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LARC September 2023 Member Meeting

Agenda

10:00 Welcome

10:05 Network Updates, Opportunities, & Support
Each participant briefly (~30 sec) completes the following phrase(s):
What I’m working on/ interested in exploring is...
What I need is...

10:35 Featured Project: OPR’s Vulnerable Communities Platform (VCP)

Speaker: Ankitha Doddanari, Integrated Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Program (ICARP), Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR)

10:40 LA/Orange County Climate Pollution Reduction Grant (CPRG) Effort
Speakers from Southern California Association of Governments:
           Ryan Wolfe, Manager of Sustainable and Resilient Development
          Sebastian Shetty, Associate Regional Planner, Resilient Communities          

  • Intro and CPRG Program Background

  • Regional measures and project examples (10 minutes)

    • EV transportation (goods movement, transit, passenger vehicles)

    • Building energy

    • Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) reduction

  • Breakout sessions: (15 minutes)

    • What investment-ready programs and projects would help your city or or agency reduce GHG emissions in the near term?

    • For cities without CAPs, what are your GHG reduction priorities?

  • Discussion & Coordination (15 minutes)

    • What opportunities do you see for greater collaboration? 

    • What capacity do organizations here have to support applications for CPRG implementation grants?

    • Who needs to be included?

11:30 Adjourn