Learn what ECOS is all about! Attend our monthly orientation session on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 from 6:00 – 6:30 pm via Zoom to get a broad overview of what ECOS does, why it matters, and what you can do to help! This orientation can also benefit anyone interested in learning more about environmental issues in the Sacramento region. We will cover our current goals that involve climate change prevention, promoting infill over sprawl development, transit, habitat protection, and the wise use of water resources, among others.
Get familiar with the candidates and ready to vote in the primary on Jun 2, 2026. Watch the videos of interviews with these four candidates: • Flojaune Cofer • Eric Guerra • Deborah Ortiz • Tim Riley
Kent Lacin of Sacramento conducted the interviews and made the videos.
Introduction by Kent Lacin:
Overview: I thank the candidates for agreeing to do the interview. Running for office is a big undertaking, and they deserve our gratitude for taking the plunge!
These interviews are longer than the sound bites we get in the media world. I hope they will help you get to know the candidates and arouse your interest in our County Board of Supervisors. It has only five officials, and they have great power to shape our region.
My Message: The environment is more than our rivers and trees, or our buildings and roads. It is our ideas and the people who represent them: our politicians. WE give them the power to take ideas and turn them into reality. Therefore, we need to learn what their ideas are. Because we care about the environment, choosing the right candidate is critical.
Sacramento County District 1 is large, covering 112 square miles – it includes most of the City of Sacramento, reaching south to Florin Road. It has been represented by Phil Serna since 2010. Whomever is elected will have great influence on the future growth of our county. Many new large housing developments are proposed for agricultural land in District 1, so key topics include reducing greenhouse gas emissions from traffic and buildings, protecting green spaces, and managing water. The interviews focus on these and other environmental issues.
Acknowledgements: The interviews were jointly sponsored by 350 Sacramento, Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS), and Sacramento Citizen’s Climate Lobby. Much thanks to Barbara and Channel Creative, who allowed me to film in their studio with their lights. These generous people help make Sacramento the community I’m happy to be a part of. Thanks also to ECOS for handling the technical issues in posting the interviews on YouTube.
To be most effective, send your email to this email string, including all of the City of Sacramento Councilmembers and the Mayor: mayor@cityofsacramento.org, district1@cityofsacramento.org, district2@cityofsacramento.org, district3@cityofsacramento.org, district4@cityofsacramento.org, district5@cityofsacramento.org, eguerra@cityofsacramento.org, rjennings@cityofsacramento.org, district8@cityofsacramento.org
Individual Email addresses
Mayor – Kevin McCarty – mayor@cityofsacramento.org District 1 – Lisa Kaplan – district1@cityofsacramento.org District 2 – Roger Dickinson – district2@cityofsacramento.org District 3 – Karina Talamantes – district3@cityofsacramento.org District 4 – Phil Pluckebaum – district4@cityofsacramento.org District 5 – Caity Maple – district5@cityofsacramento.org District 6 – Eric Guerra – eguerra@cityofsacramento.org District 7 – Rick Jennings – rjennings@cityofsacramento.org District 8 – Mai Vang – district8@cityofsacramento.org
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:
Complete a speaker slip located in the back of the room (near the large glass windows)
This will be the only agenda item for that day.
Complete the form and hand it to the clerks at the front of the room To submit an e-comment:
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
The City of Sacramento is proposing limits on car parking spaces for certain projects, along with improved parking management and increased bicycle parking requirements to encourage more cycling. Join one of our two virtual community meetings to share your feedback!
About: The City approved a new policy in February 2024 to no longer require any property to supply car parking if they do not want to. The City now wants to go further and make sure projects do not supply too much car parking, which uses land inefficiently and increases costs for businesses and residents. Refining the City’s parking management practices will further improve the efficient provision of parking in Sacramento, while increasing the supply of bicycle parking will make it easier for Sacramentans to bike more often.
Anushka Kalyan, 17, is a Sacramento high school student leading the local effort to address climate change through continued activism and involvement in youth organizations committed to addressing the issue — both locally and nationally.
