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Connected and Informed Communities

Connected & Informed Communities Policies

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Policy: Collaborate with arts, cultural, and creative sector to increase community awareness of and engagement with climate planning.

Adaptation Strategy

Explore varied approaches and platforms to engage people in discourse, learning, and actions around climate change and the environment.

In Progress

Adaptation Strategy

Develop a cultural plan that connects arts and culture with City sustainability and resiliency goals.

In Progress

Policy: Enhance ability of communities to prepare for, respond to, and recover from climate change hazards.

Adaptation Strategy

Provide grid resilience services through grid-integrated vehicle programs.

In Progress

Adaptation Strategy

Develop Resilient Design Guidelines or modify zoning, permitting processes, and standards to support smart, sustainable, resilient development and reduce exposure to climate change hazards.

Not Yet Started

Adaptation Strategy

Hold community trainings for emergency response and preparedness.

In Progress

Adaptation Strategy

Expand and amplify wayfinding and public outreach campaigns for wildfire response. Support community preparedness with focused public outreach. Consider needs of those without car access or with additional mobility requirements.

In Progress

Policy: Provide easily accessible education resources and grow community awareness of climate change.

Adaptation Strategy

Develop comprehensive climate adaptation community outreach program. Conduct community outreach through various methods and in multiple languages to share climate change and climate adaptation information and resources with communities.

In Progress

Adaptation Strategy

Increase investment in a citywide public outreach and education campaign to increase the public awareness of water quality matters.

In Progress

Policy: Strengthen the City's regional partnerships to leverage and expand available resources for climate resilient actions.

Adaptation Strategy

Build regional resilience through collaboration with other local, regional, or State agencies, as well as community-based organizations and non-profits.

In Progress

Adaptation Strategy

Coordinate with local transit agencies for resilient public transit systems upgrades.

In Progress

Adaptation Strategy

Collaborate with climate science experts on local climate change impacts, mitigation, and adaptation to inform public policy decisions.

In Progress

Implementation Highlights

Fire-Rescue staff speaking to a group about wildland management in a field with tall brush

Fire-Rescue's Community Outreach and Wildland Management and Enforcement Section holds educational awareness sessions to support wildfire resilience. In early 2024, they held more than a dozen events to educate community members on how defensible space landscapes play an important role in combating climate change and maintaining a biodiverse and sustainable environment. Public outreach and education on defensible space and home hardening and more frequent enforcement of defensible space ordinances offer the opportunity to transform under-managed properties into fire-smart, water-wise, biodiverse and climate-friendly landscapes. These ecologically sound practices for defensible space provide guidance for making landscapes more sustainable and biodiverse by emphasizing maintenance practices and design modifications that reduce fire intensity, remove fire-prone plants, and use native and other plants needed for bees, butterflies, birds and other wildlife to thrive.

Patrons using tables in Central Library with a view of downtown outside the windows

The City works to spread awareness and education on preparing for and responding to each climate change hazard through social media, newsletters, media coverage and other forms of communication. This year the City posted dozens of social media posts about the hazards across its social media platforms.

For example, the 11 combined social posts on Facebook and Instagram relating to tips on dealing with extreme heat and information on the City’s ‘Cool Zones,’ reached nearly 41,000 people. The five X (formally Twitter) posts had more than 28,000 views.

The City also provided messaging to the public during National Preparedness Month in September. The combined six posts on Facebook and Instagram reached nearly 13,500 people.  The three X posts had more than 8,600 views combined.

City staff handing out flyers at a information booth

The Library Department presented a series of climate programs for all ages to bring awareness to climate change and sustainability. Through inclusive learning opportunities, the Library Department aims to provide meaningful spaces and resources for our communities to become more climate resilient. The program reached hundreds of youth and community members through:

Sustainability Talks: Interactive workshops on clean energy, mobility, climate resilience and sustainability.

Story Strolls: Outdoor walks in nature and nature-themed books.

Youth Climate Resiliency Taskforce: Teen climate justice taskforce focused on educating, empowering and activating youth for climate action.

Youth Camps: Three-day camps where youth learned about nature, composting and how they can help create a more sustainable San Diego.

People participating in a climate resilience working group

The City Planning Department continued coordination across the region to support climate resilience work, including participation in the San Diego Regional Climate Collaborative (SDRCC), SDRCC Adaptation and Policy Working Group, SDRCC Sea Level Rise Working Group, coordination with San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) on regional resilience planning, and participation in the South Coast Climate Collaborative.

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