I just noticed that the 2020 California Adaptation Forum dates & location have been announced: Aug. 18-20 in Riverside, CA. The LGC is looking for sponsors, promotional partners, & program advisory committee members. #CAadapts #CAF2020
"Resources [for hazard preparation] are not too few, they are too diffuse!" - James Gore, Sonoma County Supervisor, on the "Disaster Industrial Complex" that has set up shop in post-wildfire Sonoma. #CAF2018 #CAF18 #CAAdapts
Jose Gurrola, Mayor of City of Arvin (pop. ~20k, home to many farmworkers): "I think a lot of California looks more like Arvin than Sacramento." Need to take that into account in communication- remember to lead with local priorities. #CAF2028 #CAF18 #CAAdapts
Jody London, Contra Costa County Sustainability Coordinator, points out in the session on infrastructure, climate, and equity that if the gas tax is repealed "local governments will be in free-fall." #CAF2018 #CAF18 #CAAdapts
"Paying it Forward," the report from the AB 2800 (Quirk) Climate-Safe Infrastructure Working Group, by S. Moser & J. Finzi Hart, is coming out next week with a webinar on Sept. 5 from 12-1pm. #CAF2018 #CAF18 #CAAdapts
Gary Griggs (UC Santa Cruz) - If you care about climate change one thing you can do is VOTE. "If people make good decisions when they vote then we have a chance." #CAF2018 #CAF18 #CAadapts
Settling in at Day 1 of the California Adaptation Forum in downtown Sacramento #CAF18 #CAadapts #climatechange #LGC
