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Learn about PACE’s approach to capacity-building, and how it puts community first!

The Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation’s External Affairs Manager gives a recap of the first meeting of the Regional Energy and Climate Hub (REACH) in the Inland Empire.

Lean details from the California Strategic Growth Council’s Deputy Director of Equity and Government Transformation on a recent collaboration between the Governor’s Office, California Energy Commission, Institute for Local Government, Latino Community Foundation, community-based organizations, and philanthropic partners in the Imperial Valley.

Learn about Cassandra Little, Ph.D., an environmental and transportation justice leader in the Central Valley and Chief Executive Officer of Fresno Metro Black Chamber of Commerce.

With billions of federal dollars hanging in the balance to fuel a greener and more resilient economy, the state and philanthropy must work together to ensure that communities who need those dollars the most, are poised to access them.

With a team of under 60 people, the City of Needles staff wear multiple hats, doing their best to maintain and improve the city they love and call home.

SGC’s 2023–2025 Racial Equity Action Plan includes several new areas of focus based on feedback from engagement with communities and partners over the course of the last few years.

My first experience facing the reality of people experiencing impacts of racism was during my time as chief of staff at the USDA (2009–2011).

Throughout my life, I have seen much progress in the sensitivity and responsiveness of governments in California with respect to racial inequities.

All Californians pay a price when our lands are unhealthy. Our physical and mental health declines, our economic growth stalls, and the very things we need to survive — food, water, and shelter — become much harder to obtain.

In 2018, over 160 residents and local business owners in Fresno came together and worked through a community-visioning process to develop strategies and projects to make their community healthier and more resilient as part of a $66.5 million state investment through SGC’s Transformative Climate Communities Program.

In 2018, over 160 residents and local business owners in Fresno came together and worked through a community-visioning process to develop strategies and projects to make their community healthier and more resilient as part of a $66.5 million state investment through SGC’s Transformative Climate Communities Program.

In California, we believe every person deserves a dignified, stable, and affordable place to call home.

With $1.6 trillion in funding for our country to meet the climate crisis head-on, California has an unprecedented opportunity to build a safer, more sustainable future for all communities.

The mission of the California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) is to develop and coordinate the policies and programs of the state’s transportation entities to achieve the state’s mobility, safety, and air quality objectives from its transportation system.

At the California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS), our mission is to work together with counties, cities, and communities, as well as our public, private, faith, and educational partners to make California a healthy, vibrant, inclusive place to live, play, work, and learn.

The following is the story of how visionary land conservation interests in Santa Clara County are working to preserve the Valley’s rich agricultural and natural treasures with support from the California Strategic Growth Council’s (SGC) Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation Program (SALC)