California State Coastal Conservancy Strategic Plan Survey

The California State Coastal Conservancy is going through our 5-year strategic planning process (https://scc.ca.gov/about/plan/). Visit our site for more information on other ways to provide comments and get involved.

The purpose of the Strategic Plan is to provide an overall vision for our agency and quantified objectives to measure the effectiveness of our work. The Strategic Plan articulates our view of the future of the California coast and its watersheds over the next five years—including the opportunities to improve resilience to climate change and to promote environmental equity and justice.

We want to hear your thoughts about your experience working with us; your priorities around coastal resilience and public access; and how we can work to make our programs and resources more accessible to a wider audience.

1.What part of California do you live in (or represent if taking the survey as an organization)?

North Coast (coastal Marin, coastal Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt, and Del Norte Counties)

San Francisco Bay Area (9‐county Bay Area, minus coastal San Mateo, coastal Marin, and coastal Sonoma)

Central Coast (coastal San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Monterey, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara Counties)

South Coast (Ventura, Los Angeles, Orange, and San Diego Counties)

Central Valley

Inland Empire

Entire Coast

Entire State

Other (Please describe)

2.If you’ve worked with the Conservancy, what are two ways we could improve how we work to accomplish projects?

3.What do you think is the largest barrier to accessing and utilizing California’s coastal shorelines?

4.When you think of Coastal Resilience, what 2-3 words come to mind?

5.The Conservancy recently developed Justice Equity Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Principles (https://scc.ca.gov/justice-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-jedi/). How do you think we could best measure our progress towards achieving equity in our programs, projects, and funding?

Percent of funding going to disadvantaged or under resourced communities

Number of community based organizations receiving funding for climate resilience projects

Number of projects increasing coastal access for underserved communities and/or people with disabilities

Other (please specify)

6.What approach to grant solicitation works best for your community or organization (check relevant boxes)?

Competitive grant rounds with a specific deadline

Competitive grant rounds without a specific deadline (e.g. rolling)

Targeted and topic specific funding (e.g. specific region or topic such as sea level rise)

Pre-proposal followed by an Invitation to submit full proposal

Pre-submittal consultations

Other (please specify)

7.Outside of funding, how could the Conservancy better support under-resourced communities? (Select up to three)

Provide examples of funded projects to communities

Make Conservancy publications easier to understand (e.g. visuals, accessible language, multi-lingual, etc.)

Provide reports on lessons learned and best practices for each program (e.g. outreach, permitting, restoration, and monitoring best practices and guidelines)

Bring organizations together to accelerate coastal projects (e.g. workshops)

Provide more information to community organizations on what the Conservancy does and funds

Provide technical support (e.g. permit application support)

Provide access to and lay summaries of coastal or community relevant data

Other (please specify)

8.The Conservancy has identified several priorities:

Nature-based climate adaptation
Sea Level Rise Adaptation
Wildfire Resilience
Benefit under-resourced communities
Projects that can serve as models
Projects that move needle on coastal resilience
Implement long-term plans

What other priorities do you see as important for the Conservancy?

9.Have you ever worked with the Conservancy?

Yes

11.What other organizations or projects should we be aware of or reach out to? (Consider adding project ideas to our interactive project map: https://arcg.is/00mrjq)

12.How would you describe the Coastal Conservancy in one word?

13.Using the scale below, please indicate how satisfied you are with the following. The Conservancy’s performance overall?

14.Using the scale below, please indicate how satisfied you are with the following. The transparency of the Conservancy’s operations and decisions?

15.How did you first hear about the Conservancy? Select ONE or select as many as apply?

Please list the name of the source selected above or other source if not mentioned above.