SIWD
aggie Square project
Aggie Square is to be located at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. The plan is to develop 20 acres of campus property into additional research facilities and mixed-use development for students and employees of UC Davis.
We need your support..
Our communities deserve better!
Join us in fighting for an ordinance that will ensure the neighborhoods that have suffered from disinvestment, FINALLY have a voice in ensuring major new developments bring real benefits to residents and protect them from displacement and other potential harms!
On Tuesday, October 17th at 1:00pm, the Sacramento City Council’s Law and Legislation Committee will consider a Community Benefits Agreement Ordinance proposed by city staff. Despite SIWD working with the City staff for over two years, the city’s proposed ordinance is inadequate and does not meet the goals expressed by our communities.
Join us on the 17th to demand City Staff revise the ordinance to address community concerns including:
ï The ordinance must give residents a voice in decision-making both in the benefits included in the Community Benefit Agreements (CBA) and in monitoring and enforcement of the CBAs adopted by the city. The community must have a direct role in CBA negotiations along with the City and theproject sponsor. The current ordinance does not provide residents with a guaranteed role in the process.
ï Communities want new investments, but significant new developments in our neighborhoods must benefit existing residents and eliminate potential harm and displacement. The current proposal does not ensure residents are protected nor benefit from the development in their neighborhood.
ï The ordinance must guarantee minimum benefits for anti-displacement, affordable housing, transportation, workforce development, and small/local business protections.
ï While we agree the ordinance should only apply to proposed major new developments, the City’s proposed ordinance would apply so rarely (or never) that it will not protect or benefit our communities.
Our communities deserve better! The City promised more!
what are the concerns?
Our concerns
It's possible that Aggie Square can exacerbate gentrification in the surrounding Sacramento neighborhoods, or it can lead to economic growth through increased opportunities for local residents. How do we invest in the neighborhoods most impacted by UC Davis without displacing existing residents and local businesses?
UC Davis is a public, taxpayer-financed institution, and as such, has a responsibility to act in the public interest. However, it is up to the at-risk neighborhoods and constituencies to demand that UC Davis act in the public interest by developing plans, policies and programs that will benefit vulnerable communities and build up existing residents and their neighborhood institutions. Through our CDAT's discussions about Aggie Square with City, County and UC Med Center officials, it became clear that no one is doing this for us. Our elected officials have not reached out to us and have not acted on our behalf in this effort. It is uptimes us- neighborhood residents and community organizations with whom residents engage.
Sacramento City CBO where we are
Community Benefits Ordinance
Ordenanza de Beneficios Comunitarios
Ordenanza de Beneficios Comunitarios
SIWD is working with the City of Sacramento to draft a Community Benefits Agreement Ordinance to address the impacts of large developments on diverse communities.
Ordenanza de Beneficios Comunitarios
Ordenanza de Beneficios Comunitarios
Ordenanza de Beneficios Comunitarios
SIWD esta trabajando con la Ciudad de Sacramento para redactar una Ordenanza del Acuerdo de Beneficios Comunitarios para abordad los impactos de grandes desarrollos en diversas comunidades.
what's a community benefits agreement
A legally-binding contract signed by community groups and a developer because of a development project. A CBA requires the developer to provide agreed-upon amenities or benefits to the neighborhood and community impacted by the development. A good CBA should be created with substantial community involvement. CBA's protect communities.
What's a Community Benefits Agreement Ordinance? An adopted City Ordinance that creates a process for future CBA's to be created when developments are proposed. A CBA Ordinance helps ensure that communities have consistent oversight over new developments in their neighborhoods. A CBA Ordinance makes community benefits routine.
For the past year, SIWD members have been engaging with and educating their networks about Community Benefits Agreement ordinances. SIWD engaged with over 300 community members on the CBA ordinance. Residents from 20 different Sacramento zip codes were represented in the survey. 96% of residents surveyed think a developer should enter into a Community Benefits Agreement if the City has: Given the developer money; Given the developer land; Waived fees; Waived mandatory reviews. SIWD also held four community workshops and conducted a community survey to gather feedback on the language for the CBA Ordinance.
We need your support...
Dear Community Partner,
Our request to you is for you and your organization is to sign on to our letter via this link to our Google Form: https://forms.gle/eZ1Cxvu2h1TiJPAr6
SIWD has been working with the City of Sacramento for over two years to draft a citywide Community Benefits Agreement Ordinance (CBAO) to address the negative impacts of large developments on diverse communities going forward.