September 2025
As part of its climate initiatives, California has implemented a number of community-supporting programs. These state programs, in addition to reducing emissions and pollution and mitigating the effects of climate change, also present a much-needed opportunity to enhance equity in clean energy projects by augmenting and strengthening the state’s “soft” (or civic) infrastructure, which in turn can bolster project durability and success.
CLEE’s new report, Mapping California State Investments in Climate and Communities, summarizes existing soft infrastructure that has already been created through select state investments in climate mitigation and equity-driven capacity building and technical assistance, and catalogues specific projects funded by these state investments in the North and Central Coasts of California. These state investments, if synergized, present an opportunity to create stronger soft infrastructure and in so doing, ensure that new climate infrastructure projects are developed in a durable, but also an equitable and sustainable, way.
Read the full report: Mapping California State Investments in Climate and Communities
Contact for more information: Katherine Hoff, Ted Lamm