Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR)

🎇Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!    This month and every month, we celebrate the many cultures, rich histories, and countless contributions that Hispanic and Latino communities bring to California.     We believe that diversity is strength, and that giving all communities the opportunity to thrive makes our great state better.    We honor the vision of Hispanics and Latinos who continue to lead us toward a #CaliforniaForAll.    #HispanicHeritageMonth 

👏 We are honored to have had our staff participate in the National Tribal & Indigenous #Climate Conference this week, discussing the work of the California Strategic Growth Council Regional Climate Collaboratives program, the California Strategic Growth Council Agricultural Land Equity Initiative, the Office of Community Partnerships and Strategic Communications California Indian Manpower Consortium, and the Fifth #ClimateChange Assessment’s Tribal Research Program and Tribal Advisory Group 🤝 California Natural Resources Agency California Energy Commission. We look forward to debriefing with the five team members who attended to elevate what they learned. 💡 Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals #ClimateResilience

🌎 California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment Update – Modeling California’s Future Climate 🔍 Predicting how California’s climate will change is essential as we build a future resilient to #climateimpacts. The latest #climatechange projections data and models being developed as part of California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment provide crucial insights into California’s future climate. This information predicts future #climate, sea levels, water systems, and #wildfire risks.     With support from the Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Program, the California Energy Commission is funding high-resolution projections of California’s future climate. This research is led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography, in partnership with UCLA. The results provide a range of possible futures for California. and a more limited set of futures for the western region, applicable to electricity generation, planning, and resilience.    Additionally, the Scripps team is using the projections to model California’s future water systems and hourly sea levels along the #CaliforniaCoast, #SanFrancisco Bay, and #Sacramento Delta. Researchers from University of California, Merced, as part of a larger research group called the Pyregence Consortium (also supported by EPIC), are using these climate projections to create long-term California wildfire risk scenarios.    Read the progress update to learn more about how California’s Fifth Climate Change Assessment will help communities become #climateresilient and adapt to climate change. Find the link to the full progress update in the comments below! ☀️ 

🚧 Happening Today! 🚧 Construction will start on Sacramento's first community resilience center! 🌱 The California Strategic Growth Council, Office of the Governor - California, California Department of Food and Agriculture, partners from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), City of Sacramento, County of Sacramento, and community leaders from across the area will celebrate the groundbreaking of the first ever #ClimateResiliency center in the Capital City! The La Familia Counseling Center, Inc. will break ground at the site of its future Opportunity Center/Resilience Hub on the corner of 37th Avenue and Franklin Boulevard in South Sacramento. Once constructed, the new building is set to serve as a cooling center during #ExtremeHeat events, while also providing supportive resources like career training, parenting workshops, and healthcare services to residents year-round. “From federal grants to local support, every layer of government has come together to ensure South Sacramento has the resources it needs to thrive in the face of climate challenges. Biggest thanks to La Familia’s Executive Director, Rachel Ríos, and her staff for having the vision and fortitude to tackle income inequality, opportunity, and climate change all at once. #Together, we are building a resilient and empowered Sacramento for generations to come." - Sacramento Mayor, Darrell Steinberg La Familia has received support from county, state, and federal leaders to expand services at the Opportunity Center/Resilience Hub and surrounding neighborhood – this includes $5 million from a CDFA grant, $2 million from the California Department of Public Health, $750,000 from U.S. Housing and Urban Development, and $1 million from the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors. They are also part of the first wave of community projects to receive grant writing assistance for their EPA grant from SGC’s Connecting Communities Initiative, a program announced in November 2023 to help local partners statewide access historic federal funding made available through the Inflation Reduction Act. 🎉 Congrats, La Familia!

Don't miss the latest 📸 update from our staff participating in the 2024 National Tribal & Indigenous Climate Conference this week! ⬇ Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals #ClimateEquity 🌎

Today, and every day, we commemorate those who lost their lives during the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, and honor the bravery of the first responders and ordinary people who stepped up to help others. "Over the last 23 years, what was destroyed, we have repaired. What was threatened, we have fortified. What was attacked -- the indomitable American spirit -- prevailed. That is who we are. That is the soul of our Nation. There is nothing we cannot accomplish when we defend with all our hearts that which makes us unique in the world: our democracy. That is what the heroes and patriots of 9/11 did. And that is what we must all continue to do today." - President Joe Biden #Remembering

Check out this 📸 update from our staff participating in the 2024 National Tribal & Indigenous Climate Conference the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals is hosting this week. Indigenous Peoples are on the frontlines of climate change, enduring and adapting to severe droughts, floods, historic #wildfire, rising seas, and #extremeheat. 🌡️ Building resilience to these impacts requires sustained investment in 🌎 climate change research and science; our staff are leading California's Fifth Climate Change Assessment, consulting with tribes and integrating tribal expertise and Traditional knowledge(s) throughout the Assessment process.   During the tabling event pictured, our staff highlighted programs including the Tribal Research Program, which is part of California's Fifth #ClimateChange Assessment. Through the Tribal Research Program, California is supporting tribally led climate change research to address the critical need for the latest #climatescience, and support the work already underway in tribal communities. 📈 The Tribal Research Program includes a Tribal Advisory Group and a Tribal Research Grant Program. As part of the Tribal Research Program, a Tribal Synthesis Report will summarize the climate change impacts tribes face in California. 📚    Read more about the Tribal Research Program at the link in the comments!🔗

⭐ We are looking for applicants for the role of #ExecutiveDirector of State Planning and Policy Development. Under the Director, the #Executive Director oversees and directs policy on our statutory roles and the Administration’s priorities in #LandUse, #climate, and related areas. We will accept applications until the position is filled.    https://lnkd.in/gpvTHdWC  We serve as California’s comprehensive land use planning agency. We study future research and planning needs, fosters cross-agency collaboration, and supports local and regional governments, communities, and California Native American tribes with sustainable, resilient, and equitable land use planning and community development. Learn more about us: opr.ca.gov   

🤝 Join us next week, Sept. 17, at 1:30 p.m. for the #RacialEquity #CommunityEngagement Committee Meeting and on Sept. 18 at 10 a.m. for a meeting of the full Racial #Equity Commission. You can join via Zoom, via YouTube livestream, or in-person on Sept. 17 at the Scottish Rite Center in Oakland, California and Sept. 18 at the Contra Costa County Administration Building in Martinez, California.    💻Register to attend the meetings virtually at the links in the comments!    #California4All #CommunityEngagement 

📸 Follow along this week for updates as our staff participate in the 2024 National Tribal & Indigenous Climate Conference, which the Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals is hosting in Anchorage, Alaska. 🌎 Staff will collaborate with national and Tribal partners on ways to advance #ClimateResilience in Indigenous communities. This week on California Strategic Growth Council social media, our teams will elevate daily conference themes, go on fieldtrips to explore Traditional and Indigenous Knowledges, lead discussions around California’s Tribal Capacity Building Program, and present information during a World Café: #Climate Conversation. 🎙 Stay tuned! 📺