UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation

(TCC)  is an innovative investment in community-scale climate action, with potentially broad implications. Launched in 2017 by the California State Legislature, TCC funds the implementation of neighborhood-level transformative plans that include multiple coordinated projects to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The program is also designed to provide an array of local economic, environmental, and health benefits to disadvantaged communities, while minimizing the risk of displacement. TCC empowers the communities most impacted by pollution to choose their own goals, strategies, and projects to enact transformational change — all with data-driven milestones and measurable outcomes. The California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) is the lead administrator of TCC. At the time of this report, SGC has awarded 15 TCC Implementation Grants across five rounds of funding to 15 communities throughout the state (ranging from $9.1 million to $66.5 million per site).1 The UCLA Luskin Center for Innovation (LCI) serves as the lead evaluator for six communities that have received TCC Implementation Grants across the following funding rounds: all three Round 1 sites (Fresno, Ontario, and Watts), one Round 2 site (Northeast San Fernando Valley), one Round 3 site (Stockton), and two Round 4 sites (South Los Angeles and Stockton). LCI researchers are working with these communities to document their progress and evaluate the impacts of TCC investments. This progress report is the third in a series of seven that provides an overview of the accomplishments and estimated benefits of TCC activities in Stockton, collectively referred to as Stockton Rising.2 This specific report documents progress through the end of fiscal year 2022-2023 (June 30, 2023), which overlaps with about 30 months of Round 3 grant implementation. This report does not yet account for the accomplishments and anticipated benefits from Stockton’s Round 4 Implementation Grant, which was executed in September of 2023. Details about Stockton Rising’s Round 4 Implementation Grant will be provided during the next cycle of annual reporting.