REACH Bay Area
REACH’s long term mission is to leverage the collective power of state, federal and regional capacity and resources to advance place-based energy, climate, and land use priorities through lasting regional hubs. It is community-driven (local gov, tribal gov, academic institutions, philanthropy, CBO/NGOs) and partners and engages with State and federal agencies.
In the effort to continue engagement in the San Francisco Bay Area Region, REACH is intended as an ongoing series. To that end we have created the opportunities below to stay engage and begin to plan future events.
REACH Resources
CCEC and SGC will continuously work to build on what we are learning from the bay area to build a landscape analysis and assistance guide for the region. These materials are intended to support community and state leaders as they seek to understand and serve the region and will evolve over time as we continue to engage. Like we said, Regional Energy and Climate Hubs (REACH) are intended to be more than just a convening!
Regional Assistance Guide
The Regional Assistance guide is a constantly updated guide showcasing organizations in the inland empire that provide FREE funding, incentives, or technical assistance to local, tribal, CBOs, NGOs, or schools in the San Francisco Bay Area region. Feel free to add your information or edit your organization as desired directly into the guide.
Regional Organizations
To increase visibility of the organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area Region which are already participating in REACH Bay Area or who have been suggested by others to participate are shared in this filterable spreadsheet. Also available is information on the topic areas that the organizations need assistance with as well what topic areas they provide assistance. Feel free to add additional suggestions here on organizations that should be included on future REACH events.
Landscape Analysis
CCEC is actively working to compile and analyze what we learned at the July 2025 Catalyst Convening and additional materials to build an initial landscape analysis. Check back soon for more information!
Previous Events
Catalyst Convening: San Francisco Bay Area
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
San Jose, CA
Representatives from local and regional governments, tribal governments, community-based organizations, philanthropic foundations, and institutions of higher education came together – alongside key state agencies – on July 8 in San Jose, to coordinate on the region’s energy, land use, climate barriers, and solutions.
The goals of the Convenings were to:
- Understand the bio-region & explore specific regional issues
- Facilitate two-way conversations on climate, land use, and energy
- Enable regions to have space to inform and co-create policies with actionable recommendations
- Create opportunities for state agencies and program teams to share funding, incentives, opportunities to engage, and other resources available to the region
Images courtesy of Koci Hernandez, UC Berkeley Possibility Lab
The Catalyst Convenings are Presented by:
Catalyst Convenings are planned with UC Berkeley’s Possibility Lab and the California Climate & Energy Collaborative with support from Farallon Strategies.
