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Mayor Karen Bass: Los Angeles Needs to Adapt to Our Climate-Altered Future
Los Angeles residents are struggling to make sense of the devastating wildfires that have wiped out whole communities, forever changing the landscape of an acclaimed city. While these disastrous urban wildfires seem unfathomable, Californians have increasingly seen their state go up in flames in recent years. Unfortunately, the climate crisis has made these “natural” disasters more intense and more frequent.
Social Housing: Los Angeles’s Chance to Fight the Housing Crisis
The housing affordability crisis in the city of Los Angeles is hitting low-income communities the hardest as many neighborhoods are rapidly being gentrified. For the thousands of unhoused Angelenos and the growing number of residents facing housing instability, fighting to gain or keep a roof over their heads is only getting worse. But this problem is not unsolvable.
Leveling the Playing Field Toward an Equitable Clean Freight Trucks Transition
Our climate and health crises are so vast and complex, we have to change the way we tackle our problems to move the needle; otherwise, we are doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. The Delivering Zero Emissions Communities (DZEC) clean truck accelerator program is exploring new models.
American Cities Climate Challenge: A Look Back at Transportation
As part of the Bloomberg Philanthropies American Cities Climate Challenge (Climate Challenge), which took place between early 2019 and summer 2022, 25 ambitious cities deepened and accelerated their efforts to tackle climate change and promote a sustainable future for their residents. Each mayor from the participating 25 cities received a unique support package to help achieve their climate-related goals within the transportation, buildings, and energy sectors.
San Jose, California, rethinks parking to help people and the climate
By Elizabeth Stampe & Sarah Elkotbeid & Rabi Abinour July 1, 2022 In an important vote for the climate June 14, California's San Jose's City Council unanimously voted for a step to help reduce the city's biggest source of emissions: cars on the road. The council told city staff to reform outdated parking rules and require new developments to support more ways of getting around than just driving. City staff will bring a new policy back to council later this year.
San Jose rethinks parking to help people and the climate
In an important vote for the climate on June 14, San Jose's City Council unanimously voted for a step to help reduce the city's biggest source of emissions: cars on the road. The Council told city staff to reform outdated parking rules, and require new developments to support more ways of getting around than just driving. City staff will bring a new policy back to Council later this year.
Portland Acts on Climate, Equity with Parking Fee
In July 2020, Portland, Oregon declared a climate emergency. An emergency demands action, and today, Portland has taken an important action on both climate and equity. The city passed a resolution to generate revenue by increasing parking rates to start capturing the true cost of driving—to the climate and communities—and using the revenue to provide more transportation options for those who need them most.
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