We can't fight climate change without funding 

PLEASE NOTE: This is a past campaign. Here is the current (March 2023) one: Put Climate in the Queue. Thanks.

​We need to raise our voices and get the City to seriously consider how to fund the urgent Climate Actions that are required NOW.  

The Department of the Environment (SFE) has asked the Mayor for a modest $11M over two years to begin to staff up and start working to enact the City's newly updated Climate Action Plan (CAP).

The Mayor chose not to include this small request in her budget - $11 million out of an over $27 billion two-year budget.

This is absurd and dangerous. We must not only fund this tiny request, but we, as a City, must face the challenge of funding all the actions necessary to reduce our emissions and  bring us to climate safety. 

Use the form to the right to automatically send a letter to your Supervisor, or give them a call (lookup your district here and phone numbers here).

Talking points:

• The Supervisors must 'add back' into the City Budget the $11M request by the Dept of the Environment covering this and next fiscal year.
• This amount is only a tiny start to the funding that will be needed to enact the necessary climate actions that will reduce our emissions and the danger to our planet. We want to see a serious conversation by our elected City officials about how to fund climate action in an equitable and ongoing way, at the scale necessary to meet our challenges.
• There is no time to waste. We must start NOW!  Not in next year's budget , nor in the vague future, but NOW.
• Ask the Supervisors not only to add back the $11M request, but to engage in a serious conversation about full funding for Climate Action.

UPDATE: Thanks to persistent advocacy of climate activists (we heard that again and again), the Board of Supervisors’ budget allocated $2.6 million in General Fund money to the Department of the Environment (SFE) to begin implementing the Climate Action Plan (CAP). It’s more than twice as much as they allocated to SFE last year - so we’re celebrating the win! The Climate Equity Hub will move out of the planning stage to become reality. 

The full Board's final vote is July 12. Until then, continue to call or write your Supervisor to tell them that funding equitable climate action is important to you.​
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Read below for our larger vision.

Our Vision: 1% for Climate Equity

Launched in 2021, we have joined a coalition (lowercase 'C') led by labor, environmental justice, and environmental groups, including:

• SEIU 1021
• PODER
• Emerald Cities Collaborative

In order to demand both the funding and structural changes necessary to improve the City's response to the climate emergency. 

Key provisions include:

1. An additional 1% of the City's ~$13 billion budget allocated to new or existing programs in equitable climate change mitigation and adaptation.
2. Changes to the City's capital planning process to require that it be consistent with known climate impacts and needs.
3. Planning and oversight, in order to ensure our City is spending money in a way that meets community needs and advances equity.

Read our complete letter and proposal to the right.

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