Advocado - Sacramento Local Advocacy for Urban Agriculture

7/24/2019 Advocado - Sacramento Local Advocacy for Urban Agriculture

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Using your voice to stand up for urban agriculture

Advocado

: Standing

for Urban Agricultur


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Who is the Sacramento Urb

Agriculture Coalition


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Getting Familiar: The ordinance proposed by the SacramentoUrban Agriculture Coalition (20 minutes)

Know Your Audience: What are the different audiences thatwill hear our message? How does the message change? (30

minutes) Crafting Your Story (Brenda): Whats your background?

What story should you be telling?

Discussion/Presentation Topics

Overview


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County of SacramCity of Sacramento

Getting Familiar


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Getting Fami

Urban Areas South Oak Park

North Highlands

Fair Oaks

Arden

Rio Linda/Elverta


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Getting Familiar

4722 Roosevelt, Yisrael Family Farm

Zoned R-5, Commercial

Agriculture isprohibited!


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The Ordinance proposes 3 things

o Allows urban agriculture on zones throughout the County

(everywhere people live, most places people work)

o Allows urban agriculture stands to sell produce on lots where

it is grown

o Requests the County adopt the urban agriculture incentive zone

program to allow tax breaks for urban agriculture parcels.

Getting Familiar


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Under the County proposal, urban agriculture is: Growing fruitsand/or vegetables and/or raising animals in an urban area for food or otUrban agriculture includes, but is not limited to, market gardens, privaand community gardens.

The Urban Agriculture Ordina


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QUESTION: So, growing for sale is legal- where can I sell?ANSWER: The ordinance does not specify or require any particularsale. You could sell:

To a restaurant just make sure you provide a bill of sale!

To a corner store in your neighborhood bill of sale!

At a farmers market Or

Getting Familiar


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Urban Agriculture Stands to sell produce No permit needed up to 120 square feet

Set up O.K. from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Allows the sale of food from other urbanagriculture operations or cottage foodoperators

Getting Familiar


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The growing for

residential zones

Above that, you

Administrator P

Same thing for fa

sq. feet.

Getting Faon Lot/S


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County of Sacramento Business Name (if fictit

Food Handlers Card (g

Community food produ

California Certified (so

Optional or Upco None

Required

Getting Familiar: Registratio

Permits


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A Note On Animals Unlike the City

proposal, the Countythe County proposalincludes allowancesfor animals

Lot size based, moreregulations upcoming

Getting Familiar


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Know Your Audience: What are the different audiences that willmessage? How does the message change?

Welcome to the wild world of

o BUREACRACY!

Know Your Audience


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Path of anordinance toamend zoninglaws:

Know Your AudienceSubmit to Board of

Supervisors

Staff Review

County Planning

Advisory Committees

FeedbackIncorporation (Staff)

Referred to Staff

Internal Staff Working

Group:Code Enforcement,Health Dept., etc.

County PlanningCommission

FeedbackIncorporation (Staff)


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Focus on CPACs Community Planning Advisory Councils

Main concerns: neighborhood blight,property values, residential character

What do you think their biggest concerns would be?

Motivations vs. symptoms

Getting Familiar: CPACs


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Antelope CPAC

Arden Arcade CPAC * Carmichael/Old Foothill Farms CPAC* Cordova CPAC* Cosumnes CPAC Delta CMAC Fair Oaks CPAC* Natomas CPAC* North Highlands/Foothill Farms CPAC* Orangevale CPAC

Rio Linda/Elverta CPAC South Sacramento CPAC* Southeast Area CPAC* Vineyard CPAC

Getting Familiar: CPACs
http://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Antelope.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Antelope.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Arden-Arcade.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Arden-Arcade.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Carmichael-OldFoothillFarms.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Carmichael-OldFoothillFarms.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Cordova.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Cordova.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Cosumnes.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Cosumnes.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Delta.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Delta.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-FairOaks.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-FairOaks.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Natomas.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Natomas.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-NorthHighlandsFoothillFarms.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-NorthHighlandsFoothillFarms.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Orangevale.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Orangevale.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-RioLinda-Elverta.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-RioLinda-Elverta.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-SouthSacramento.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-SouthSacramento.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-SoutheastArea.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-SoutheastArea.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Vineyard.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Vineyard.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Vineyard.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-SoutheastArea.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-SouthSacramento.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-RioLinda-Elverta.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Orangevale.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-NorthHighlandsFoothillFarms.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Natomas.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-FairOaks.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Delta.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Cosumnes.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Cordova.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Carmichael-OldFoothillFarms.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Arden-Arcade.aspxhttp://www.per.saccounty.net/CPAC/Pages/CPAC-Antelope.aspx


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Motivations vs. symptoms Open Discussion

Getting Familiar

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