Fermentation, Brewing & Viticulture Advisory Event Materials
Strong Workforce Program
Cross-Sector Advisory:
Advisory on Agriculture, Business, and Entrepreneurship
Residents Guide Air Pollution Monitoring in South Sacramento – Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative
About the Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative (SMMI)
The Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative, led by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and Aclima, is an effort to monitor air quality in 64 Consistently Nominated AB 617 Communities using sensor-equipped vehicles, called Aclima Platforms.
Community concerns and feedback will help guide where air quality monitoring occurs and will help shape the Community Air Monitoring Plan (CAMP), putting communities in a better position to develop strategies for emissions reduction.
With the help of community members and community organizations, Aclima will draft Community Air Monitoring Plans (CAMP) for each of the communities: Florin, Meadowview, and Oak Park/Fruitridge.
On April 16, 2025, Valley Vision hosted the first of two air quality community feedback meetings, part of the Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative (SMMI) funded by California Climate Investments. Held at the Pannell Meadowview Community Center, the event brought together community members living and working in Florin, Meadowview, and Oak Park/Fruitridge, to share air quality concerns and help shape the Community Air Monitoring Plans. Thank you to all who participated!
The meeting presentation is available below in three languages, and key activities included:
- Project Overview and Welcome remarks from Councilmember Mai Vang
- Mapping activity to identify air quality concerns in Florin, Meadowview, and Oak Park/Fruitridge
- Majority vote decision by attendees to define the monitoring boundaries for all three communities
- Next steps on how to stay involved in the project
Valley Vision hosted a second air quality community feedback meeting for the Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative (SMMI) on May 1, 2025 at the Oak Park Community Center. This event brought together community members living and working in Florin, Meadowview, and Oak Park/Fruitridge, to review and make changes to the Draft Community Air Monitoring Plan (CAMP) and help decide on neighborhood boundaries and where to monitor pollution levels for Florin, Meadowview, and Oak Park/Fruitridge. Thank you to everyone who joined us!
The meeting presentation is available below in three languages, and key activities included:
- Project Overview and Welcome remarks from the Oak Park Neighborhood Association
- Recap Meeting #1 and Review the Draft Community Air Monitoring Plan
- Majority vote decision by attendees to decide on monitoring boundaries and targeted monitoring locations for all three communities
- Next steps on how to stay involved in the project
Meeting #3 will be hosted online by Aclima and CARB staff in May 2026. They will share the project results, answer questions, have community member share their experiences engaging with the project, and discuss possible next steps.
Community members can stay up to date with the project by visiting Aclima’s website at aclima.earth/ca-smmi
Project Timeline
For questions, contact Kathy Saechou at Valley Vision (kathy.saechou@valleyvision.org).
Residents Guide Air Pollution Monitoring in South Natomas – Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative
About the Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative (SMMI)
The Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative, led by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and Aclima, is an effort to monitor air quality in 64 Consistently Nominated AB 617 Communities using sensor-equipped vehicles, called Aclima Platforms.
Community concerns and feedback will help guide where air quality monitoring occurs and will help shape the Community Air Monitoring Plan (CAMP), putting communities in a better position to develop strategies for emissions reduction.
With the help of community members and community organizations, Aclima will draft a Community Air Monitoring Plan (CAMP) for South Natomas.
On April 14, 2025, Valley Vision and Gardenland-Northgate Neighborhood Association (GNNA) hosted the first of two air quality community feedback meetings, part of the Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative (SMMI) funded by California Climate Investments. Thank you to GNNA for helping us coordinate a meaningful and engaging event! Thank you to everyone who joined us at the Stanford Settlement Neighborhood Center to share air pollution concerns and help shape the Community Air Monitoring Plan for South Natomas!
The meeting presentation is available below and key activities included:
- Project overview and welcome remarks by GNNA
- Mapping activity to identify air pollution concerns in South Natomas
- Majority vote decision by the community to define the monitoring boundary
- Next steps on how to stay involved in the project
Valley Vision and Gardenland-Northgate Neighborhood Association (GNNA) hosted a second air quality community feedback meeting for the Statewide Mobile Monitoring Initiative (SMMI) on April 29, 2025 at the Stanford Settlement Center. This event brought together community members living and working in South Natomas to review and make changes to the Draft Community Air Monitoring Plan (CAMP) and help decide on neighborhood boundaries and where to monitor pollution levels in South Natomas. Thank you to everyone who joined us!
The meeting presentation is available below in three languages, and key activities included:
- Project Overview and Welcome remarks from GNNA
- Recap Meeting #1 and Review the Draft Community Air Monitoring Plan
- Majority vote decision by attendees to decide on monitoring boundaries and targeted monitoring locations for South Natomas
- Next steps on how to stay involved in the project
Meeting #3 will be hosted online by Aclima and CARB staff in May 2026. They will share the project results, answer questions, have community members share their experiences engaging with the project, and discuss possible next steps.
Community members can stay up to date with the project by visiting Aclima’s website at aclima.earth/ca-smmi
Project Timeline
For questions, contact Kathy Saechou at Valley Vision (kathy.saechou@valleyvision.org).
High Voltage Electrical Careers Event Materials
Strong Workforce Program
Cross-Sector Advisory: Energy, Construction, Utilities, and Advanced Manufacturing
Building Resilience in the Capital Region (March 2025)
Valley Vision’s two collaboratives, Cleaner Air Partnership and Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative, hosted a regional workshop at the California Endowment Center where speakers from Yuba Water Agency, Sutter Roseville Medical Center, and Coldwell Banker shared the economic, public health, and environmental impacts of wildfires. With over 80 participants from the public and private sector, this event was a perfect opportunity to discuss how the region can establish cross-sector wildfire resilience through innovative partnerships and collaboration.
Resources including the presentation slides are listed below:
- Yuba Water Agency: Watershed Resilience and Forest Health
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce The Preparedness Payoff: Sacramento
- Report: Wildfire smoke impacts respiratory health more than fine particles from other sources: observational evidence from Southern California
Many thanks to the presenters:
- JoAnna Lessard, PhD Yuba Water Agency
- Dr. Vanessa Walker, Sutter Roseville Medical Center
- Erin Stumpf, Coldwell Banker
This event was hosted in collaboration with the Cleaner Air Partnership and the Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative.
USDA Southwest Regional Food Business Center Quarterly Webinar (January 2025)
Institutional Procurement: A Path Toward Food System Resilience
The USDA Southwest Regional Food Business Center’s recent quarterly webinar, “Institutional Procurement: A Path Toward Food System Resilience”, featured speakers from UC Santa Cruz Center for Agroecology, Health Care Without Harm, and Center for Good Food Purchasing. Speakers discussed their organizations role in the purchasing of local, sustainable foods in hospitals, universities, and other large institutional settings. Presentations focused on organizations’ role in implementing procurement criteria and scoring, such as Center for Good Food Purchasing Scoring System, addressing challenges through multi-stakeholder equitable collaboration with community partners, such as HCWH’s Anchors in Resilient Communities Initiative, and the importance of effective data tracking systems to provide institutions data as a value proposition.
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Air Quality and Public Health Events – Spanish & Vietnamese (September 2024)
Valley Vision, United Latinos and ClimatePlan co-hosted two educational community events on Wednesdays September 18th and 25th in South Sacramento, where more than 95 community members learned about vehicle emissions impacts to public health, and ways they can improve air quality.
Additionally, thank you to Teatro Nagual and Breathe California – Sacramento Region who contributed to two successful and impactful in-language events. Also, huge thanks to Laguardia Translations for providing interpretation services to Spanish and Vietnamese community members present at the events!
Presentation slides for both the Spanish and Vietnamese events are listed below:
- Learn more about the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District’s Clean Cars 4 All Program, where income-qualified Sacramento residents can trade in their old vehicles and receive rebates for purchasing zero or near-zero emissions vehicles or electric bikes.
- Need help with your energy bill? Community Resource Project can help you through their Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP).
These educational community events are a part of the Sacramento County Vehicle Emissions Project (VEP) funded by Sacramento County Department of Public Health and the State of California Department of Justice.
CAP Technical Advisory: Checking in on the 2025 Blueprint with SACOG (December 2024)
At the December 6th Cleaner Air Partnership Technical Advisory Committee (CAP TAC) meeting, SACOG staff shared updates on the 2025 Blueprint, methodologies they utilized for land use and transportation assumptions, and what’s next on the timeline for 2025.
Thank you to the generous contributors to the Cleaner Air Partnership: Sac Metro Air District, Teichert, SMUD, CEMEX, Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, Sutter Health, Sacramento Association of REALTORS®, Placer County Air Pollution Control District, PG&E, and the El Dorado County Air Quality Management District.
Additionally, thank you to SACOG Staff for the in-depth presentation:
- Hannah Tschudin, Outreach Coordinator – Government & Public Affairs
- Dov Kadin, Senior Planner – Planning and Programming
- Samuel Shelton, Senior Planner – Transportation
Presentation Slides:
Other related resources:
- Presentation: SACOG’s Travel Demand Model Presentation
Biomass & Beyond Regional Event (November 2024)
Valley Vision hosted a regional gathering at the Folsom Community Center where attendees discussed solutions for our forests and working lands, focused on the opportunities around biomass utilization. At the event, participants took part in establishing a shared understanding of biomass utilization, exploring workforce needs surrounding forest health and management, and agricultural careers in our region, and mobilizing leaders, community members, and decision-makers for action.
Resources including the recording and presentation slides are listed below:
- Forest Entrepreneurship Training (Tuition Free) – Dec. 7th & 8th, 2024
- Report: Forest Biomass Diversion in the Sierra Nevada (2015)
Many thanks to our steering committee for assisting Valley Vision in event development:
- Erik White, Placer County Air Pollution Control District
- Tony Firenzi, Placer County Water Agency
- Kerri Timmer, Placer County
- Lindsey Nitta, We Prosper Together Leadership Council
- Norma Santiago, South of the Fork American River Collaborative
- Jeff Clary, Foundation for California Community Colleges
- Erin Kangas, North Far North Regional Consortium
This event was hosted in collaboration with the Cleaner Air Partnership, Capital Region Climate Readiness Collaborative, and the Los Rios Community College District.
CCABC Broadband Infrastructure Webinar (November 2024)
Valley Vision, as manager of the Connected Capital Area Broadband Consortium (CCABC), hosted a broadband infrastructure deployment webinar on November 14th, 2024. With historic new levels of broadband infrastructure investment flowing into the region, the webinar provided news and updates on state and federal broadband grant funding programs, shared new tools to accelerate broadband infrastructure deployment, and offered the opportunity to interact and ask questions among presenters and participants. The webinar featured speakers from the California Public Utilities Commission, Southern California Association of Governments, City of Sacramento, AT&T, unWired, and Zayo.
Drive Change Public Workshop (October 23rd, 2024)
At the public workshop on Wednesday, October 23rd, 2024 at the Oak Park Community Center, Valley Vision partnered with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to provide Sacramento County residents the opportunity to help develop regulations to reduce air pollution from gasoline cars and light trucks, and enhance the process of purchasing and driving a zero-emission vehicle. Residents also had the opportunity to learn more about local efforts to improve access to clean mobility and air quality.
Thank you to the California Air Resources Board for making this event possible, and thank you to the organizations and agencies who provided resources to community members. Last but not least, thank you to the community members who provided valuable input to help inform changes to clean mobility regulations!
The following are resources that were shared at the workshop including the presentation slides:
- The California Air Resources Board protects public health from the harmful effects of air pollution through development and implementation of clean mobility programs and regulations such as Advanced Clean Cars II. Stay informed.
- Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District’s Clean Cars 4 All Program is available to income-qualified Sacramento residents to apply for up to $12,000 towards the purchase of a zero or near-zero emission vehicle or electric bike.
- The City of Sacramento is expanding access to and awareness of electric vehicles primarily in under-resourced communities through the EV Blueprint project.
- Sacramento Clean Cities Coalition works to move fleets to zero-emission levels and implement mobility hubs for traditionally underserved communities. Engage with the Coalition.
- The California Energy Commission provides funding to support the deployment of clean transportation infrastructure and technologies. Learn more about the Clean Transportation Program.
Cleaner Air Partnership Quarterly Luncheon (August 2024)
At the Cleaner Air Partnership’s August 2024 Quarterly Luncheon, attendees learned about the benefits of urban forests and tree canopies in addressing regional air quality and climate issues, and discussed the challenges of expanding tree canopy in the region.
CAP events are an opportunity to learn about important air quality topics affecting the Sacramento region. Thank you to the generous contributors to the Cleaner Air Partnership: Sac Metro Air District, Teichert, CEMEX, SMUD, Sutter Health, Sacramento Association of REALTORS®, Placer County Air Pollution Control District, Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District, El Dorado County Air Quality Management District, and PG&E.
Many thanks to the Sacramento Tree Foundation!
Resources shared at the event are below:
- More about the Leaf Area Index and why it is important
- Study from a New York Times article about NO2 emissions and trees