1. Advancing Equity in Sustainable Community Planning and Implementation Policy Link Webinar Tuesday, May 24, 2011 Jonathan London jklondon@ucdavis.edu http://regionalchange.ucdavis.edu /regionalchange.ucdavis.edu/

2.  Center for Regional Change: Background and Equity Mapping  SB 375 and HUD Sustainable Communities Grant  Reflections on Equity Mapping and Social Action

3. Housing Transportation Land Use/ Built Environment Economic Development/ Financial Assets Youth Development/ Education Environmental Resources/ Quality Health Cultural Development Sustainability: Making Connections Equity EconomyEnvironment

4.  Is it relevant?  Does it relate to important values and goals  Is it understandable and usable?  To agencies and to social equity constituency  Does it help us understand links between land use/transportation and social equity?  Is the data consistent and reliable?  Can it be used to compare over time and between places?  Do they help us understand conditions for both places and people?

5. Social Vulnerability Index (SVI) Cumulative Environmental Hazards Index (CEHI) Index of Youth Vulnerability Opportunity Index

6.  $1.5 million planning grant from HUD Sustainability Communities Grant Program  Linked to SB 375: Sustainable Communities Strategy  SACOG-led consortium  Steering committee  Monthly public consortia and working groups (Health/ Housing/ Equity; Economic Development, Infrastructure; Natural Resources)

7.  Increase opportunities for housing and employment in Transit Priority Areas “in a manner that promotes social equity, inclusion, access to opportunity, public health and neighborhood revitalization and reduces environmental impacts”.  Performance metrics and data tools  Screening analysis  Improve integration of housing, land use and transportation  Jobs-housing fit tool

9.  Inadequate Economic Opportunities  Poor Business Opportunities  Inadequate Housing Opportunities  Social Vulnerabilities  Poor Neighborhood Quality

11.  Good and Balanced Economic Opportunities  Good Neighborhood Business Climate  Affordable and Decent Housing  Diverse, Accessible, Affordable Transportation  Educational Opportunities  Civic Engagement

13.  Value and challenges of collaborative planning and brainstorming  Student involvement and innovation  Democratizing data  Trying to see the forest and the trees and the weeds…

14.  Great new opening and opportunities  Data and community-driven solutions better than developer driven  Danger of tyranny of the technocrats  Planning for equity, fighting for justice  Value of community voices  Wizard of Oz—where’s Toto?  Sound and fury, signifying?…

15.  Jonathan London: CRC Director jklondon@ucdavis.edujklondon@ucdavis.edu  Chris Benner (Project Lead): ccbenner@ucdavis.educcbenner@ucdavis.edu  http://regionalchange.ucdavis.edu http://regionalchange.ucdavis.edu  SACOG HUD project site: www.sacog.org/sustainable SACOG HUD project site: www.sacog.org/sustainable