SACRAMENTO -- California Attorney General Jerry Brown is taking his anti-GHG lecture show for local government officials on the road.

Brown this week announced he had invited more than 500 local officials to attend "workshops where they can learn practical ways to combat global warming by reducing dangerous greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions." The sessions will be held in five locations over two months starting in March.

Brown ran similar ideas by California's county officials at their annual meeting last November when he reeled off lists of ideas for county planners to cut local GHG emissions, LNL reported. Among his ideas were more high-density housing, reductions in parking and changes to building designs.

The latest idea "aims to provide concrete tips for addressing global warming in CEQA (California Environmental Quality Act) documents," Brown's invitation letter stated. CEQA requires all California's public agencies to contribute to lowering state GHG emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 with rules taking effect 2012.

Many are no doubt giving the offer some thought. Brown last year took legal action against San Bernardino County, the state's largest, for not incorporating enough GHG-reduction elements in its plan. Officals eventually settled with Brown for a 30-month deadline on county emission targets, LNL reported.

Brown sent 534 letters to the Golden State's mayors, planners and county supervisors inviting them to the workshops. They will be held in Oakland, Sacramento, Visalia, Los Angeles and Monterey from March 20 to May 23.