| Action | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Preparing Several Days' Food Stores * | CA - Cal-Fresh |
Cal-Fresh is for people with low-income who meet federal income eligibility rules and want to add to their budget to put healthy and nutritious food on the table. This organization greatly assists residents who do not earn enough money to afford groceries. |
| Achieving Maximum Energy Efficiency | CA - Low Income Weatherization Program |
The California Weatherization Assistance Program reduces the heating and cooling costs for low-income families by improving the energy efficiency of their homes and ensuring their health and safety. |
| Reducing Water Used in Personal Care | CA - Save Our Water - around the house |
Learn simple habits to help reduce water use inside your home. |
| Preparing Several Days' Food Stores * | CA - Cal-Fresh |
Cal-Fresh is for people with low-income who meet federal income eligibility rules and want to add to their budget to put healthy and nutritious food on the table. This organization greatly assists residents who do not earn enough money to afford groceries. |
| Buying an Energy-Efficient Car | CA - ZEV Mandate |
The California governor's September 2020 executive order directs the state to require that, by 2035, all new cars and passenger trucks sold in California be zero-emission vehicles. This will aggressively move the state further away from its reliance on climate change-causing fossil fuels. |
| Buying an Energy-Efficient Car | CA - Clean Vehicle Assistance Program |
The Clean Vehicle Assistance (CVA) Program provides grants and affordable financing to help income-qualified Californians purchase or lease a new or used hybrid or electric vehicle. Our goal is to make clean vehicles accessible and affordable to all who qualify. |
| Living a Low-Car Lifestyle | CA - E-bike financing |
As more people turn to bikes for transportation, e-bikes have gained in popularity. They give riders greater range and carrying capacity. For many, an e-bike is a workable alternative to car ownership. But e-bikes aren’t cheap. CalBike is making advocacy for e-bike incentives a top priority in their 2021 agenda. |
| Becoming Actively Engaged in Your City | CA - CALPIRG |
CALPIRG is an advocate for the public interest. We speak out for a healthier, safer world in which we’re freer to pursue our own individual well-being and the common good. |
| Decarbonize your Community | CA - CALPIRG |
CALPIRG is an advocate for the public interest. We speak out for a healthier, safer world in which we’re freer to pursue our own individual well-being and the common good. |
| Preventing and Responding to the Flu and other Viruses | CA - Covid-19 Information |
Your actions save lives! Get the most recent information from the State of California here. |
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“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.”
