East Sacramento Preservation

East Sacramento Preservation 2022 Scholarship Winners

As we creep close to the start of the 2022-2023 school year, take a moment to celebrate East Sacramento Preservation’s 2022 Community Voices Scholarship winners. We recognized four graduating students from our designated public high school, Kit Carson International Baccalaureate. These students value and support their neighbors and neighborhoods.

Rocio Jazmin Villanueva plans to be a nurse and will attend Sacramento State University. During COVID-19 Jazmin helped clean up her neighbors’ yards and came up with the idea of free manicures and acrylic nails. “Women who get their nails done sometimes do it to feel better, including me,” Jazmin notes. Her volunteer efforts helped her neighborhood navigate the challenges of the pandemic.

Kiaya Batkin will attend Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and continue to a master’s in City and Regional Planning. “Speaking up has never been my strong suit, but I have had to develop the skills regardless,” said Kiaya. Work as a summer camp counselor offered her the chance to pass her burgeoning communication skills forward by helping several shy students overcome hesitation and anxiety.

Claire Kinego will study biology at UC Santa Barbara and plans a career working with animals. During the pandemic Claire volunteered at the Sacramento Public Library. She worked with children to develop their reading skills over Zoom. “Sometimes during the sessions, I could tell some of the students were really struggling. Not just with work but also life,” Claire explained. She realized that her hours tutoring over the computer may have not seemed like much, but it helped struggling kids during a tough time.

Emily Seltzer enrolled in Sacramento City College and plans to transfer to San Diego State University. She is working towards a career in physical therapy. Emily’s childhood home saw the constant presence of therapists. “My younger sister has autism, and I learned a great deal about the condition and acceptance,” Emily said. All four years of high school Emily volunteered with the Fly Brave Foundation. This organization helps people with autism to develop life skills.

ESP is grateful to the community sponsors and individuals who make this scholarship program possible.

Tell the City: Climate Action Plan must Protect Trees

Urgent:Tell City Climate Action Plan must protect trees & limit densification
On July 1, 2022 after three years of preparation, the city released its draft Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) and has given the public 30 days to comment with comments due July. Click for the plan.

Take Action:
Create your own message or customize the message below and email the city (see addressed below) or click here to have a letter sent.

To: Sacramento Planning Department, Mayor and City Council
The recently released preliminary Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (CAAP) must be revised to:

Protect urban open space and trees that are critical in addressing climate action and ensuring livability in Sacramento because they sequester carbon, reduce energy use needed for cooling, provide street shade conducive to biking and walking, improve water quality, improve air quality and provide habitat.
Restrict upzoning and densification projects, including in existing single family neighborhoods. Creating a right to densification in R-1 zones that allows for cutting down trees to build ADUs, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes will both eliminate yard space that supports carbon sequestration and recharges ground water AND create holes in the city’s tree canopy, especially when such projects are clustered, creating urban heat islands.

SSN is working with other groups that will be submitting comments on the Climate Action and Adaptation Plan. As these comments are finalized, they will be posted on the SSN website, click here.
For more actions including on pending State legislation, click here.

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