On July 1, 2022, after three years of preparation, the city released its draft Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) which is scheduled to be presented to the City Council on August 16, 5pm. Click for the plan.
Tell the City Council that the Climate Action and Adaption Plan must: 1) protect urban open space and trees and 2) restrict upzoning and densification projects.
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To: Sacramento Planning Department, Mayor and City Council
The recently released preliminary Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) must be revised to:
▪ Protect urban open space and trees that are critical in addressing climate action and ensuring livability in Sacramento because they sequester carbon, reduce energy use needed for cooling, provide street shade conducive to biking and walking, improve water quality, improve air quality and provide habitat.
▪ Restrict upzoning and densification projects, including in existing single family neighborhoods. Creating a right to densification in R-1 zones that allows for cutting down trees to build ADUs, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes will both eliminate yard space that supports carbon sequestration and recharges ground water AND create holes in the city’s tree canopy, especially when such projects are clustered, creating urban heat islands.
Send your message to these emails: GSandlund@cityofsacramento.org, JVenema@cityofsacramento.org, LAtalla@cityofsacramento.org, CAP@cityofsacramento.org, publiccomment@cityofsacramento.org, MayorSteinberg@cityofsacramento.org, aashby@cityofsacramento.org, Sloloee@cityofsacramento.org, jsharris@cityofsacramento.org, kvalenzuela@cityofsacramento.org, jschenirer@cityofsacramento.org, eguerra@cityofSacramento.org, rjennings@cityofsacramento.org, district8@cityofsacramento.org, SaveSacramentoNeighborhoods@gmail.com
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Message to the Sacramento Mayor and City Council
To: Sacramento Planning Department, Mayor and City Council
The recently released preliminary Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) must be revised to:
▪ Recognize that urban open space and trees are critical in addressing climate action and ensuring livability in Sacramentobecause they sequester carbon, reduce energy use needed for cooling, provide street shade conducive to biking and walking, improve water quality, improve air quality and provide habitat.
▪ Call for the restriction of upzoning and densification projects, including in existing single family neighborhoods. Creating a right to densification in R-1 zones that allows for cutting down trees to build ADUs, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes will both eliminate yard space that supports carbon sequestration and recharges ground water AND create holes in the city’s tree canopy, especially when such projects are clustered, creating urban heat islands.
Save Sacramento Neighborhoods 