Resource Library
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Sacramento Climate Action Plan (CAP)
The Sacramento Climate Action Plan was adopted February 14, 2012. It identified how the City and broader community can reduce Sacramento’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The CAP included GHG reduction targets, strategies, and specific actions. It also identified strategies and specific actions which Sacramento can take to adapt to the effects of climate change. The…
Tags: local agencies
July 8, 2013
Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District
SMAQMD’s CEQA and Land Use Mitigation page houses resources, which address mitigation, CEQA, air quality assessments, thresholds of significance and modeling/training resources. http://www.airquality.org
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Climate Policy Toolkit
Climate policies, programs and guidance information for local governments working on integrating climate change into their general plans and for developing specific climate action plans. http://www.seiinc.org/
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International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI)
ICLEI provides information, delivers training, organizes conferences, facilitates networking and city-to-city exchanges, carries out research and pilot projects, and offers technical services and consultancy. ICLEI also provides software and tools to help local governments achieve their sustainable development goals. http://www.iclei.org/
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CA Climate Registry
A non-profit public/private partnership that serves as a voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) registry to protect, encourage, and promote early actions to reduce GHG emissions. http://www.climateregistry.org/
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Healthy Communities in California’s San Joaquin Valley
This report provides a series of community design best practices, recommendations and policies that can contribute to a healthy lifestyle for San Joaquin Valley residents. The document acknowledges the aspects of the San Joaquin Valley that make it a unique and special region. Download the Report: Healthy Communities in California’s San Joaquin Valley PDF
Tags: development, planning, smart growth
October 4, 2013
Ballot Box Planning and Growth Management
This guidebook addresses some of the issues that local governments and community activists need to consider when pursuing “ballot box zoning” or other techniques to manage growth. Download the Report: Ballot Box Planning and Growth Management PDF, 1 MB Authors: By William Fulton, et al. Published: August 2002 Pages: 18
Growth Management Ballot Measures in California
The concept of “ballot-box zoning” is more deeply embedded in California than it is in any other state. Over the past 30 years, it is estimated that at least 1,000 different measures dealing with development, growth, and land use have appeared on local ballots around the state. Virtually all of these measures have called on…
New Schools for Older Neighborhoods: Strategies for Building Our Communities’ Most Important Assets
Open a new school in a retail mall, build an apartment complex to finance school renovations, keep the school open while rebuilding on-site, target a magnet-school design for a densely populated neighborhood, forge a coalition with the local university and philanthropic organizations. These are just a few of the innovative approaches some communities have taken…
Designing Safe Streets and Neighborhoods
Several local jurisdictions are striving to make pedestrians a priority by improving sidewalks, slowing traffic, making crosswalks more visible… the more typical response to concerns about pedestrian safety is to remove crosswalks and let pedestrians fend for themselves. – Caught in the Crosswalk, 1999 Many of our streets and avenues — even in residential neighborhoods…
October 10, 2013
Building More Livable Communities – Design Guidelines for Multifamily Housing
Prepared by the Local Government Commission based on HUD’s Affordable Housing Design Advisor (http://www.designadvisor.org) “Design Consideration Checklist” and the City of Sacramento’s Multifamily Residential Design Principles.
October 11, 2013
Emergency Response and Traditional Neighborhood Street Design
In recent years, local governments and developers have been trying to build new neighborhoods with traditional-style streets that are narrow, tree-lined and allow on-street parking. These streets — along with shorter, well-connected blocks — are a shift away from the trend since the Second World War to build large subdivisions with hierarchical networks of wide…
November 8, 2013
Form-Based Codes
In the two years since the Local Government Commission’s Smart Growth Zoning Codes: A Resource Guide was first published, the movement to reform zoning codes has gained momentum. Today, form-based codes have become an increasingly popular approach to achieve these reforms and create communities where people want to live, work and play.
Health in All Policies (HiAP): A briefing for local government policymakers
HiAP is a collaborative approach to improve health by incorporating health considerations into decision – making in all sectors and policy areas. A HiAP approach convenes diverse partners to consider how their work influences health and how collaborative efforts can improve health while advancing other goals. Download the Fact Sheet: Policy Brief Fact Sheet PDF
January 27, 2014
Ahwahnee Water Principles Guidebook
The Ahwahnee Water Principles A Blueprint for Regional Sustainability The Ahwahnee Water Principles: A Blueprint for Regional Sustainability, describes each principle and provides model projects and contact information for communities that are already implementing the strategies. It provides important background information about federal and state laws that impact local government and offers references to additional…
January 24, 2014
Compact Development for More Livable Communities
Why Affordable Housing Does Not Lower Property Values
November 8, 2013
Overcoming Obstacles to Smart Growth through Code Reform – An Executive Summary for Smart Growth Zoning Codes: A Resource Guide
It is widely acknowledged that one of the major barriers to smart growth is local regulation. Our codes and practices either discourage developers from carrying out the smart growth vision, or they actually prohibit it. Mixed-use, mixed-income neighborhoods are seldom allowed. Pedestrians and bicyclists are overlooked in an environment where the priority is granted to…
CA Department of Water Resources California Water Plan
The California Water Plan provides a framework for water managers, legislators, and the public to consider options and make decisions regarding California’s water future. The Plan, which is updated every five years, presents basic data and information on California’s water resources including water supply evaluations and assessments of agricultural, urban, and environmental water uses to…
Tags: land use
March 24, 2014
Livable Communities and Water
Livable Communities and Water Fact Sheet The compact, mixed-use, walkable development that is encouraged by the Livable Communities / Smart Growth movement turns out to be a perfect fit when it comes to planning for future water supplies. This fact sheet (PDF, 1.8 MB) explains for elected officials the surprising links between livable communities and…
March 14, 2014
Low Impact Development Center
Organization dedicated to the advancement of low impact development technology witht he goal of maintaining or enhancing pre-development hydrology. http://lowimpactdevelopment.org/
Tags: land use, smart growth
March 24, 2014
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