When the Rivers Rise – Flood Risk and Resilience in the Sacramento Region
Watch the presentation in the video below to learn about the Sacramento region’s flood risks, current mitigation efforts, and how you can prepare for future floods.
Featuring:
Gary Bardini | P.E., Director of Planning, Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
Austin Miller | Environmental Specialist at Sacramento County Department of Water Resources
Nicole Sears | Environmental Scientist & Graduate Student, Water & Environmental Law, McGeorge School of Law
We want to thank everyone who supported or came out to Sacramento Earth Day on April 26, 2026 at Southside Park! It was a beautiful day full of fun, festivities and education!
On April 27, 2026, Sacramento County postponed the hearing without setting a new date.
The vote on Upper Westside was cancelled due to the absence of one of the Supervisors. Staff is recommending that the Board of Supervisors drop the item from the April 28 agenda and reschedule it to a date when all five Supervisors are in attendance.
The vote has not been rescheduled yet and the Agenda may not have been modified yet (3:45 pm April 27, 2026).
Mapping Inequality: Connecting Rural Environmental Justice and Local Realities
Guest Speaker: Dr. Alfonso A. Aranda, Professor of Environmental Studies at California State University, Sacramento
2nd Meeting of our Environmental Justice Speaker Series
Thursday, May 21, 2026 5:30 PM Social/6:00 PM Event
Ralph Propper and Eugene Lee, Co-Chairs of the ECOS Climate Change Committee, invite you to the 2nd Meeting of our EJ Speaker Series:
While many environmental justice (EJ) conversations focus on urban centers, rural communities face unique and often overlooked challenges. This talk will define the core principles of EJ and demonstrate how tools like CalEnviroScreen are used to identify disproportionate burdens in our region. By connecting these broader frameworks to local issues (specifically within agricultural communities) we will explore how data and community-led research can drive local action.
Dr. Alfonso A. Aranda is an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies at Sacramento State and a scholar-activist dedicated to advancing environmental justice. He holds a Ph.D. in Geography from UC Davis, where his research focused on environmental health risks in farmworker and agricultural communities. As the son of farmworkers, Dr. Aranda is committed to bridging academia and community through participatory research. He leads the Knights Landing Environmental Health Project (KLEHP) and teaches courses on environmental health and justice, critical thinking, and science.
Join us in-person or via Zoom!
Location: CSUS Downtown, 304 S St., Room 104/105, Sacramento, 95811 Paid parking available. Bike parking available in the Downtown Center Parking Lot. Nearest stops: Bus 51 (9th/T) and Blue Line LRT (13th/R).
