It’s Time To Come Together
In February 2025, we surveyed TOGETHER Bay Area members and partner organizations about the real and potential consequences of recent executive and secretarial orders. All of the respondents are on-the-ground implementers of climate resilience projects and programs working in the San Francisco Bay Area. They are place-based organizations working for healthy lands, waters, and communities.
From 28 organizations we heard:
- A significant financial impact. There is at least $60 million in funding for local projects that is currently threatened, but many organizations do not yet know how they will be impacted. The orders about federal funding are slowing down critical work for climate resilient lands, waters, and communities.
- A significant community impact. The orders about federal funding and policies are causing fear, anxiety, and concern for people’s safety and livelihoods.
- A call for regional collaboration to develop and deliver local solutions.
Because of recent federal orders:
Projects for
catastrophic wildfire prevention
water quality
healthy forests
sea level rise adaptation
watershed and stream restoration
flood protection
urban forestry
and other climate resilience projects
are
PAUSED
People are experiencing
fear
anxiety
and concern
for their colleagues’
and community’s
safety
and
livelihoods
Together, we can do something about this.
TOGETHER Bay Area is committed to fostering the region’s resiliency so that we can respond to the federal crisis’s impact on Bay Area lands, waters, and communities. We are serving as a regional voice, hosting the Together Conference in May, connecting job seekers with hiring organizations on our Jobs Board, sharing information about funding opportunities like Prop 4 Climate Bond, continuing to advocate for regional funding, and more.
You can be a part of something positive, inclusive, and impactful. Join us!
What YOU can do
Help people find jobs
- Share our Jobs Board with your peers and networks. Share this post on LinkedIn. Help people impacted by recent orders find meaningful work!
Share your story
- How have you been impacted by the federal executive and secretarial orders? Tell us your story so that we can more effectively tell the impact on the Bay Area. Share your story here.
Contact your state and federal reps
- Call your state legislators and congress members to tell them how you have been impacted. Find your state reps. Find your congress members. Ask them to lead on healthy lands, waters, and communities.
Bring the joy
- Bring some joy to your team and community. Joy can take many forms: tangible, intangible, food, drinks, music, dancing, art, poetry. It can be created at any moment without any money by anyone. Offer up something light and fun, and see what happens.
What YOUR ORGANIZATION can do
Don’t stop
- The work for climate resilient lands, waters, and communities must continue. Use our Prop 4 Resource Hub to learn how to access funding from California’s $10 billion climate bond. Get creative, work together, and develop new ways of working.
Contribute to Together Bay Area
- Contributions of $2,500, $5,000, and more can strengthen our capacity to respond to the federal administration’s impact on Bay Area lands, waters, and communities. Your support can help us coordinate to develop solutions, conduct more surveys, and amplify the stories of how the region is being impacted.
Hire people for the short or long term
- A lot of people’s jobs have been impacted by the federal orders. Post job openings on our Jobs Board. Let’s find them a new role at the local or regional level. These are colleagues with valuable experience and expertise!
Needs, offers, and ideas
Everyone has something to give, and everyone needs help sometimes. We’re in this together! Tell us what needs, offers, and ideas you have, and we’ll do our best to connect people, facilitate mutual aid, and create forums for collaboration. Click here.
Join our coalition
- Become a member! Or boost your existing membership dues to make it possible for other organizations to join. Our members are collaborating in big and small ways for resilient lands that are integral to a thriving Bay Area and all people who live here. Join today.
Note that we are planning to conduct another survey of our members and partners in mid-April. Questions? Email us at [email protected]
