Proposition 4 | Resource Hub
About Proposition 4
In November, 2024, California voters voted yes on Proposition 4: The Safe Drinking Water, Wildfire Prevention, Drought Preparedness, and Clean Air Bond Act of 2024. The $10-billion climate bond will provide funding for a variety of environmental programs, including for safe drinking water and water resilience, wildfire prevention, protection of natural lands, parks, and wildlife; protection of coastal lands, bays, and oceans; agriculture; and other projects to reduce climate risks and impacts.
Implementation Resources
Bond Briefings
Climate Bond Implementation Briefing
Watch this recorded webinar from January with the California Natural Resources Agency to learn about initial plans for implementation.
Climate Bond Funding Webinar
Watch this recorded webinar from March with the Coastal Conservancy about funding opportunities from the 2024 Climate Bond. Conservancy staff provided an overview of their Climate Bond funding, their priorities, and how to apply for Conservancy grants.
Receive Updates
Sign up for updates from the California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) to receive information about the climate bond.
Share Input
From now through April 18, 2025, share your input with the CNRA through this survey questionnaire to identify priority improvements for the climate bond process.
What Could Proposition 4 Funding Make Possible?
TOGETHER Bay Area member organizations are working on projects to improve safe drinking water, wildfire prevention, drought preparedness, clean air, and more. They’re working on projects that address climate resilience from all angles and support healthy lands and healthy communities. Check out these examples of the types of projects Prop 4 could make possible:
Climate Risk Reduction: A Showcase of Bay Area Solutions
In this online event series from October, 2024, we heard from local experts about how the Bay Area is stepping up to mitigate the effects of the climate crisis. We peeked behind the curtain of innovative projects and awesome places to get outdoors and learned about how Prop 4 could impact these conservation projects and others like it across the state.
North Bay Projects
Learn about projects from the Petaluma River Park Foundation, Laguna de Santa Rosa Foundation, and Audubon Canyon Ranch in partnership with WRA Environmental Consultants.
Central Bay Projects
Learn about projects in San Francisco and the East Bay from Alameda County Resource Conservation District and The Field Semester in partnership with WRA and Hyphae Design Lab.
South Bay Projects
Learn about projects from Peninsula Open Space Trust, Santa Cruz Mountains Stewardship Network, Bay Area Ridge Trail Council, and Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District.
Watsonville Slough Farm
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County will open the 490-acre property to the public and feature trails, U-pick produce, nature exploration, and a new community and classroom barn space.
Protecting Coyote Valley
Proposition 4 could provide $25 million dedicated to ecological restoration and protection of open space in Coyote Valley.
Evolving Shorelines at Bothin Marsh
Bothin Marsh presents a unique opportunity to demonstrate nature-based strategies such as ecotone slopes and beach creation to adapt to sea level rise.
Hoover Ranch
John Muir Land Trust is leading efforts to acquire, restore, and permanently protect this 600-acre property on Bethel Island in Contra Costa County.
Highway 17 Wildlife and Trail Crossings
In the Santa Cruz Mountains, Highway 17 fragments thousands of acres of open space, limiting the ability of wildlife to find food, mates and habitat, as well as preventing the completion of several regional trail systems.
Fire Relief in California State Parks
Additional funding would allow Santa Cruz Mountains Trail Stewardship’s professional Trail Crew to expand its time in the field helping clear brush, remove trail hazards, create fire breaks, and rebuild trails throughout Big Basin and other California State Parks affected by wildfire.
Diablo Range & Prop 4
Of Prop 4 funding, $80 million will be dedicated to the greater Diablo Range through a “San Andreas Corridor Program,” referring to the famous geological fault line that runs through a good part of the Diablo Range.
This money will be used to protect and restore wildlife corridors in our area.
Photo by Sean Burke
Members, what could Prop 4 make possible for you?
In the news
How Local Conservationists Are Planning for the Trump Era, Bay Nature, December 2024
Proposition 4 offers $10 billion in bonds for fire, water, land protections, Daily Bruin, October 28, 2024
What’s in Prop. 4, the $10B Climate Bond on the Ballot, Bay Nature, October 17, 2024
Endorsement: Prop 4 is a drop in the bucket in the climate change fight. But we need all the drops we can get, San Francisco Chronicle, October 5, 2024
Letter to the Editor: Prop. 4 funds are needed now; vote yes, The Mercury News, September 27, 2024
Our View: Vote ‘yes’ on Propositions 2 and 4, Bakersfield Californian, August 18, 2024
California voters to decide on $10 billion climate bond, Save the Redwoods League, July 9, 2024
Your guide to Proposition 4: California Climate bond, LA Times, July 8, 2024
Bond Resources
Campaign Resources
Yes on Prop 4 Campaign Website
Yes on Prop 4 Coalition Toolkit
One-pager: About Prop 4
Endorse Prop 4
Social media toolkit
About the bond
Chapter totals
Campaign Engagement Rules
Rules of the Road: Nonprofit Rules for Advocacy
Bolder Advocacy Resource Library
Examples of Campaign Engagement
Polling Information
PPIC Statewide Survey: Californians and the Environment
Survey results indicate a majority of California voters say they would vote yes on a $10 billion bond to pay for flood protection and climate resiliency projects.
TOGETHER Bay Area & Prop 4
As a coalition, TOGETHER Bay Area convenes, educates, and mobilizes. We’re sharing information, hosting events to raise awareness and offer voter education, and providing tools and resources to enable our members to take action.