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

Sacramento Parking Revisions Virtual Community Project Update Meetings, 11/13 + 11/14

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.

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 13, 2024 10:00 AM

THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 2024 5:30 PM

City of Sacramento Planning Academy

The City of Sacramento Planning Academy is a free, hybrid course designed to educate, engage, and empower Sacramento residents and business owners on current planning issues and City plans underway in Sacramento. Participants can expect to learn about the City’s planning process and how planning shapes our community, with the opportunity to discuss Sacramento’s future with a cohort of civic leaders. The course objective is to provide participants knowledge, skills, and connections to encourage civic engagement in the planning process. Participants will have the opportunity to engage directly with staff leading a range of planning efforts including the Sacramento 2040 General Plan, the Climate Action & Adaptation Plan, Transportation Priorities Plan, Stockton Boulevard Plan, the 2022-2030 Housing Element, the Accessory Dwelling Unit Resource Enter, Missing Middle Housing Strategy, and the Existing Building Electrification Strategy. The program is intended to provide participants with tools and insights that will empower them to be more effective advocates in future City of Sacramento Planning efforts.

2023 Program Date: Monday* evenings, March 5-May 15, 2023, 5:30-7:30pm

Learn more and apply by January 30, 2023, here: http://www.cityofsacramento.org/Community-Development/Planning/Long-Range/Planning-Academy

Release of Preliminary Public Review Draft of the Sacramento Climate Action Plan

From the City of Sacramento:

The Community Development Department is pleased to announce the release of the preliminary public review draft of the Climate Action Plan (CAP) on July 1, 2022.

This document will be circulated for a 30-day period, several months ahead of the release of the full Draft Climate Action and Adaptation Plan, Draft 2040 General Plan and Draft Master Environmental Impact Report this fall, which will be circulated for 45 days. This approach will allow the community to have advanced review and provide comments on the draft measures to reduce the City’s greenhouse gas emissions. The document is posted on the project webpage and can be found directly here.

Following release of the preliminary public review draft Climate Action Plan, the Sacramento City Council will hold a workshop to discuss additional potential actions that can be taken to achieve carbon neutrality in advance of the CAP’s target date of 2045. This City Council workshop is scheduled for August 16, 2022.

Submit comments on the preliminary draft Climate Action Plan (from July 1 to July 30).

Contact staff
Email: cap[at]cityofsacramento[dot]org
Sign up to receive updates from the Office of Climate Action and Sustainability
Sign up to receive updates on the Sacramento 2040 General Plan and Climate Action Plan

What Is A General Plan?!?

Posted here: January 12, 2021

Created by Tomboy Dru November 10, 2018 via YouTube

With the City of Sacramento working on updating the City General Plan, we thought we would post this fantastic video created by YouTube creator Tomboy Dru, who humorously breaks down what’s in a General Plan, by providing a general explanation of each General Plan element. These elements include land use, environmental resources, recreation and open space, noise, circulation or mobility, safety, energy, and housing or growth area. We highly recommend this video to gain an understanding of this important document, or to refresh your knowledge! Check out her channel for other great urban planning content, as well!


Click here to learn more about the City of Sacramento’s General Plan.

Click here to learn more about the County of Sacramento’s General Plan.

To learn about the general plan where you live, visit your local government websites.

Strong Mayor Measure Presentation

Tuesday 9/22 at 6pm on Zoom

Everyone is welcome to virtually join in on Tuesday 9/22 for a presentation on the 2020 Strong Mayor Measure at the ECOS Board Meeting!

  • Julia Burrows, Senior Policy Advisor to Sacramento Mayor Steinberg, will present for “Yes on Measure A”
  • Heather Fargo, former Sacramento Mayor, will present for “No on Measure A”
  • Followed by Q & A

Meeting starts at 6:00 pm | Tuesday, September 22, 2020
Zoom Meeting ID: 818 6537 7865
Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81865377865 | Call-in: 1-669-900-6833
ECOS Board Meetings are scheduled for the fourth Tuesday of odd-numbered months.

Here’s a link to the agenda: https://www.ecosacramento.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/bsk-pdf-manager/2020/09/2020-09-Sept-22-ECOS-Board-Meeting-Agenda.pdf