The California Strategic Growth Council’s (SGC) Transformative Climate Communities Program (TCC) empowers the communities most impacted by pollution to choose their own goals, strategies, and projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and lo­cal air pollution. Administered in partnership with the California Department of Conservation, TCC funds community-led development and infrastructure proj­ects that achieve major environmental, health, and economic benefits in California’s most disadvantaged communities. For more information, visit sgc.ca.gov/programs/tcc/

TCC is part of California Climate Investments, a state­wide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing GHG emissions, strengthen­ing the economy, and improving public health and the environment – particularly in disadvantaged com­munities. The Cap-and-Trade program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution. California Climate Investments projects include affordable housing, renewable energy, public transportation, zero-emission vehicles, environ­mental restoration, more sustainable agriculture, recycling, and much more. At least 35 percent of these investments are located within and benefiting residents of disadvantaged communities, low-income communities, and low-income households across California. www.caclimateinvestments.ca.gov