A trio of studies look at deepening divisions in California’s economy, depending on residents’ income and where they live.
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Mobility Equity Framework: How to Make Transportation Work for People
This paper proposes a framework designed to elevate social equity and community power within all transportation planning and decision-making. It’s focused on California, but is… Read More »
2018 Statewide Housing Needs Report
This report includes key findings and recommendations on the current housing crisis in California.
Filling the Void: The Value of New Technology to Reduce Air Pollution and Improve Information at Oil and Gas Sites in California
This report recommends that California’s air monitoring agencies start using available technology to measure local air quality, especially where people live close to facilities that… Read More »
Safeguarding California Plan: 2018 Update – California’s Climate Adaptation Strategy
This plan updates the state’s climate adaptation and resiliency strategy for 2018, including 70 recommendations for actions across 38 state agencies.
UpliftCA.org Resource Finder
This online resource was created to help individuals, community groups, small businesses, tribes, and local government agencies more easily find information about programs and grants… Read More »
Managing California’s Freshwater Ecosystems: Lessons from the 2012-16 Drought
This report includes case studies on environmental water management during the drought reveal both strengths and weaknesses in federal, state, and local response that can… Read More »
Gentrification Explained
This short explainer video unpacks what gentrification means – getting beyond the buzzword.
SB 1000 Toolkit: Planning for Healthy Communities
This toolkit is a guidance document intended for local governments, planners, community-based organizations, and other stakeholders who will be working to develop an Environmental Justice… Read More »
Harnessing High-Speed Rail: How California and Its Cities Can Use Rail to Reshape Their Growth
This report makes a case for high-speed rail as a tool for reshaping economic growth and development in cities such as Fresno and Bakersfield that… Read More »