I ke kauwela i hala aku nei, ua ʻike koke ʻo California ReLeaf iā ia iho i ke kūlana unenviable o ka lawe ʻana i ka lama no nā ʻoihana ʻole a puni ka mokuʻāina e pili ana i nā kānāwai koʻikoʻi e hoʻonohonoho i nā mea e loaʻa i ke kānāwai no ka pāpale a me ke kālā kālepa. ʻO ka mea mua a mākou i hana ai, ʻo ia ka hoʻāla ʻana i ka California ReLeaf Network. ʻO ka lua, ʻo ia ke kūkulu ʻana i nā hui me nā hui mokuʻāina ʻē aʻe.
ʻO ka hopena ua loaʻa iā mākou ka mea a mākou i makemake ai, a ua hana mākou ma o ka hui pū ʻana i ka leo kūloko o ka Pūnaewele me ka clout statewide o Trust for Public Land and the Nature Conservancy.
No laila, i ka hiki ʻana mai o ka manawa no ReLeaf e hui pū me kēia hui mālama mālama (ʻo ia hoʻi ka Pacific Forest Trust a me ka California Climate and Agricultural Network) e hana like i ka ʻike ʻana i nā manawa hoʻopukapuka waiwai kūlohelohe, ua wikiwiki mākou e ʻae i ke kono. . Pēlā nō, i ka wā i kono mai ai nā mea kākoʻo o SB 535 (ka bila o nā kaiāulu pōʻino o ka makahiki i hala) i kā lākou papaʻaina, ʻike mākou i kahi manawa e hoʻomaka ai e kūkulu i nā pilina me nā hui i manaʻo ʻia he "hoa kuʻuna ʻole."
Ke hoʻolauleʻa nei ka nui o nā mea kuleana a me nā poʻe kākoʻo i nā kulekele aupuni i ka nohona kaiapuni, ikehu, a me nā kaiāulu i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i hana ʻia e ka California Air Resources Board ma ka Draft Investment Plan for Cap-and-Trade Auction Proceeds i hoʻokuʻu ʻia ma ʻApelila 16th, 2013. Ke hoʻolauleʻa nei mākou. . Aia ka Plan i ka pahuhopu e pili ana i ka hana a ka ululāʻau kūlanakauhale i ke kōkua ʻana i ka mokuʻāina e hoʻokō i kāna mau pahu hoʻēmi kinoea hoʻomehana honua 2020; a e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka māhele ʻia ʻana o ia mau kālā a no ke kumu hea. He lanakila hoʻopaʻapaʻa ʻole kēia no ko mākou kaiāulu.
ʻAʻole naʻe ka lanakila ma ka ʻike ʻana i nā huaʻōlelo "urban forestry" i hana hou ʻia i 15 mau manawa ma o ka palapala (ʻoiai he nani loa ia). He hōʻoia ia o ka hana a kēia Pūnaewele, a me nā pilina a mākou i hana ai e hiki ai i kēia. E nānā i ka hōʻike ma aneʻi, a e nānā i ka Appendix A e ʻike i ka mea nāna i kōkua iā California ReLeaf a me nā lālā o kā mākou Pūnaewele e lawe i ka lama. ʻO kēia ka hoʻomaka o ka mea a ReLeaf i manaʻo ai he pilina mau me nā hui e like me Housing California, TransForm, Greenlining Institute, Nature Conservancy, Asian Pacific Environmental Network, Coalition for Clean Air a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i hui pū i ka manaʻo ʻo ke ala maikaʻi loa e hoʻokō ai. ʻO nā kūlanakauhale ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā kaiāulu hoʻomau a puni Kaleponi ma ka ʻike ʻana i nā ʻāpana āpau e hana pū i ka hana puzzle.
Aia mākou i ka heihei a hiki i ka laina hoʻopau, akā ʻaʻole i loaʻa iā mākou kahi kahua kākoʻo ikaika aʻe ma mua o kēia manawa. Mahalo nui i kā mākou Pūnaewele a me kā mākou mau hoa mokuʻāina no ke kōkua ʻana iā mākou e hele i kēia mamao.