California Agricultural Land Equity Task Force: May 9, 2024

8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.

SGC is hosting a hybrid meeting of the California Agricultural Land Equity Task Force. There will be in-person and remote options to attend. SGC is committed to ensuring access for all who wish to participate. You may connect to the meeting in-person or via Zoom (online or by phone). Please note technical issues may arise during the hybrid Task Force meetings.  

Join the Task Force Meeting via Zoom Platform or by phone to make a remote public comment or if you are unable to view the meeting on YouTube.

Remote Viewing

Simultaneous Spanish language interpretation provided

In-Person

2508 Historic Decatur Road Suite 200
San Diego, CA 92106

Additional tips provided at the bottom of the agenda. 

Resources


Agenda

  1. 8:00 a.m. | Call to Order
  2. 8:01 a.m. | Roll Call, Welcome, Housekeeping
  3. 8:15 a.m. | Approval of Summary
  4. 8:20 a.m. | Staff Report
    • Updates
    • Announcements
  5. 8:35 a.m. | Site Visit Reports: Agricultural Land Access and Tenure in the San Diego Region

    Members share what they learned from various site visits in San Diego County

  6. 10:00 a.m. | Roundtable Discussions: Resource Landscape
    • Review of existing programs and resources addressing agricultural land access and/or equity
    • Resource provider perspective: roundtable discussion with invited guests and Task Force members
    • Lunch Break: 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
    • Farmer perspective: roundtable discussion with invited guests and Task Force members
  7. 2:15 p.m. | Action: Grant Subcommittee

    Discussion of Task Force members’ priorities for research and local assistance funds and staff proposal for formation of a related subcommittee

  8. 3:00 p.m. | Discussion: Work Planning

    Discussion of goals, objectives, and timeline for future meetings

  9. 4:10 p.m. | General Public Comment
  10. 4:30 p.m. | Meeting Adjournment

Meeting Information

SGC is hosting a hybrid meeting of the California Agricultural Land Equity Task Force. There will be in-person and remote options to attend. SGC is committed to ensuring access for all who wish to participate. You may connect to the meeting in person or via Zoom (online or by phone). Please note technical issues may arise during the hybrid Task Force meetings.

Instructions for Providing Public Comments

Public comment is an important part of every Task Force meeting. If you plan to comment on an agenda item or a matter not on the meeting agenda, please follow the instructions below.   

To make remote public comments, you must connect (online or by phone) to the meeting using Zoom. 

By 7:45 a.m. on May 9, 2024, SGC will post an online public comment card at https://sgc.ca.gov/meetings-events/. Please complete all fields in the form and submit it between 8 a.m.–4:15 p.m. or any time during the meeting.

   

If you are unable to access the form, please email LandEquity@sgc.ca.gov. When the public comment period opens for your item, the meeting chair will call on you in the order your comment was received by SGC staff. 

Important Note: To be able to unmute your microphone when the meeting chair calls on you, staff will need to locate you within the Zoom webinar. To make that possible:

  • If you are joining Zoom online, please make sure your screen name matches the name on your comment card exactly by entering the correct name as you join the meeting. It will also be helpful to use the “raise hand” function in Zoom when called upon.   
  • If you are joining Zoom by phone, please make sure that the phone number you enter on your comment card matches the number you are calling from. It will also be helpful if you “raise your hand” when called upon by pressing *6 on your phone.    
  • To make in-person public comments, please fill out the physical comment card provided during the meeting. Before making your comments, please state your name for the record and identify any group or organization you represent.

Timing of Comments:

Public comments will adhere to the length the meeting chair announces during the meeting. SGC staff will share a timer and ask speakers to end when their time is up.

Trouble-shooting technical problems on Zoom

Please use the Q&A Function and SGC staff will respond. If you are participating by phone, please email landequity@sgc.ca.gov.

General Guidelines for Participation in Meetings

All times are indicated, and the order of business is approximate and subject to change. Public comment is taken on each agenda item and at the end of the meeting. If you wish to speak, please fill out the provided comment card. Before making your comments, please state your name for the record and identify any group or organization you represent. The Chair may establish specific presentation time limits depending on the number of individuals wishing to address the Task Force.

The meeting agenda and accompanying action item materials will be posted on the California Strategic Growth Council website at www.sgc.ca.gov 10 calendar days before the meeting. This meeting will be recorded, and the recording will be posted on the California Strategic Growth Council website 10 days following the meeting.

The meeting location(s) are accessible to people with disabilities. Any person who requires special assistance to participate in the meeting, or wishes to request this notice or other meeting materials in an alternative format, or needs any disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, which would enable that person to participate at the meeting must make that request at least 14 days prior to the meeting date by contacting: LandEquity@sgc.ca.gov.

Translation and interpretation services (in addition to Spanish) may be provided upon request. To ensure the availability of these services, please make your request no later than 14 days prior to the meeting by contacting landequity@sgc.ca.gov.

[Spanish]

Servicios de accesibilidad adicionales, como traducción de inglés a otros idiomas, pueden hacerse disponibles si usted los pide. Para asegurar la disponibilidad de estos servicios, por favor haga su petición 14 días antes del taller público, a Land Equity Team at landequity@sgc.ca.gov.

[Tagalog]

Pagsasalin at pagpapaliwanag ay maaring ipakiusap (karagdagan sa Espanyol). Upang masiguro na mayroon ang mga serbisyong inaalok, mangyaring makipagugnayan kay Land Equity Team sa landequity@sgc.ca.gov sa loob ng 14 araw ng paggawa.

[Punjabi]

ਬੇਨਤੀ ਕਰਨ 'ਤੇ ਅਨੁਵਾਦ ਅਤੇ ਵਿਆਖਿਆ ਸੇਵਾਵਾਂ (ਸਪੈਨਿਸ਼ ਤੋਂ ਇਲਾਵਾ) ਪ੍ਰਦਾਨ ਕੀਤੀਆਂ ਜਾ ਸਕਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ। ਇਹਨਾਂ ਸੇਵਾਵਾਂ ਦੀ ਉਪਲਬਧਤਾ ਨੂੰ ਯਕੀਨੀ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਲਈ, ਕਿਰਪਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਮੀਟਿੰਗ ਤੋਂ 14 ਦਿਨ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ landequity@sgc.ca.gov. 'ਤੇ ਲੋਇਸ ਕਿਮ ਨਾਲ ਸੰਪਰਕ ਕਰਕੇ ਆਪਣੀ ਬੇਨਤੀ ਕਰੋ।

[Chinese]

可应要求提供翻译和口译服务(除西班牙语外)。为了确保这些服务的可用性,请在研讨会开始 前的十四天内与 Land Equity Team, landequity@sgc.ca.gov.

[Vietnamese]

Có thể cung cấp các dịch vụ biên dịch và phiên dịch (ngoài tiếng Tây Ban Nha) theo yêu cầu. Để đảm bảo việc có thể cung cấp các dịch vụ này, quý vị vui lòng đưa ra yêu cầu không trễ hơn mười bờn ngày làm việc trước ngày hội thảo bằng cách liên hệ với Land Equity Team, landequity@sgc.ca.gov.

Contact Information

For more information, please contact the California Strategic Growth Council, 1400 Tenth Street, Sacramento, California 95814, (916)758 0780 or landequity@sgc.ca.gov.