• Learning from community-led climate action to transform
    South Stockton

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS THROUGH JUNE 2025

With a total of $35 million in funding through the TCC program and $24 million in leveraged/matching funds, Stockton Rising partners are implementing 10 unique projects and three transformative plans to realize the community’s vision for transforming South Stockton. The transformative plans are one of the defining elements of the TCC model, and ensure that TCC investments meaningfully engage residents in the implementation process, provide opportunities for economic mobility, and minimize the risk of gentrification and displacement of existing residents and businesses.

This page documents the accomplishments of Stockton Rising projects and plans. The UCLA evaluation team updates these numbers at least annually through 2029. Beyond direct results, the TCC process is fostering community leadership and collaboration in Stockton. While not measured here, this capacity can help secure future funding and drive additional environmental, health, and economic benefits. Some of these narrative accomplishments are captured in our stories from the communities.

Projects

Lead Partner: City of Stockton

Description: Completed in 2022, this project transformed a 10-block auto-dominated thoroughfare along Miner Avenue, between Center and Aurora Streets, into a marquee “complete street.” The street was redesigned to serve the mobility needs of all users, regardless of travel mode. The improvements were intended to encourage safe biking, walking, and other active alternatives to using cars, thereby reducing vehicle-related greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollutants. Urban greening was also a hallmark of the project and was intended to further the aforementioned environmental benefits. In addition, mobility connections were part of the project, with links to the Downtown Transit Center, Robert Cabral Rail Station, schools, and parks.

Accomplishments:

  • 22,318 square feet of permeable surfaces added and impermeable surfaces removed
  • 20,003 linear feet (3.8 miles) of street painted with new striping
  • 20,000 square feet of vegetation planted
  • 3,960 linear feet (0.75 street miles) of pedestrian pathways added
  • 117 trees planted
  • 39 wheelchair ramps added
  • 33 streetlights added
  • 15 benches added
  • 14 bike racks added
  • 12 trash receptacles added
  • 7 traffic signals upgraded to include video detection of travelers of all modes

Lead Partner: Rising Sun Center for Opportunity

Description: This project trains and employs local youth to install energy efficiency measures at no cost to low-income households. Efficient products include light-emitting diodes (LEDs), refrigerators, water heater blankets, and smart thermostats. Benefiting households are also educated on best practices to conserve energy.

Accomplishments:

  • 5,428 LEDs installed (4,037 in single-family and 1,392 in multi-family properties)
  • 746 smart power strips installed (488 in single-family and 258 in multi-family properties)
  • 71 smart thermostats installed (22 in single-family properties and 49 in multi-family properties)
  • 40 refrigerators replaced (20 in single-family and 20 in multi-family properties)
  • 26 water heater blankets installed (16 single-family properties and 10 multi-family properties)
  • See Workforce Development Plan for job training accomplishments

Lead Partner: Rising Sun Center for Opportunity

Description: This project trains and employs local youth to install water efficiency measures at no cost to low-income households. Efficient measures include kitchen and bathroom aerators, low-flow shower heads, dishwashers, and toilets. Benefiting households are also educated on best practices to conserve water.

Accomplishments:

  • 877 bathroom aerators installed (593 in single-family and 284 in multi-family properties)
  • 502 shower heads replaced (364 single-family and 138 multi-family properties)
  • 510 kitchen aerators installed (352 in single-family and 158 in multi-family properties)
  • 107 toilets replaced (87 in single-family and 20 in multi-family properties)
  • 54 dishwashers installed (53 in single-family and 1 in a multi-family properties)
  • 47 clothes washers installed (39 in single-family and 8 in multi-family properties)
  • See Workforce Development Plan for job training accomplishments

Lead Partner: Edible Schoolyard Project

Description: This project provides Stockton residents with free boxes of organic produce on a weekly basis. The produce is procured vis-a-vis community-supported agriculture (CSA), a farming model in which local farmers send seasonal produce directly to consumers. The project also provides teaching on how to grow and prepare healthy food. Educational programming includes printed materials, a phone-in hotline with a live educator, and gardening and cooking demonstrations.

Accomplishments:

  • 22,254 boxes and/or bags of seasonal organic produce delivered to (7.5 to 20 pounds each)
  • 18,794 educational materials printed and disseminated
  • 140 cooking workbooks distributed to families
  • 25 online cooking classes taught to students in grades K-8 (37 to 44 students reached in each class)
  • 99 field trips with cooking and/or gardening demonstrations provided to students in grades K-12 (with an average of
  • 24 students engaged per field trip)
  • 23 Community of Practice gardening classes offered (with an average of 35 teachers engaged per class)
  • 8 online gardening classes taught to students in grades K-8 (35 to 37 students reached in each class)
  • 8 farm festivals held (with an average of 297 individuals engaged at each event)

Lead Partner: GRID Alternatives

Description: This project provides low-income households in owner-occupied, single-family homes with access to rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) power, all at no cost. The project also provides paid job training opportunities for residents to learn the basics of installing rooftop solar PV systems.

Accomplishments:

  • 108 solar PV systems installed on single-family homes, totaling 475 kW-DC in capacity
  • 33 roofs repaired on single-family homes to make them solar-ready
  • 19 electrical service panels upgraded on single-family homes to make them solar-ready
  • 6 single-family homes received tree trimming or removal
  • See Workforce Development Plan for job training accomplishments

Lead Partner: GRID Alternatives

Description: This project provides low-income households in multi-family homes with access to rooftop solar photovoltaic power, all at no cost. To target low-income households, the project is prioritizing installation sites at affordable housing developments.

Accomplishments:

  • 4 solar PV systems installed at multi-family properties:
    • Casa de Oasis, totaling 78 kW-DC in capacity;
    • Crossways Residences I and II, totaling 45 kW-DC in capacity
    • Santa Fe Townhomes totaling 79 kW-DC
    • Gleason Park, totaling 98 kW-DC

Lead Partner: City of Stockton

Additional Partners: Little Manila Rising and PUENTES

Description: This project is reversing a decline in tree canopy by planting drought-tolerant trees. Plantings are occurring where trees were lost to natural events (many of which are in the city’s public parks), as well as new locations identified through community engagement. Additionally, the project is hiring and training residents from the project area to assist with planting activities.

Accomplishments:

  • 3,278 square feet of drought-tolerant vegetation planted
  • 462 trees planted
  • See Workforce Development Plan for job training accomplishments

Lead Partner: Little Manila Rising

Description: This project brings relief to residents suffering from asthma by distributing kits that improve indoor air quality and reduce exposure to asthma triggers. The kits are accompanied by home visits with education and training on how to use them. In addition to the kits, $100 stipends are also available to help offset increased electricity costs for running air filtration devices.

Accomplishments:

  • 90 asthma remediation kits distributed
  • 21 site visits conducted
  • 33 unique households served
  • 12 air purifiers distributed
  • 7 stipends distributed to offset increased electricity costs from air purifiers ($100 value)

Lead Partner: San Joaquin Regional Transit District

Description: This project will fund the acquisition of one hybrid electric bus to support the frequency expansion along bus route 576. The project will also support the training of transit district staff to maintain the newly purchased bus.

Accomplishments:

  • 1 hybrid electric bus purchased and put into service

Lead Partner: City of Stockton

Description: This project is completely transforming McKinley Park, the largest park in South Stockton (23 acres), from a dilapidated state into a well-resourced public space with the following amenities: a swimming pool, soccer fields, picnic areas, futsal courts, basketball courts, and a baseball field. The project will also add green infrastructure, such as trees and bioswales, to the site.

Accomplishments:

  • 832,684 square feet of vegetation added
  • 317,571 square feet of surface area added for soccer
  • 61,791 linear feet of pedestrian pathways added
  • 48,308 square feet of surface area added for basketball
  • 35,705 square feet of surface area added for futsal
  • 12,695 square feet of of surface area added for softball
  • 10,087 square feet of surface area added for swimming
  • 5,595 square feet of surface area added for playground equipment
  • 2,490 square feet of picnic shelters added
  • 1,815 square feet of surface area added for pickleball
  • 284 trees planted
  • 101 pathway lights added
  • 3 ADA ramps installed

Plans

Lead Partner: Public Health Advocates

Additional Partners: Little Manila Rising and Catholic Charities Diocese of Stockton

Description: The Community Engagement Plan creates opportunities for South Stockton residents to participate in local climate action planning, governance, advocacy, and communications. The plan does so through a resident-inclusive grant governance model, leadership development programs, and multiple platforms for residents to dialogue with TCC project partners.

Accomplishments:

  • 123 meetings of the various grant governance bodies within Stockton Rising’s collaborative stakeholder structure held, which include resident representation: 47 Workforce Development Working Team meetings, 47 Community Engagement Working Team meetings, 16 Steering Committee meetings, and 13 Community Coalition meetings
  • 42 youth graduated Little Manila Rising’s leadership development program, which has spanned three cohorts (the second-to-last two cohorts have had closing celebration events with 25 and 70 individuals at each event)
  • 44 residents hired, trained, and deployed as Community Liaisons (also referred to as Climate Leaders)
  • 19 informational videos were developed to communicate Stockton Rising implementation milestones and posted to Catholic Charities’ environmental justice YouTube channel
  • 15 residents recruited to serve as voting members within the collaborative stakeholder structure
  • 14 PhotoVoice walking tours conducted in South Stockton in which residents have photographically and orally documented the assets and challenges of living in South Stockton
  • 4 resource fairs were held in which Stockton Rising projects and plans were publicized
  • 2 summit events held that highlighted Stockton Rising’s implementation milestones

Lead Partner: City of Stockton

Description: The Displacement Avoidance Plan identifies several city policies that can be leveraged to accomplish the following goals in the TCC project area: (1) grow and preserve the supply of affordable housing in the TCC project area; (2) preserve existing affordable housing stock; and (3) protect the tenure of residents and small businesses already located in the community. Together, these efforts are addressing the indirect effects of TCC investment that could potentially lead to displacement by raising the value of residential and commercial land.

Accomplishments:

  • Executed contract with Enterprise Community Partners to serve as the lead consultant in finalizing the Stockton Rising Displacement Avoidance Plan
  • 125 business surveys collected (119 of which reside in zip codes that overlap with the Stockton Rising Project Area) that examined barriers that businesses face to buying, renting, and leasing their properties, and their priorities for interventions that prevent commercial displacement
  • 98 resident surveys collected (76 residents reside in zip codes that overlap with the Stockton Rising Project Area) that examined barriers that residents face to securing housing and their priorities for interventions that prevent residential displacement
  • 13 informational interviews held with key stakeholders to inform the development of the Displacement Avoidance Plan, including: housing developers, community advocates, and service providers who work directly with residents at risk of eviction or displacement
  • 6 outreach events were organized about the planning process for the DAP
  • Revised Displacement Avoidance Plan developed and sent to the City of Stockton for approval

Lead Partner: Rising Sun Center for Opportunity

Additional Partners: GRID Alternatives, Land Together, Little Manila Rising, and San Joaquin Regional Transit District

Description: The Workforce Development Plan and Economic Opportunities Plan delivers a variety of job training opportunities to South Stockton Residents, including: (1) GRID Alternatives’ Solar Installation Basics Training program; (2) the San Joaquin Regional Transit District’s electric bus maintenance mechanic apprenticeship program; (3) Land Together’s vocational gardening and landscaping program; (4) Rising Sun Center for Opportunity’s Climate Careers program that exposes Stockton youth to career pathways in the clean-economy; and (5) the San Joaquin Building Trades Council’s Multi-Craft Curriculum (MC3) pre-apprenticeship program that prepares individuals for jobs in the construction trades; and (6) Little Manila Rising’s urban greening and conservation training program.

Accomplishments:

Harder to quantify but equally critical is the leadership and collaboration capacity that will be created in Stockton during the TCC implementation process. This capacity could lay the foundation for many other funding and action-oriented opportunities that leverage the TCC projects and plans to bring additional environmental, health, and economic benefits to Stockton. In addition, lessons learned and best practices from Stockton’s TCC grant could inform local climate action and investments at much broader scales.

Key Accomplishments

Urban Greening

  • 855,962 square feet of vegetation planted
  • 22,318 square feet of impermeable surfaces removed
  • 863 trees planted

Active Transportation and Recreation

  • 431,776 square feet of active recreational space added (swimming pool, soccer fields, softball diamonds, and basketball, futsal, and pickleball courts)
  • 65,751 linear feet (12.5 street miles) of pedestrian pathways added
  • 2,850 linear feet (0.5 street miles) of Class II bike lanes installed

Healthy Food Access

  • 22,254 boxes and/or bags of seasonal organic produce delivered (7.5 to 20 pounds each)
  • 99 field trips with cooking and/or gardening demonstrations provided to students in grades K-12 (with an average of 24 students engaged per field trip)
  • 33 online classes for K-8 students on topics such as healthy cooking and organic gardening reached in each class)

Energy and Water Saving Measures

  • 990 households provided energy and/or water efficiency upgrades at no cost (LEDs, smart power strips, new refrigerators, and water heater blankets)

Renewable Energy Access

  • 112 solar PV installed on properties occupied by low-income households
  • 33 roofs repaired
  • 19 electrical service panels upgraded

Asthma Remediation

  • 90 asthma remediation kits distributed
  • 33 unique households served
  • 12 air purifiers distributed

Displacement Avoidance

  • 125 business surveys collected; examined barriers that businesses face to buying, renting, and leasing their properties, and their priorities for policies that prevent commercial displacement
  • 98 resident surveys collected; examined barriers that residents face to securing housing and their priorities for policies that prevent residential dis- placement
  • 13 informational interviews with key stakeholders with expertise on the topic of displacement and policies to address it

Community Engagement

  • 44 residents hired, trained, and deployed as climate leaders
  • 42 youth trained as environmental justice advocates
  • 15 residents recruited to serve as voting members within the collaborative stakeholder structure

Workforce Development

  • 53 youth trained and employed to install energy and water efficiency measures (26 youth then received paid externships at local public interest organizations)
  • 31 adults trained and employed to carry out rooftop solar PV installations
  • 21 individuals trained and employed to assist with tree establishment and maintenance
  • 21 individuals received vocational training in gardening and landscaping before their release from prison and back into Stockton’s workforce
  • 20 individuals received paid training within the Multi-craft Core Curriculum pre-apprenticeship program
  • 4 adults trained and employed to perform maintenance on electric buses

Top page photo:
Educational event in March 2022 at the Edible Schoolyard Community Farm in Stockton
Credit: Erin Scott