Build citizen oversight structures into climate planning projects that give affected residents genuine decision-making power rather than advisory roles.
Challenge/Local/State
Priority Area: Community Resilience
Description
Local Solution
(Type of Activity: Policy/Planning/Land Use )
Existing Examples of Progress: The Pajaro Valley TCC's Community Climate Coalition, composed of local residents and nonprofit representatives, is a documented example of this structure in practice.
Further Progress Pathways: Establishing standing advisory bodies, community steering groups, and regional coordination tables where CBOs, Tribes, and local governments collaborate with state and regional agencies on climate-resilience strategies.
Region: San Francisco Bay Area, Central Coast, San Diego
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