WOCAP Steering Committee

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Comprised of neighborhood residents, city and county officials, and local businesses, the West Oakland Community Action Plan (WOCAP) Steering Committee oversees and advises on implementation of the Owning Our Air community action plan.

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Next meeting

December 6, 2023 • 4-7 pm • DeFremery Park

Steering Committee Celebration to close the year!

Get ready to celebrate the West Oakland Community Action Plan, known as Owning Our Air. Join WOEIP and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District for our final Steering Commitee of the year. We’ll focus on our success big and small, and share more about this groundbreaking community plan. Stay tuned for more details.

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Note: There will be no November meeting.

October recap

This month’s meeting centered around green infrastructure and how we can use trees and plants to improve air quality.

We’re excited to welcome new Steering committee members Tram Nguyen, Deputy Director of Health Equity, Policy & Planning at the Alameda County Public Health Department, and Adriana Alvarado, Interim Director of the Asthma Start Program.
The City of Oakland presented its draft Urban Forest Plan, which assesses Oakland’s trees and provides an equitable vision for their care, maintenance, and growth. The Urban Forest Plan is part of WOCAP’s Health and Living Buffers strategies (Strategy 10), and the City wants to hear from residents about the trees, services, and locations you want to see addressed. Public comments will be accepted beginning on October 23 (sign up for notifications from the City).
WOEIP partners Hyphae Labs and Common Vision shared the work they’re doing to bring more trees to West Oakland, including introducing our upcoming Prescott Greening project, which uses a data-driven approach to designing green infrastructure throughout the Prescott Neighborhood. Using advanced modeling techniques to support community planning, we’ll design and install “greenscaping” to reduce air pollution exposure in this high-risk neighborhood.

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About the committee

The WOCAP Steering Committee is comprised of neighborhood residents, independent technical advisors, city and county officials, and local business representatives. The committee meets on the first Wednesday of each month and attendance is open to the public.

Community

Rev. Ambrose Carroll
Resident/Green the Church

Alvirdia Owens
Resident

Robert Phillips
West Oakland Health Center

Leila Yasmin Saddat
West Oakland Health Center

Nonprofit and
technical Advisors

Richard Grow
Resident (US EPA, retired)

Brent Bucknam
Hyphae Labs/Urban Biofilter

Fern Uennatornwaranggoon
Alt: Maria Harris, Gabriel Zayas
Environmental Defense Fund

David Wooley
UC Berkeley

Local business

Bill Aboudi
AB Trucking

Steve Lowe
West Oakland Commerce Assoc.

Government

Adriana Alvarado
Alameda County Public Health

Laura Arreola
Alt: Amy Tharpe
Port of Oakland

Khalilha Haynes
City of Oakland

Matt Hoeft
EBMUD

Soni Johnson
Alameda County

Kevin Krewson
Caltrans

Tram Nguyen
Alameda County Public Health

Colin Piethe
Alt: Celina Chan, Cathy DeLuca
Oakland Dept. of Transportation

Tamera White
Alameda Country Transportation Commission/GoPort (consulting)

Lily Wu
CalEPA

Get involved!

Anyone can attend the monthly Steering Committee meeting! If you’d like to get more involved, joining the Steering Committee as a voting member is a wonderful opportunity for West Oakland residents and advocates to learn more and influence the fight for environmental justice in West Oakland. Email us to learn more.

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Meetings & documents

There was no meeting in August 2022, nor Jan, Feb, and July of 2023.

Outreach Documents

Steering Committee members are encouraged to use the following documents when engaging with the public about WOCAP.

October 4, 2023

Documents (PDF)

September 6, 2023

Documents and resources

Agenda (PDF) and meeting slides (PDF)
Environmental Enforcement Cheat Sheet (PDF)
WOEIP’s Schnitzer backgrounder and community impact survey
Outline of CARB’s enforcement process ^↗️ and it’s latest Truck Inspection Summary (PDF)

August 2, 2023

Some portions of this video have been removed due to disruptive activity.

Documents and resources

Agenda and meeting slides
WOCAP Glossary
List of WOCAP strategies on woeip.org (view on desktop to filter by topic)
Strategy Updates Cheat Sheet
Strategies Update Q2 2023 spreadsheet

June 7, 2023

Documents and resources

Agenda and meeting slides
Oakland General Plan: Environmental Justice Element documents

May 3, 2023

Documents and resources

Agenda and meeting slides
Oakland General Plan: Environmental Justice Element documents
- Phase 1 Economic Analysis of Industrial Lands report
Environmental enforcement cheat sheet

Action items for Steering Committee members

Steering Committee members have until Sunday, May 7 to provide final feedback on the Draft Planning Code Amendments Related to WOCAP Strategies comments that will be submitted to the City on the Steering Committee’s behalf. Please submit your feedback to Alicia Parker (aparker@baaqmd.gov).
We will continue to discuss the WOCAP/air quality related policies at the June meeting. If you want to help us design June’s discussion/activity, please reach out to Beth Altshuler Munoz (BethAltMunoz@gmail.com).

April 5, 2023