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Sacramento Council adopts 20-year urban forest plan, adds community working group
Summary
The City Council adopted a 20-year Sacramento Urban Forest Plan that aims to raise canopy cover from about 19% to 35%, and added a council-backed working group to help implement the plan and seek funding.
The Sacramento City Council on a unanimous vote adopted the Sacramento Urban Forest Plan, a 20-year policy and implementation framework that sets a target to grow the city's tree canopy from about 19% to 35% and directs detailed actions across multiple departments.
The plan, introduced by the city's sustainability program manager Rachel Patton, includes a background assessment of the urban forest, a policy and program framework with five goals and 53 policies and implementation actions, and an implementation strategy assigning lead departments and timelines. The council also approved an amendment to establish a collaborative working group of city staff and community stakeholders to help guide implementation.
The plan is framed as a subsequent project under Sacramento's 2040 General Plan and the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan;…
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