Sac City Climate and Transportation Workshop 2/8

You can join the Council meeting virtually here:
http://sacramento.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=21 (Passcode: 802467)

On February 8, 2022 at 5pm City Council will have a workshop on Climate & Transportation and we invite you to attend!

In October 2021, City staff presented an update on the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) and 2021 Climate Implementation Work Plan. At that meeting, the City Council asked staff to return to Council in a workshop format to discuss the relationship between climate change and transportation as well as discuss considerations for expediting carbon neutrality.

This upcoming workshop is in response Council’s request and will include:

An overview of the relationship between greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) and transportation;
Guest speakers and outside experts on mobility and climate; and
Staff recommendations to advance goals through transformative projects and pursuit of critical funding.

Learn more here.

Sign the Petition

It is past time for Sacramento to commit to and fund a comprehensive active transportation system that prioritizes safety, addresses inequities, reduces air pollution, reduces traffic congestion, decreases the cost of transportation, and creates a vibrant, livable city. Now is the moment to demand for these changes with an influx of Federal funding arriving in Sacramento. WE NEED YOUR VOICE!

Click here to learn more and sign the petition!

This petition is supported by: Breathe CA, ECOS, Midtown Neighborhood Assn, SABA, and Valley Vision.

Climate Change Committee – 1st meeting 1/13

Join us for the first meeting of ECOS’ new Climate Change Committee!

Thursday, January 13, 2022, 6:00pm, Link to join: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6656164155, To phone in: 669-900-6833, Meeting ID: 665 616 4155

Click here for the agenda.

ECOS has re-organized, and our new Climate Change Committee will have broad responsibilities including those of the old TAQCC and Land Use Committees. It will be divided into four teams, with these designated team chairs:
– Transportation, John Deeter
– Land Use, Jon Ellison
– Green Buildings, Mai-Lin Chang
– Environmental Justice, TBD

This new structure is intended to facilitate coordination on issues of common interest to the individual teams, particularly those issues involving climate change. At our first meeting, we will begin to plan activities for the year, and establish the scope of the teams and how often they should meet. There are a large number of issues we expect to work on (see list below); most of which impact some aspect of climate change, and many involving more than one team.

Please come to the meeting on Thursday and help us plan our activities for 2022!

Ralph Propper, ECOS past-president; and chair, ECOS’ Climate Change Committee

Here are some issues that we hope to influence in the coming months; we hope you may comment on them, and add to them:

Sacramento County Climate Action Plan, next final draft expected in February; followed by Board of Supervisors workshop and consideration of Climate Emergency Declaration Task Force nominees
Sacramento City Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, draft expected in March with General Plan Update
Sacramento City Transportation Priorities Plan workshop 2 PM, January 25
Sacramento County sales tax, “Citizens Group” language expected for signature gathering soon, for November ballot (Measure A redux?) and SouthEast Connector
Caltrans plans to widen I-80 causeway between Davis and West Sacramento; and CapCity (Business 80) Freeway between midtown and Arden Way
Development plans in Sacramento County: Upper West Side, Grand Park, Jackson Township, Airport South, CNU Hospital in North Natomas, …
Sacramento City’s building electrification ordinance, and retrofit work plan; urge adoption by County as an Early Action measure
Sacramento Investment Without Displacement’s plans for a model Community Benefits Agreement ordinance, Enhanced Infrastructure Finance Plan for Stockton Blvd
Air Monitoring in Disadvantaged Communities – status report and plans
Other topics of interest to YOU!

Help Us Make Climate Change a Priority

January 11, 2022

Congresswoman Doris Matsui is asking constituents what their priority issue is. The survey is only one question. Let’s make climate change her number one issue!

If you live in Matsui’s district, please complete the survey and share it with others in the district.

Click here to take the survey.

Sacramento County Climate Action Plan

On October 8, 2021, ECOS sent our comments on the Sacramento County Climate Action Plan, Final Draft dated September 2021.

Click here to view the letter.

Also on October 8th, the day comments were due, ECOS and some of its allies held a press conference on the Climate Action Plan. Below are two photos from the press conference.