Council Meeting Materials : September 8, 2021

September 8, 2021

1:00 p.m.

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Resources


Item 3 | Approval of Meeting Minutes

Item 4 | Executive Director's Report

  • Staffing updates
  • Program Updates

Item 5 | Council Members Update

Item 6 | Consent Calendar

  1. Authorize Executive Director to approve requests for extension to deadlines under Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities guidelines for Rounds 1 & 2.
  2. Approve the staff recommendation to direct $400,000 of 19/20 cap-and-trade auction revenue for technical assistance to meet workforce development requirements.
  3. Approve the staff recommendation to award an additional $68,175 in Sustainable Agricultural Lands Conservation (SALC) funds to the California Rangeland Trust to support the purchase of an agricultural conservation easement on the Yates Ranch.

Item 7 | Action Item: Approve the staff recommendation to direct the Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) to amend the February 26, 2021 Notice of Funding Availability for the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program to reflect an additional $380,000,000 of 20/21 cap-and-trade auctions to reflect a total amount of $785,000,000.

Item 8 | Action Item: Approve the 2019-2022 SGC Racial Equity Action Plan, including actions for September 2021 to August 2022

Panel Discussion:

  • Coral Abbott, Partners Advancing Climate Equity
  • Alex Gallo, Transformative Climate Communities Disadvantaged Unincorporated Communities Framework
  • Michael Jimenez, Health in All Policies Survey and Findings by UC Berkeley’s Othering and Belonging Institute

Item 9 | Public Comment (see notes below)

Item 10 | Meeting Adjournment


Meeting Information

The California Strategic Growth Council (Council) is following directives from the Governor’s Executive Orders N-29-20 and N-33-20 as well as the California Department of Public Health’s recommendations regarding public gatherings. As a result, unless otherwise noted, all Council Meetings remote – held only held via two video options and a teleconference. There will be no physical public access location. The Council remains steadfast in its goals to promote transparency and public participation. To do so, the Council has arranged multiple electronic options to listen, view, and/or comment during the Council Meeting. Please note that technical issues may arise during the remote-only Council meetings; SGC staff will work to resolve these promptly.

Instructions for Providing Public Comments

Public comment is an important part of every Council meeting, and this remote meeting is no exception. If you plan to comment on an agenda item, or on a matter not on the meeting agenda, please follow the instructions below.

To make public comment you will need to connect (online or by phone) to the meeting using Zoom (see instructions above).

If you would like to make a public comment during the meeting, please complete this form for each item you wish to comment on. Please complete all fields in the form and submit it between 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. or at any time during the meeting.

If you are unable to access the form, please email sgc.info@sgc.ca.gov or text/call 916-634-3359. 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: In order 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 ensure your screen name matches the name on your comment card exactly by entering the correct name as you join the meeting. It will be additionally helpful if you use the “raise hand” function in Zoom when called upon.
  • If you are joining Zoom by phone, please ensure that the phone number you enter on your comment card matches the number you are calling from. It will be additionally helpful if you “raise your hand” when called upon by pressing *6 on your phone.

Timing of Comments:

Public comments will adhere to the length the meeting chair announces during the meeting. SGC staff will verbally alert each speaker when they have 30 seconds left and will ask speakers to end when their time is up.

Trouble-shooting technical problems on Zoom

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General Information

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

The meeting agenda and accompanying action item materials will be posted on the Strategic Growth Council website 10 calendar days prior to the meeting. To receive future notices for the Council meetings please sign up for the SGC list serve. This meeting will be recorded and the recording will be posted on the Strategic Growth Council website 10 days following the meeting.

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For more information, please contact Lois Kim at the Strategic Growth Council, 1400 Tenth Street, Sacramento, California 95814, (916) 327-0155 or lois.kim@sgc.ca.gov.