Resilient SLO’s Baseline Conditions Report is now available for review! Click on the Project Materials section to read the full document or individual chapters.
Resilient SLO
An initiative led by the City of San Luis Obispo to improve community resilience to the worsening impacts of climate change.
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Facing growing flood, heat, and wildfire risks, the City of San Luis Obispo launched Resilient SLO to build local and regional capacity to adapt and build resilience to climate change impacts.
Resilient SLO is designed to be a comprehensive, innovative, and inclusive planning process – one that elevates community voice in decision-making, utilizes best-available science and practices, and focuses on the real challenges that we face in the city of San Luis Obispo: climate change, the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and economic uncertainty. The Resilient SLO initiative includes the following key components and activities:
Previous Events
Interested in what the City of San Luis Obispo could do to make our community more resilient to climate change, wildfire, drought, and flooding?
This event featured a short presentation on anticipated climate change impacts specific to San Luis Obispo, collaborative visioning for our community’s future, and a community discussion on potential strategies to reduce our climate change impacts. You may view the event recording here. Note: the breakout group portion of the event is not included in the recording.
Re-energizing SLO – Building an Energy Resilient Future
Can a more resilient energy system strengthen our economy, increase public safety, and prepare us for natural disasters? We explored these topics in the May 13th 2021 webinar event Re-energizing SLO – Building an Energy Resilient Future.
Stories of a Resilient SLO
Stories of a Resilient SLO, a virtual community event, took place on January 28th, 2021.
Missed the event? Check out the video recording and presentation slides linked below!
The Stories of a Resilient SLO event participants populated this word cloud when asked: What Does Resilient Mean to You?
Share your Stories of Resilience!
Our community has a history of overcoming challenges and recovering from natural disasters.
In times of natural disasters and shocks, the San Luis Obispo community has demonstrated strength and the ability to bounce back. We want to understand how community members have overcome past challenges to inform Resilient SLO, a City initiative to prepare for, and adapt to, the worsening impacts of climate change. Help us build upon your existing strengths as we craft our shared vision for community resilience!
We want to hear your stories!
Do you have a story about how your community responded to a challenge? This could be a story about you or your business, a community organization, your family and friends, or your neighborhood. This could be from long ago or today. Tell us about your experience managing extreme heat this summer, the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, wildfire smoke events, or any other issue that has impacted our community. Through your stories, we want to understand and celebrate how you successfully overcame challenges impacting our community.
Read Stories of Resilience from Community Members!
Watch community members share their stories!
Resilient SLO Baseline Conditions Report
The Baseline Conditions Report (Report) is now available for review!
The Report has been developed to provide a baseline of the City’s current natural hazards that will continue to be affected by climate change in the future. The Report also provides a baseline for key demographic and economic characteristics of the community that are likely to be affected by climate change. The Report serves as the first step in the development of the City’s comprehensive climate change vulnerability assessment and provides a historical frame of reference to understand how climate change will affect the City. The Report will not go through formal adoption by City Council but rather serves to provide important background information to the public for future steps of the Resilient SLO planning process.
Stay in the loop on Resilient SLO!
Subscribe to emails for Resilient SLO to receive updates on the project, including upcoming opportunities to provide input and engage in the planning process.
Join a Resilient SLO Working Group!
Are you concerned about how wildfire, smoke, extreme heat or flooding will impact our community? We want your perspective!
Join us for the second set of Working Group meetings for the Resilient SLO project. The City will be hosting a set of meetings based on three focus areas that will help increase climate resilience for the SLO Community (see below for focus areas). The meetings will include a short presentation on the anticipated climate impacts specific to San Luis Obispo and an activity to brainstorm and provide feedback on community-driven strategies to help our City prepare and respond to increased risk of extreme heat, wildfire, flooding, and drought.
Join the meeting for the topic you are most interested in or join for all three meetings! Please invite other SLO community members, community organization representatives, and business owners to attend the meetings and share their ideas on how create a more Resilient SLO.
Community Resilience Working Group
The Community Resilience Working Group will focus on topics such as social equity, the economy, public health and emergency operations. This working group will be held virtually, via Zoom, on Monday, July 12th from 6:00-7:00 PM.
Register in advance for this meeting below. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Natural Systems Working Group
The Natural Systems Working Group will focus on aspects of the environment such as forests, plants and animals, and water quality that are critical to overall ecosystem health. This working group will be held virtually, via Zoom, on Tuesday, July 13th from 6:00-7:00 PM.
Register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Built Environment Working Group
The Built Environment Working Group will focus on physical infrastructure, such as buildings, and utility infrastructure. This working group will be held virtually, via Zoom, on Wednesday, July 14th from 6:00-7:00 PM.
Register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Environmental Justice Working Group
The Environmental Justice Working Group will focus on issues related to social equity, environmental health (such as exposure to pollution), and elevating disadvantaged communities in public decision-making. This working group will be held virtually, via Zoom, on Monday, July 19th from 6-7 PM.
Register in advance for this meeting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
Resilient SLO is a collaborative initiative led by the City of San Luis Obispo.
