By January 2022, all cities and counties in California must include climate adaptation and resiliency strategies in their local planning. Under 15% of jurisdictions in LA County meet this requirement currently.
To support cities in meeting their planning goals, LARC held a half-day forum with interactive workshops walking through steps to properly assess, develop, and implement climate adaptation and resilience strategies.
This event was made possible thanks to our generous sponsors, with additional thanks to our planning partners, SCAG and Climate Resolve.
Speakers:
Erik de Kok, Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR)
Kristopher Eclarino, Climate Resolve
Kim Clark, Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG)
Session #1: Accessing Funding
Bob Spencer, Urban Economics
Ron Miller, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES)
Sudi Shoja, Engineering Solutions Services
Session #2: Case Study: Gateway Cities
Adriana Figueroa, City of Paramount
Brian Schuster, ESA
Stephanie Cadena, Gateway Cities COG
Session #3: Vulnerability Assessments
Martin Blagaich, Southern California Edison
Ankitha Doddanari, Southern California Edison
Panel Discussion on Equitable Engagement
Jessica Medina, Raimi + Associates
Garrett Wong, Climate Program Manager County of Santa Barbara
Tiffany Eng CA Environmental Justice Alliance - SB 1000 toolkit
Emi Wang, The Greenlining Institute
