Each year, hundreds of Californians work to improve the health and wellbeing of their communities by spearheading California Climate Investments projects, which are designed to support a more sustainable, more resilient future. Learn what these projects have accomplished in the Greater Sacramento counties of El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, Sutter, Yolo, Yuba.

 

Cumulative Investments in Greater Sacramento

As of November 30, 2023

$999 million total implemented funds

9% of statewide California Climate Investments funding

30,287 projects

$623 million benefiting priority populations

62% of funds benefiting priority populations

8,303,522 MTCO2e estimated GHG emissions reductions

7,619 tons estimated criteria air pollutant reductions

2023 Achievements

Reporting period: Dec 1, 2022 – Nov 30, 2023

$164 million in newly implemented funds

700 new projects

Sacramento River Delta
 

What does this mean for you?

Here is some of what our 2023 grantees are bringing to the region:

  • More than 300 thousand gallons of water saved

  • 700 projects in the transit, affordable housing and other sectors will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by over 1.5 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent

  • 90 million gallons of fuel reductions through transit, affordable housing, and agricultural projects

Greater Sacramento Climate Investments in Action

Successes in Soil Stewardship

 

  • New Roots Farm in West Sacramento, run by the International Rescue Committee (IRC), has a solar-powered aerated static pile system, which increases the amount of compost the site produces 

  •  The site teaches farming practices to refugees and the wider community using the compost generated 

  • Supported in part by the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery’s (CalRecycle) Community Composting for Green Spaces Grant Program 

 

  • The Partners Advancing Climate Equity (PACE) pilot program is a capacity-building program administered by the California Strategic Growth Council

  • Supported 22 local leaders deeply rooted in their communities across the state

  • Local leaders strengthened their ability to advance equitable and community-driven climate solutions

Launching a New Capacity Building and Community Empowerment Project

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A number of implemented California Climate Investments projects span multiple geographic boundaries (e.g., a transit bus line or large forestry project crossing county lines). While most projects can be tied to one project address, where it is not feasible to associate a project with a single region, district, or county, the same project data is included in each area that benefits from the investment. This method of attribution tends to increase the implemented project totals reported here. See the Project List for a more detailed explanation of the methodology the California Air Resources Board uses to evaluate projects that cross geographic boundaries.

About Us

California Climate Investments is a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment - particularly in disadvantaged and low-income communities.

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1-800-757-2907 | info@caclimateinvestments.ca.gov | @CAClimateInvest

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