The Strategic Growth Council has been busy! The agency has been creating two new programs to fund the creation of sustainable communities and preserve agricultural lands. Draft guidelines are now out, and we’ve summarized them below.

Action alert: Attend the workshop on November 3 in Sacramento to speak up in support of VMT and against LOS as a measure of environmental impact. The amount of driving is what’s bad for the climate — and the community — not whether cars are delayed.

Can’t make the workshop? Read the draft and submit comments by email by November 21.

Hello, everyone!

How time flies! Four years have passed since the California Air Resources Board (ARB) set greenhouse-gas reduction targets for every region’s first transportation plan under SB 375. Nearly every region has completed its first smart growth plan or Sustainable Communities Strategy (SCS),and we’re tracking their implementation.

I can hardly believe it, but my last day at ClimatePlan has finally arrived.  CRAZY, right?!