Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 is our first Water Committee meeting for 2026.
Below is the agenda packet, and referenced documents for your use and review.
Click here to view the agenda and accompanying materials.
Category Archives: ECOS Updates
California Energy Commission Talk, Dec 18
ECOS Climate Change Committee Meeting
Thursday, December 18, 2025
6 PM (drinks/snacks starting at 5:30)
Hybrid meeting: In-person at Mogavero Architects, 1331 T Street, Sacramento
and on Zoom at: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/6656164155 (copy and paste link)
To phone in: 669-900-6833, Meeting ID: 665 616 4155
Speaker: Gypsy Achong, Program Manager in the Efficiency Division, California Energy Commission
Topic: Gypsy will discuss Assembly Bill 130, recent updates to the Building Energy Code, and the impacts of these changes on local efforts to build green.
Major legislative changes have adversely affected the state building standards adoption process and its contribution to residential building decarbonization. This summer, Governor Gavin Newsom signed Assembly Bill 130, which pauses new updates to the California Building Standards Code, including the Energy Code, that affect residential units until January 1, 2032. The law also limits cities and counties in adopting stricter local building codes on or after October 1, 2025. Join us to discuss this topic with Gypsy Achong, Program Manager from the California Energy Commission.
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ECOS Water Committee Meeting, Dec 16
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 5:30 pm
The ECOS Water Committee will host a discussion with committee members, ECOS Organizational Members, Executive Committee members, and more to strategize future partnership on local and regional water issues. Please join this important conversation to strengthen our advocacy on important water issues!
In light of a scheduling conflict, the ECOS Water Committee meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 5:30 pm. This will be an opportunity to identify efforts that would benefit from cross-organization collaboration and strengthen our partnership. Please email Luz Lim (luzlim[at]live[dot]com) to confirm that you plan to attend.
Click here to view the letter sent to ECOS Organizational members on November 4, 2025.
Click here to join the Zoom for the Water Committee meeting on December 16, 2025.
Habitat Fundraiser: Art Sale and Show, Dec 12
Please join us for an environmental art sale benefiting Habitat 2020, the habitat committee of ECOS comprised of environmental non-governmental organizations working to protect habitat and nature.
Friday, December 12, 2025, 6pm-8pm
Curtis Hall, Sierra 2 Center for the Arts and Community, 2791 24th St, Sacramento, CA
Professional ART BY
Mary Szechan
Nature-themed drawings, prints, paintings and silverpoints
Veronica Espinoza
Watercolors of birds that evince a Japanese woodblock-like feel
Also featuring:
- Paintings and drawings by Maurice Bisharat
- Hand-painted porcelain by Barbara Carr
- Photos by Lloyd Roberts
- Wildlife works by local photographer Sean Wirth will also be available.
Flyer/Poster
Click the image below for a PDF of the full page flyer/poster we have created.
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Community Meeting to Save Coyote Creek, Dec 9
Tuesday, December 9, 2025 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Shepard Garden & Arts Center
3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento, CA
Background:
On November 18, 2025, the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the Coyote Creek Agrivoltaic Solar Project that will:
- kill over 3000 native oak trees
- destroy sensitive and increasingly rare habitat (vernal pools, valley grasslands, and one of the last continuous blue oak woodlands in California)
- destroy cultural resources that are unique, sacred, and irreplaceable to local tribes
- set a precedent for poorly-sited development that conflicts with local and regional plans in Sacramento County.
Join environmental and OHV (Off-Highway Vehicle) activists to stop this project.
Cal4Wheel | California Native Plant Society | Defenders of Wildlife | Habitat 2020
ECOS Letter on Airport South, 12/1/2025
On December 1, 2025, ECOS submitted a letter to the Mayor and City Council of Sacramento regarding Airport South Industrial Annexation (P21-017). Below is an excerpt from our letter.
We write to address your vote on the biggest environmental decision to come before the City Council in decades, again. We believe you should vote no on the Airport South Industrial Project.
ECOS has previously submitted a number of letters and e-comments expressing our concerns about the project.
