California Strategic Growth Council

Want to understand the #AffordableHousing and #Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Round 9 Guidelines better? Join us for a public in-person workshop and get your questions answered. ?Southern California Region: Monday, Dec. 9, 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. | San Bernardino County Transportation Authority - 1170 West Third Street, 2nd Floor San Bernardino, CA 92410 ??Link to Register: https://lnkd.in/g-p6puyA AHSC is administered by the California Strategic Growth Council and implemented by the California Department of Housing & Community Development. AHSC is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing #GHG emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment – particularly in disadvantaged communities. #CaliforniaForAll #SanBernardino

?? The #AffordableHousing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) Program makes it easier for Californians to drive less by making sure #housing, jobs, and key destinations are accessible by walking, biking, and transit. AHSC is administered by the California Strategic Growth Council and implemented by the California Department of Housing & Community Development. AHSC is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing #GHG emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment – particularly in disadvantaged communities. ?? Read AHSC Draft Round 9 Guidelines & AHSC Draft Round 9 Summary of Key Changes on the website, today: https://lnkd.in/daTC4ei5 #CaliforniaForAll

The #AdfordableHousing and Sustainable Communities Draft Round 9 Guidelines are now available for review and the public comment period ends on Dec. 11. Learn more about the updated guidelines here ?? https://lnkd.in/gRF2eReb

?? #FeelGoodFriday ?? As we head into the weekend, read our latest blog entry by SGC’s Deputy Director of Equity and Government Transformation, Hoi-Fei Mok highlighting cross-sector collaborative work happening in Imperial Valley, and why providing support at the community level?will help foster long-term #climate commitments for the region, and build strategic investments and capacity building. ?? SAMPLE READ: ?????????????????? ?? ?????????? ??????????????????: ???????????? ???????? ???????? ?????? ????????????????-????-?????????? ???????????????? ???? ???????????????? ??????????????????, ??????????????????-???????????? ????????????????. In fall of 2024 the SGC collaborated with the Office of California Governor Gavin Newsom, California Energy Commission,?Institute for Local Government, Latino Community Foundation, community-based organizations, and philanthropic partners for an in-person convening in the Imperial Valley. The convening was the unofficial launch of the????????????????? ???????????? ?????????? ?????????????????? ????????????????????, a program designed to help Imperial Valley communities access federal, state, and public investments to meet their infrastructure needs and community development. The goal in bringing state, philanthropic, and community leaders together in-person, in the Valley, was to put boots on the ground in this southeastern corner of California to listen to local community leaders about the challenges and needs the region faces, establish strong connections to foster long-term commitment for the region, and take action. … “Fostering a civic ecosystem,” is what we called it... ?? Read more here: https://lnkd.in/g755xMrW #CaliforniaForAll

Want to understand the #AffordableHousing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) draft guidelines for Round 9 better? Join us for a public workshop and get your questions answered! Statewide Workshop (virtual): Thursday, Dec. 5 , 1 – 3 p.m. ??Zoom link to register: https://lnkd.in/gzMiRyDg AHSC is administered by SGC and implemented by California Department of Housing & Community Development. AHSC is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing #GHG emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment – particularly in disadvantaged communities.

? Good morning, from the “Gateway to the West,” and the 2024 ???????????????????? ???????????????? ?????? ???????? ?????? ???????????? (????????) ???????????????? ????????????????????, in the City of St. Louis! SGC’s Deputy Director of #Equity and Government Transformation, Hoi-Fei Mok will be representing California at GARE’s 2024 convening, ???????????? ????????: ?? ???????????????? ???????????????????? from Nov. 20-22. GARE is a peer-to-peer learning and practice network dedicated to advancing #RacialEquity in government - so we all thrive where we live, learn, work and play! ? This 2024 convening is being called the nation’s largest multiracial, intergenerational #RacialJustice conference of its kind and will provide spaces that serve as vital intersections where community organizers, activists, and movement makers converge to build power and strategies to advance racial justice. Throughout the conference Deputy Director Mok, will network and learn from partners from across the U.S. and have access to resources, information, and collaborative opportunities geared towards advancing racial equity for all. #FunFact – St. Louis was chosen for this year’s conference due to its history of serving as a critical juncture for both historical and contemporary racial justice movements. The city is known as the “Gateway to the West” because it was the starting point and traveling hub for the westward movement in the 1800s. This is where the Gateway Arch gets its name.? #facingrace #ourpoweroursolutions

#COP29Azerbaijan Be sure to tune in! Details below ??

?? Multiple SGC members are representing California internationally this month at the 29th Annual United Nations Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP29)! The Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) Director Samuel Assefa and acting Executive Director, Abby Edwards are two of four California representatives participating in #COP29. The Secretary for the California Natural Resources Agency , Wade Crowfoot and Secretary for the CalEPA Yana Garcia are also attending. Assefa, Crowfoot and Garcia are all SGC Council members. COP29 runs from Nov. 11 – 22.

?? It's National Philanthropy Day!! We are so proud of our philanthropic partners across the state and of our Governor's Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI) team for their dedication to the people of California! ? #CaliforniaForAll

?? #COP29 continues in Baku, Azerbaijan! California Strategic Growth Council Member, and California Natural Resources Agency Secretary, Wade Crowfoot, has had a busy couple days discussing California's commitments to addressing #ClimateChange. The United Nations' Climate Summit — known as the “Conference of the Parties,” or COP — is an international meeting where groups from all over the world come together to discuss and collaborate on ways we can all work together to reduce greenhouse gas (#GHG) emissions, build more #resilient communities, finance #climate action and more!