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San Jose outlines timeline for climate adaptation and resilience plan; committee accepts status update
Summary
City staff described progress on a state-funded climate adaptation and resiliency plan, including a vulnerability assessment and community engagement plan. Committee accepted the interim status report 4-0 and staff said public workshops will run through late 2025 before a draft plan returns for committee and council consideration in early 2026.
Julie Benavente, deputy director for the Climate Smart Division in the Environmental Services Department, told the Transportation and Environment Committee that the city has secured approximately $650,000 in state funding to develop a Climate Adaptation and Resiliency Plan that will complement San Jose’s 2018 Climate Smart plan by addressing physical climate risks and vulnerabilities.
Benavente said the city’s Environmental Services Department took over the work from the city manager’s office in December 2024, has secured a consultant through procurement, formed a climate-ready working group that includes Valley Water, completed a technical vulnerability assessment and prepared a vision framework and community…
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