is a Fossil fuel).
The "ban" is consistent with the California's Climate change stance. and the goals of both the CA Green Code and the CA Energy Code.