This month we discuss the importance of the Power San Diego campaign that SD350 is supporting, and we recognize SANDAG's new leadership goals and obstacles. 

Check out the linked climate-related blogs written by our volunteers below. Congratulations to our Member of the Month, Parke Troutman, Co-chair of SD350's Legislative Team!

NEW YEAR NEW YOU! Make this the year of BOLD CLIMATE ACTION! Want to get involved? Scroll to the end to find our upcoming events and volunteer opportunities.

WHEN: February 3, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:30 pm
WHERE: Friendship Park - 365 F St Chula Vista, California 91910

Are you a student interested in taking climate/social justice action through collaborative projects and a welcoming community? Attend Youth4Climate’s Eco Club Coalition “Vinyls & Visions” Social, where we’ll be painting records and brainstorming a collaborative city-wide community initiative! This event is open to high school or college-aged youth leading (or wanting to start) an eco or social justice club!

WHEN: February 6, 2024 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm
WHERE: 1313 Park Blvd d105 San Diego, California 92101

Did you know San Diego Gas & Electric charges the highest electricity rates in the nation and is making San Diego's rooftop solar increasingly unaffordable? All in service of their own profit?

We are working to collect 12,000 signatures by May to qualify the Power San Diego ballot initiative for the November 2024 ballot. The Power San Diego initiative will end the City of San Diego's franchise agreement with SDG&E and replace it with a not-for-profit electricity distribution utility. Learn more about the campaign here.

No, San Diegans can fight back! Stop by the petition signing party to sign, ask questions, and explore opportunities to get involved! 

Only registered voters in the City of San Diego can sign the petition, but all are welcome to get involved! Sign up to volunteer.

WHEN: February 13, 2024 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
WHERE: Zoom

We invite you to join us for our first open house meeting of the year! As the Transportation Team we focus on increasing transit and active transportation options all over San Diego County, with a focus on collaborating with communities of concern.

WHEN: February 19, 2024 @ 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
WHERE: Zoom

Are you interested in supporting climate action in San Diego? Are you new or newer to the SD350 community? Register for an Orientation Chat today to learn more about who we are, what we do, and why it’s important. This is a great space to meet other volunteers and get involved in the movement. We look forward to seeing you there! 

WHEN: February 21, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
WHERE: Zoom

We invite you to join us for our first meeting of the year! As the Legislative Team we focus on reviewing proposed legislation on environmental, climate change and social/environmental justice issues, we meet with legislators and lobby for climate-forward legislation, and we engage with coalition partners to endorse climate legislation.

WHEN: March 4, 2024 @ 7:00 pm – 8:15 pm
WHERE: Zoom

We invite you to join us for our meeting! As the Member Engagement Team (MET) we focus on activities that welcome and integrate new members into SanDiego350. Some of these activities include Orientation Chat’s, social events, tabling and more. 

WHEN: March 23, 2024 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
WHERE: Centro Cultural de la Raza - 2004 Park Blvd. San Diego, California 92101

In 2022, the California legislature passed a bill that was signed into law which requires 3,200 ft health buffers between oil drilling and processing sites and people’s homes, schools hospitals, playgrounds and workplaces. 

Big Oil spent $20M to immediately collect signatures to put a referendum on the November 2024 ballot. This is an effort to repeal the law at the ballot box, and at the very least delayed its implementation for 2 years. 

We need your help to fight Big Oil and ensure the law is kept in place! Join our interactive kickoff event to get involved in this crucial campaign in San Diego County. 

This is an all-ages event, with high school students and adults working together to lead the charge. All this is to ensure that come November, San Diegans vote strongly to keep this law in place and protect our communities from Big Oil. 

Our new Events Team will be planning our org-wide SanDiego350 events throughout the year such as the Party4thePlanet and Fundraising Gala.

Skills for the Events team include basic understanding of events and event planning, organizational skills, communication, problem-solving, budgeting and networking.

If you are interested contact jaidacyn@sandiego350.org

Our volunteer teams are fighting climate change through community engagement, policy, and mobilizing San Diegans. Sign up to volunteer on our teams. We have teams in public policy, outreach, resistance, eco-justice and Youth4Climate. 

For all volunteer opportunities, please email Paloma at paloma@sandiego350.org

• Transit-oriented sales-tax hike qualifies for San Diego County ballot in November (The San Diego Union Tribune) Comments by SanDiego350’s Let’s GO! Campaign Coordinator, Emma Rodriguez, on how voter approval of the Let’s GO! San Diego measure will help her and other San Diegans.
• Sacramento Report: Major Housing Efforts Underway at the Capitol (Voice of San Diego) SD350’s Masada Disenhouse comments on the impact of the Governor’s proposed budget cuts to climate efforts
• NASA scientist on 2023 temperatures: "We're frankly astonished" (ars technica)
• Scientists Predict 2024 Will Be Our first Glimpse of Earth at 1.5 degrees Celsius (Science Alert)
• Opinion: Greening our Northern California home and cars cut our energy bills by $11,000 a year. But it wasn’t easy (Los Angeles Times)
• Widespread flooding from rare, explosive rain event prompts dozens of rescues, destroys homes, snarls travel (The San Diego Union Tribune)