California Strategic Growth Council

☀ Did you know that heat ranks amongst the deadliest of all climate-driven hazards in California? And communities that have been historically under-resourced are the ones most impacted? The last day in May is National Heat Awareness Day and is a time to bring attention to the dangers of heat exposure, while also offering education on ways to stay safe. The California Strategic Growth Council’s #ClimateChange Research Program (CCR) has funded several projects related to extreme heat research, solutions, and prevention resources. One such resource is the Cal-THRIVES Toolkit for Heat Resilience in Underserved Environments. Use today to educate yourself on ways to stay safe, and look-out for those most sensitive to heat exposure (older populations, infants and children, pregnant people, people with chronic illness, and those who work outside). #TheMoreYouKnow #HeatAwarenessDay #ClimateEquity

📢 We’re #hiring! Apply on #CalCareers today! Associate Planner, Solar For All: https://lnkd.in/gft2r-qW Apply by: 6/2 This position is necessary in providing solar storage solutions to underserved communities by providing #CleanEnergy and relieving electricity bill pressures.    Staff Counsel (Attorney): https://lnkd.in/gtuvQ73V  Apply by: 6/5  Senior Staff Counsel (Attorney III): https://lnkd.in/gKh2WNHp Apply by: 6/5 We are looking for a full-time attorney at level I or III to work as Staff Counsel in the Legal & Legislative Affairs Program.   The Strategic Growth Council is a Cabinet-level state organization that coordinates and works collaboratively across state government and with public agencies, communities, and stakeholders to achieve sustainability, equity, economic prosperity, and quality of life for all Californians. SGC programs include Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities, Community Resilience Centers, Sustainable Agriculture Lands Conservation, Transformative Climate Communities, Climate Change Research, Community Assistance for Climate Equity, and Health and Equity Program – which is part of a multi-agency Health in All Policies Initiative. SGC is a fast-paced, creative work environment that encourages staff to have strong collaboration skills, an ability to quickly respond to changing policy needs, and a positive attitude.

🎉 The California Strategic Growth Council team is growing! Meet our Innovation and Partnerships Special Advisor, Adrienne Moretz, MBA! Adrienne will be focusing on the SGC Connecting Communities program, which will support SGC grantees and unawarded applicants in accessing federal and philanthropic funding and demonstrate proven strategies to advance community #climate leadership. The aim of Connecting Communities is to accelerate community-led climate projects statewide and demonstrate best practices in centering communities burdened by pollution and other structural harm. Adrienne has over a decade of experience building programs and executing strategic partnerships with the private and public sector. Her focus has been working at the intersections of transportation, land use, #equity, and #technology. She was most recently the Manager of Government Partnerships at Getaround, a peer-to-peer carshare company, where she built and managed partnerships with municipal transportation partners across the U.S. and advocated for positive policy change at the local and state level. She has an M.B.A. & B.S. in Marketing from West Virginia Wesleyan College and an Innovation & Entrepreneurship Certificate from Stanford University. 🙌🏼 Welcome, Adrienne! Click through our #TeammateTuesday slideshow and learn some fun facts about the newest member of our team! 

The Community Resilience Centers program (CRC) is posting a Request for Information (RFI) to gather public input for evaluating program outcomes, ways to enhance program impacts, and recommendations on overall program improvements.     ✏️Download the RFI doc and submit responses by June 28!   🔗 Learn more about the #CommunityResilience Centers Program: https://lnkd.in/gT2HagAb 

So proud of our Executive Fellows and their presentations on how California can close the digital divide! Both the California Strategic Growth Council and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR) participate in the Executive Fellowship Program. This program allows California State University-Sacramento students to be placed with a mentor in one of California’s Executive Branches. Executive Fellows function as full-time professional staff in these offices while meeting weekly for graduate seminars in Public Policy and Administration. Great job, Alex Walker, Camille Randolph & Maya Hsu!! #FutureLeaders

#TransformingFresno! Get a look at Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) funding at work! ✂ They cut the ribbon at the St. Rest + Food to Share Hub in Southwest Fresno this month, and now the 6,800 square foot site is open for business! What used to be the Farmer John Meat Company Warehouse on the 23-hundred block of Elm Avenue has been transformed not only into a healthy food rescue/redistribution hub, but a 3.14-acre community campus which includes outdoor green spaces and a commercial community kitchen! This project will result in the annual recovery of more than one million pounds of nutritious food, that would otherwise be wasted, by getting that food to families that face food insecurities and lack the financial means to purchase healthy food. This food rescue and redistribution to underserved and disadvantaged families will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by an estimated 2.2 million pounds per-year! The City of Fresno received a $66.5 million, TCC grant to implement projects that have been identified through a community-driven planning processes that achieve significant greenhouse gas reduction benefits, improve #PublicHealth and #environmental benefits, and expand economic opportunity and shared #prosperity. Overall, St. Rest + Food to Share Hub not only provides significant reductions in GHG emission but also expands capacities to meet significant health and nutrition needs in Southwest Fresno and across the metropolitan area! Thanks for sharing the news Fresno Economic Opportunities Commission (Fresno EOC)! 🎉 #ClimateResiliency Department of Conservation (DOC)

🙋♀️ 🙋🏽♀️ 🙋🏿♀️ The California Strategic Growth Council was well represented at the Women Transforming Government Summit and Professional Development session this week! SGC Executive Director, Lynn von Koch-Liebert; Deputy Director of Community Investments and Planning, Amar Azucena Cid; and several SGC staff including Natalie O.; Aatisha Singh; Lois Kim; Elizabeth Grassi; Tish Palamidessi; Emely Anico; Adrienne Moretz, MBA; Camille Randolph; Camille Frazier; Ena Lupine; and Marie H. attended the event hosted by Deloitte. 🤝 Kim Phan led an engaging panel discussion featuring, Selvi Stanislaus, the first woman Executive Officer, at the California Franchise Tax Board; Nancy Farias, Director, Employment Development Department; Beth McGrath, Global Leader for Government and Public Services, at Deloitte, and Michelle Baass, Director, California Department of Health Care Services, on the journey of advancing a career in government. Along with the panel, the event also provided time for #networking, #workshopping solutions for challenges and setbacks, and brainstorming on ways to drive meaningful change in government work with author Kim Christfort. Thank you, to all involved for an inspiring afternoon! #ProfessionalDevelopment #Equity

🎉Collaborating to Advance #Sustainable #Communities, that’s what we do at the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC)! Thank you, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (Andrew Ten) for sharing these photos from last week’s Advancing Sustainable Communities Tour and Convening in South Los Angeles, County of Los Angeles. Jess Ison, a Program Associate with SGC’s Transformative Climate Communities (TCC) and Neel Kasliwal, Associate Environmental Planner w/ California Department of Conservation joined South LA Eco-Lab and South Los Angeles Transit Empowerment Zone (SLATE-Z) for a driving tour of redevelopment efforts currently underway that advance sustainable communities, #AffordableHousing, #transportation, #EnvironmentalJustice, and workforce development.   🤝 Jess provided an overview of the TCC program to attendees, including representatives from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Department of Transportation, the City of Los Angeles, T.R.U.S.T South LA, and LA Metro. TCC administers programs that tackle environmental justice, and uplift communities! South LA Eco-Lab, led by Community Partners and SLATE-Z was awarded a Round 2 TCC Planning Grant, and most recently, a Round 4 Implementation Grant for $35M, which funds 11 projects including active transportation, home improvements, urban greening, and more!   🔗 Want to learn more about the TCC program? Visit their website: https://lnkd.in/gMyUnGbB 🔗 Learn more about SLATE-Z and the South LA Eco-Lab at their website: https://lnkd.in/g9-nsMNn

Interested in helping communities most vulnerable to #ClimateChange? We’re #hiring for two of our programs! 1️⃣ Our Community Resilience Centers Program (CRC) is looking for a Program Manager (SSMII) to lead the development and implementation of CRC while applying analytical and planning methods to help identify, study, and address #ClimateResilience, #ExtremeHeat, #Equity, and other relevant State goals and priorities. Position is Supervisory and pays $7,420 - $9,219 per month. Closing date: 5/28/2024 🔗 Visit #CalCareers for full duty statement and to apply: https://lnkd.in/gcXbhtzv 2️⃣ Our Energy Investments division is also looking for an Associate Planner (AGPA) in the Solar for All Program. The Associate Planner’s role is integral to achieving the goals of the California Solar for All Program, which includes accelerating the deployment of solar+storage solutions in underserved communities, alleviating electricity bill pressures, and contributing to the state's decarbonization goals. Pay is $5,684 - $7,329 per month. Closing date: 6/2/24  🔗 Visit #CalCareers for full duty statement and to apply: https://lnkd.in/gft2r-qW