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City hears how Proposition 4 could fund water, parks, coastal and heat-resilience projects
Summary
A pro bono presentation outlined how the $10 billion Proposition 4 bond adopted in 2024 breaks into chapters — water, coastal resilience, parks, extreme-heat mitigation and working lands — and urged early coordination, grant tracking and partnerships to pursue competitive and noncompetitive state grants.
A pro bono lobbyist for the Guadalupe Community Action Committee told the City Council that Proposition 4, a $10 billion statewide climate resilience bond approved by voters in 2024, creates several grant opportunities relevant to Guadalupe including water infrastructure, coastal and wetland restoration, parks, extreme heat mitigation and working-lands support.
"Proposition 4 is a $10,000,000,000 California climate resilience bond that was approved by the voters last November," Alfredo Arredondo said during a council presentation. He said the bond requires that at least 40% of funds benefit disadvantaged or vulnerable communities and that state agencies will roll out chapter-specific grant programs over the coming months.
Arredondo told the council the largest…
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