Strategic Growth Council (SGC)
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Legislative Update: Getting to Progress on Climate Goals
S.B. 526 calls for a State Mobility Action Plan for Healthy Communities, and for realigning transportation funding with state climate goals.
March 19, 2019
Transformative Climate Communities Grants Announced
The Strategic Growth Council today awarded two implementation grants and four planning grants to communities around the state to encourage and assist in community-led efforts to plan for community resilience in the face of climate change.
December 20, 2018
Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Grants Now Available
$395 million is available from cap-and-trade for affordable housing near transit, plus bike, pedestrian, transit projects
November 8, 2018
Helping Communities Benefit from California’s Climate Investments
Senate Bill 1072 and a new round of TCC grants aim to help communities transform themselves
August 16, 2018
Fresno, Watts, and Ontario Awarded Grants to Transform Their Communities
Three cities will receive grants to complete projects developed in collaboration with the local community to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while bringing other health and economic benefits.
January 31, 2018
Strategic Growth Council Narrows List of Potential TCC Grants
The Transformative Climate Communities grant program aims to encourage neighborhood-level plans to reduce greenhouse gas emissions while providing local economic, environmental, and health benefits to disadvantaged communities. The Strategic Growth Council will award approximately $140 million in TCC grants.
November 2, 2017
Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Grant Applications Released
Another round of funding is available for projects that combine affordable housing and low-carbon transportation. The purpose of the AHSC program is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by facilitating projects that support compact infill development.
October 2, 2017
Draft Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Guidelines Released
The AHSC connects planning for housing and transportation, and supports building affordable housing that makes it easy for people not to drive. It's a small program with a big mandate, and one of the few sources of state money for affordable housing. Here's a look at new draft guidelines for applicants.
March 10, 2017
Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities Workshops: What Needs Fixing? Asks Staff
The ambitions of the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities program overwhelm its size. It funds affordable housing and transportation projects using funds from cap-and-trade—which means all its projects, first and foremost, have to reduce greenhouse gases. But that's far from the program's only goal.
December 21, 2016
