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Stockton Rising update: city outlines $35 million in TCC grants for trees, solar, jobs and transit
Summary
City environmental staff reviewed progress on Stockton Rising, funded by $35 million in Transformative Climate Communities grants across two rounds, including urban greening, solar installations, a hybrid electric bus, workforce training, and household energy and water services.
Greg Kirkpatrick, Stockton's environmental and sustainability officer, presented the Stockton Rising Transformative Climate Communities update and described how two competitive rounds of TCC funding are being used across eight projects.
Kirkpatrick said the city received $10,800,000 in Round 3 and $24,200,000 in Round 4 for a combined $35,000,000. He described specific accomplishments from Round 3 and planned Round 4 outcomes: contributions to the Minor Avenue project ($1,500,000 from the TCC budget), approximately 52 single-family solar installations (generating an estimated 554 kilowatts per year), more than 1,400 trees planted previously and a target of about 1,500 additional trees in this round, community-supported agriculture distributions, and workforce development that has supported jobs.
For Round 4, staff said they plan to serve about 400 homes with energy and water-efficient devices, install solar on 87 single-family homes plus one multifamily site, distribute about 19,200 community-supported-agriculture boxes, provide asthma-mitigation services for approximately 250 homes, and bring one hybrid electric bus into service. Kirkpatrick emphasized coordination between nonprofits, city departments and workforce programs and noted the grant requires matching and partnering on larger city projects such as McKinley Park renovations.
The presentation was informational; council did not take formal action but acknowledged the program's scope and asked staff to continue implementation and outreach.
