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1. Introduction <br />San Leandro 2021 Climate Action Plan Page 11 <br />Figure 3 Root Causes and Factors Affecting Sensitivity to Climate Change. <br /> <br />Reference: Urban Sustainability Directors’ Network Guide to Equitable Community-Driven Climate Preparedness <br />Planning, May 2017. <br />Equitable Climate Community-Driven Planning <br />Community-driven planning prioritizes the inclusion of frontline communities in the decisions that <br />impact them, alongside city government and technical experts. This is seen as the first step in <br />addressing inequities by having frontline communities identify their problems and needs, rather than <br />being told what the problem is, and working together with help from government agencies to <br />develop creative solutions. This ensures that issues of greatest concern to frontline communities <br />are elevated through the process and that the analysis reflects community expertise and lived <br />experiences. By having the community develop their vision for what they would like to see, it helps <br />build capacity and power within the people to implement these solutions. Once community needs <br />are identified and put into the planning process, the government then needs to ensure there is <br />sufficient funding and other resources for implementation. More details about this best practice can <br />be found in the National Association of Climate Resilience Planners’ “Guide to Community Driven <br />Planning.” <br />Working toward community-driven planning takes time and involves a cyclical process of trust and <br />relationship-building with the public, as illustrated in Figure 4. This relationship-building is part of <br />accountability and healing from historical mistrust between community and government, and vital <br />to getting buy-in for new developments and partnerships. Such work starts by strengthening the <br />infrastructure for communities to self-organize and build a base of grassroots supporters invested <br />in the cause of climate action, which increases their capacity for civic engagement and cross-sector <br />coalition development. At the same time, local governments must increase access to engagement <br />opportunities so that it is not limited to people with the time and resources to attend public meetings. <br />55