| Action | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Making Your Water Heater Efficient | Palo Alto - Electric Water Heater Rebate |
Replace your old gas water heater with a new electric heat pump water heater, and save big bucks! Palo Alto residents can earn up to a $1500 rebate for replacing an old gas water heater with an efficient new electric heat pump water heater. By going electric residents can reduce their carbon footprint as CPAU’s electricity is carbon neutral. Visit the HPWH pilot website or call (650)713-3411 for more information. Reduce your greenhouse gas emissions with electric water heating! |
| Helping out Vulnerable Neighbors in Need | Palo Alto - OES - Make a Plan |
Palo Alto Office of Emergency Services instructions for creating a plan that encompasses everything from a fire in your kitchen to a large Bay Area earthquake. |
| Responding to Emergency Events Outside Your Home | Palo Alto - Threats and Hazards |
Understand the threats and hazards facing Palo Alto and be prepared to respond to them. |
| Responding to Emergency Events Outside Your Home | Palo Alto - OES - Make a Plan |
Palo Alto Office of Emergency Services instructions for creating a plan that encompasses everything from a fire in your kitchen to a large Bay Area earthquake. |
| Sheltering in Place | Palo Alto - OES - Make a Plan |
Palo Alto Office of Emergency Services instructions for creating a plan that encompasses everything from a fire in your kitchen to a large Bay Area earthquake. |
| Sheltering in Place | Palo Alto - Threats and Hazards |
Understand the threats and hazards facing Palo Alto and be prepared to respond to them. |
| Preventing and Responding to the Flu and other Viruses | Palo Alto - SCC Public Health Department Flu Preparedness |
Flu preparedness materials from the Santa Clara County Public Health department. |
| Planning for Special Needs | Palo Alto - Human Services |
Community Resources are available to those with special needs. This City of Palo Alto website provides information to connect individuals and families with helpful resources. |
| Preparing for a Fire * | Palo Alto - OES - Make a Plan |
Palo Alto Office of Emergency Services instructions for creating a plan that encompasses everything from a fire in your kitchen to a large Bay Area earthquake. |
| Developing a Communication and Evacuation Plan * | Palo Alto - San Francisquito Creek Early Flood Warnings |
Sign up here to receive email or text alerts specific to San Francisquito Creek floods, which could prompt a local evacuation during large storms. |
Our neighborhood. Our planet.
Resources
“Cities are the platform for change in our world today. The Cool Block links the challenges facing our planet to the intimate, personal, social scale of the city block. This program starts and ends with the premise and promise—that the individual, household, and neighbors are the way forward in the face of seemingly insoluble global problems.”
