🌱Investing in Communities That Feed California 🚜Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) Round 5 Planning Grantee Tranquillity Resource Conservation District recently hosted a Farm Tour highlighting efforts to support vulnerable, agriculture-based communities. 🌾The tour took place at Coalinga College’s Farm of the Future and University of California Agriculture and Natural Resources (ANR) West Side Research & Extension Center—bringing together partners to explore innovative solutions rooted in local needs. 📈This planning effort centers on four disadvantaged, unincorporated communities, many of which are closely tied to the agricultural workforce. By strengthening pathways to jobs, resources, and long-term opportunity, this work helps uplift communities that are essential to California’s food system. 📸 Watch to see highlights from the Farm Tour! 🔗Learn about TCC program on the SGC website: sgc.ca.gov/grant-programs/tc… #TransformativeClimateCommunities #ClimateEquity #EnvironmentalJustice #CentralValley #SustainableCommunities @ucanr @CoalingaCollege

🌱 Community in Action in Stockton! 🌱   Volunteers came together at Lafayette Park to plant new trees as part of an effort to replace storm-damaged trees across Stockton parks. With support from the California Strategic Growth Council’s Transformative Climate Communities Program, in partnership with the @CalConservation California Department of Conservation, the community planted 10 new trees, including cork oaks, trident maples, redbuds, flowering cherries, and Chinese pistachios. 🌳   More tree plantings are coming up, and volunteers are welcome! 📍 Stribley Park — Jan. 31 at 8:30 a.m. 📍 Brotherhood Park — Jan. 31 at 10:30 a.m.   💚Learn more about this project: recordnet.com/picture-galler…… The Stockton @Recordnet   The Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) Program empowers the communities most impacted by pollution to choose their own goals, strategies, and projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution. Learn more about TCC on its webpage: sgc.ca.gov/grant-programs/tc…   #CommunityPowered #TreePlanting #ClimateAction #StocktonCA #UrbanForestry #GreenerCommunities #TransformativeClimateCommunities #Volunteer #EnvironmentalJustice #ParksAndRec

🚨 More affordable homes are now open for families and individuals in the East Bay! 🚨 The Maudelle Miller Shirek Community is bringing 87 new affordable homes to families and individuals in Berkeley 🏘️💚 — all made possible with $22.8M in funding from Round 5 of the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Program (AHSC)! 💰✨ “I'm so happy that we have been given the opportunity to thrive,” said Monique Allen, a new Maudelle Miller Shirek resident. Monique was displaced from the Berkeley area 13-years ago, but now, because of this new development, she and her daughter can return! Monique says they are looking forward to walking to school, and not having to deal with a commute. AHSC makes it easier for Californians to drive less by making sure housing, jobs, and key destinations are accessible by walking, biking, and transit. Maudelle Miller Shirek was developed with the following 🚆 transportation upgrades: ✅ Three new BART heavy rail cars 🚏 Improved bus stops wayfinding at Ashby BART 🚲 Free bike education workshops 🚌 Three years of transit passes for residents 🛤️ Wider sidewalks, a new transit shelter, and better night lighting This is what transit-connected housing looks like! 🌍🏙️💪 AHSC is administered by SGC and implemented by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (@California_HCD). AHSC is part of California Climate Investments (@CAClimateInvest), a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment – particularly in disadvantaged communities. #CaliforniaForAll #AffordableHousing #TransitOrientedDevelopment #SustainableCommunities #BerkeleyCA #AHSC #BART #TransformativeClimateCommunities #ActiveTransportation #GreenLiving

Thanks to @estolanoadvises for your support for both #TransformativeClimateCommunities grantees plus the @UCLALuskin Summit and our TCC panel @LuskinCenter. With Riley O’Brien.

📣@SCOPE_LA w/ powerful intro for #TransformativeClimateCommunities #SouthLAEcoLab project during @WhiteHouse tour of #environmentaljustice sites in @CountyofLA. @TRUSTSouthLA1 closes w/ call to continue #climateresiliency efforts together!

💸 Eleven disadvantaged, unincorporated, and tribal communities across the state are receiving a total of $98.1 million in #TransformativeClimateCommunities Program funding through the California Strategic Growth Council. 📄Press release: sgc.ca.gov/news/2023/12-18.h…

🎥Check out the #PowerfulPartnerships for Healthy Communities @HumanImpact_HIP video on our #TransformativeClimateCommunities program!💡And visit our website for the replicable Community-Driven Investment Model based on the program: gc.ca.gov/programs/catalyst-… youtu.be/sV5sm6YMxxQ

.@CAGovernor Newsom’s cuts to programs like #TransformativeClimateCommunities put #BIPOC communities at risk. #CAbudget

#TransformativeClimateCommunities tackles climate change holistically by also generating good jobs and building affordable housing. Now is not the time to shutter CA’s most innovative climate program. #cabudget -->laist.com/news/climate-envir…

Communities know best what they need to thrive. The #TransformativeClimateCommunities program is one of #CA’s most successful climate equity programs. Yet as we head into what’s expected to be the hottest summer on record, lawmakers are zeroing out TCC funding.

But @CAGovernor Newsom’s state budget zeroes out funding for #TransformativeClimateCommunities, despite the worsening climate crisis. Now is not the time to scale back CA’s commitment to climate equity for #BIPOC communities! @SenToniAtkins @SenHenryStern @RendonAD62

#TransformativeClimateCommunities is an equity-centered program that is empowering cities like #Oakland & #Stockton with access to the tools they need to advance climate solutions and neighborhood development w/o displacing residents

The #TransformativeClimateCommunities program is a prime example of how #CaLeg can support community-led climate action—but lawmakers must put their money where their mouth is! @AsmRobertRivas @asmstevebennett @RendonAD62

CA’s #TransformativeClimateCommunities program empowers communities on the frontlines of climate change to take action and build resilience. But this year TCC funding was ELIMINATED in @CAGovernor Newsom’s budget.

Our co-ED @CCallahan_UCLA #UCLALuskin on air today quoted about #TransformativeClimateCommunities program @CalSGC @CAClimateInvest in article by @Erstone7 @LAist. Check it out! ⬇️

👏 for those foundational to the #TransformativeClimateCommunities program including advocacy orgs like @Greenlining, state legislators and agencies, in particular former Assemblymember @autumnrburke, @CalSGC @CAClimateInvest

💡 @AmarSewam and other SGC staff members were honored to join @InstLocGov at a Joint Summit last week with Stockton Mobility Collective and #StocktonRising, a Transformative Climate Communities grant recipient! #TransformativeClimateCommunities #TCCTransforms #climateequity

Last stop in @greentogether_ site visit: 1 of 1,000 #trees planted in #Pacoima by LA Conservation Corps and partners. Thanks to Dora Frietze-Armenia @PB__Community for being a great guide. #TransformativeClimateCommunities

Loved being at @greentogether_ sites w/ @PB__Community @communitypartnersfor and others. 🌧️ proved Bradley #greenalley and plaza works in area that used to flood. Honored @LuskinCenter #UCLALuskin is a #TransformativeClimateCommunities collaborator w support from @CalSGC

$99M available for @CalSGC #TransformativeClimateCommunities program. Applications are due 8/1.