Category Archives: ECOS Updates

Sacramento City Council rejects anti-displacement ordinance that critics called ‘counterproductive’ December 3, 2024, CapRadio

Gerardo Zavala | December 3, 2024 | CapRadio

On Tuesday, December 3, 2024, the City of Sacramento city council unanimously rejected the Community Benefits Agreement Ordinance as proposed.

In a letter to the council, the [Sacramento Investment Without Displacement] coalition argued that the city failed to amend the ordinance with three main recommendations it made in February:

  • Ensuring residents can stay in their neighborhood through minimum benefits around affordable housing, transportation, workforce development and small/local business protections.
  • Community engagement in the negotiation process.
  • Community oversight to enforce the ordinance in a way that makes sure the community gets the benefits for their neighborhoods.

Click here to read the article in full.

Action Alert: Sutter’s Land Park Master Plan Community Meeting, 12/12/2024

Thursday, December 12, 2024 — 6-8 PM
Clunie Clubhouse at McKinley Park (Alhambra Blvd at F Street)
Sacramento, California

The City of Sacramento is updating its Master Plan for Sutter’s Landing Park, which sits adjacent to the American River Parkway.

Sutter’s Landing Park provides tremendous opportunities to connect Sacramento area residents with nature and protect vital habitat for imperiled wildlife species including Swainson’s hawks, Peregrine falcons, Red-tailed hawks, Meadowlarks, Northern Harriers, and many others.

The Master Plan will help determine the fate of nearly 200 acres of existing wildlife areas that are an important part of the upland habitat along the American River and improvements to other portions of the park that currently provide active recreation.

“The Mound” portion of the Park (pictured in the foreground) is the largest habitat area along the southern portion of the American River within the City of Sacramento and could be a Nature Preserve.
The recently acquired “West Sutter’s Landing Park” properties (just west of Blue Diamond) could also be a Nature Preserve and restored.

The Park could also include additional compatible trails to further connect residents to nature and river-themed play areas and environmental education programs for kids.

Please attend the December 12th meeting and speak out for protecting nature at Sutter’s Landing.
You can also email written comments to DRepan[at]cityofsacramento[dot]org.

For more information, email: cibrownci[at]icloud[dot]com.

Click here for this action alert in PDF.

ACTION ALERT: Sacramento Investment Without Displacement

WHAT: Attend the Upcoming City Council Special Meeting
WHEN: Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at 2:00pm
WHERE: City Hall, 915 I Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
WHY: The Sacramento Investment Without Displacement coalition has spent the last four years working with the City of Sacramento to establish a Community Benefits Agreement Ordinance for Council consideration. In the City’s updated CBAO (view the posting here on the City’s CBAO website) most of SIWD’s demands to ensure that community voice is at the table have continued NOT to be met nor included in the CBAO drafts. We are asking our SIWD partners, our trusted messengers, serving our most vulnerable, to REJECT THE CURRENT VERSION of the CBAO that will be up for consideration next week. Your leadership and support are critical to establishing a true CBAO that will include community voices at the decision-making table and ensure that benefits come back to the community in future developments.
The council meeting will begin at 2:00. All public comment requests will be accepted before the staff presentation is complete.

To make a public comment at the meeting:

  1. Complete a speaker slip located in the back of the room (near the large glass windows)
  2. This will be the only agenda item for that day.
  3. Complete the form and hand it to the clerks at the front of the room
    To submit an e-comment:
  4. Go to https://sacramento.granicusideas.com/meetings/5231-2-00-pm-city-council-special-meeting/agenda_items
  5. Choose your position and share your thoughts
  6. Click on ‘Submit Comment’ to complete
    If you have additional questions about the presentation, feel free to send them directly to info[dot]saciwd[at]gmail[dot]com.

In Community,

Sacramento Investment Without Displacement Members

ECOS LETTER re Sacramento County Climate Action Plan, 11/6/2024

On Nov 6, 2024, ECOS submitted to the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors a comment letter on the County of Sacramento Climate Action Plan, Final Subsequent Environmental Impact Report (SEIR).

The Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS) appreciates that County staff have developed a better Climate Action Plan than its 2022 version. However, we still have major concerns that must be addressed before we can support it.

Click here to read the letter.