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Staff propose heat-map approach to track equitable distribution of climate programs
Summary
City staff presented a shift from census-tract and Justice40 mapping to heat maps based on program participation (utility discount as a proxy) to better target outreach and compare program uptake across neighborhoods.
Staff proposed using program-participation heat maps to track equity in the distribution of climate and energy programs, and the commission reviewed a test case comparing the city’s long-running utility discount program with the insulation grant distribution.
Sarah Gardner, climate action staff, told commissioners the city initially used demographic layers and Justice40 census tracts but found those approaches unwieldy and…
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