Tag Archives: Community
Resources for People Experiencing Homelessness
February 11, 2021
As we know, many people are suffering unsheltered this winter in Sacramento. The Environmental Council of Sacramento wants to share these resources with anyone in need. Please repost these vital resources and help reduce homelessness this winter. These locations also take volunteers and monetary donations.
Donations needed
https://saintjohnsprogram.givingfuel.com/food-for-neighbors
Authorization warming centers for those experiencing homelessness
https://engagesac.org/blog-civic-engagement/2021/1/27/city-council-declares-extreme-weather-emergency-authorizes-warming-centers
Assistance for hotel vouchers in Sacramento County
https://www.211ca.org/search?taxonomyCode=BH-1800.8500-300
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Sac County Climate Emergency Declaration
December 17, 2020 Update: we are happy to report that the County of Sacramento has passed the declaration!
December 15, 2020
ECOS has submitted a letter asking the Sacramento Board of Supervisors to vote in support of declaring a Climate Emergency. The item is on the agenda for their December 16, 2020 meeting.
From our letter:
The Environmental Council of Sacramento (ECOS) supports the County’s proposed Climate Emergency Declaration. As Greta Thunberg has told us,
“Humans are very adaptable: we can still fix this. But the opportunity to do so will not last for long. We must start today. We have no more excuses. We cannot solve a crisis without treating it as a crisis. And if solutions within the system are so impossible to find, then maybe we should change the system itself.”
Please demonstrate that our County’s system is up to the task!
Click here to read our letter in full.
Photo credit: Anders Hellberg, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons