The Sustainability and Mobility Department, in partnership with the Public Library Department, led an "Our Climate Our Future" Library Series. Participating departments include City Planning, Transportation, Park and Recreation and Environmental Services. A total of 10 interactive workshops were held, focusing on topics related to the Climate Action Plan, such as resilient communities, clean energy and zero waste.

The Office of Race and Equity, City Planning, and Engineering and Capital Projects coordinated closely on two Council Policy updates to prioritize investments in areas of greatest need and ensure equitable community engagement. Council Policy 800-14 sets the guidelines for developing the City’s Capital Improvements Program (CIP). The adopted updates to the Council Policy establish an infrastructure prioritization process that will be used as a factor to efficiently and equitably deliver infrastructure across the City. Council Policy 000-32 sets the guidelines for the City to engage with San Diegans to collect input about neighborhood infrastructure needs. Updates to this policy set forth a framework for neighborhood input on infrastructure needs and priorities for consideration in the City's CIP. These updates will support delivering infrastructure to San Diegans where it is wanted and most needed based on today’s community needs and the expected service level.

In FY23, the Climate Equity Fund directly invested more than $10.5 million into Communities of Concern. These projects include traffic calming measures, streetlight installations, pedestrian improvements, park improvements and specific project support. For example, funding for the Cypress Drive Cultural Corridor will connect existing assets in San Ysidro while also improving social and environmental equity, safety and quality. Funding for the Willie Henderson Sports Complex will provide for design and construction improvement, including recreation areas, playgrounds, community garden, sidewalks and irrigation.

City Planning, in coordination with the Office of Race and Equity, is developing an Inclusive Public Engagement Guide (Guide). The Guide will promote inclusive public engagement and community participation on plans, programs and policies, particularly in communities that have historically experienced barriers to public participation. The Guide will serve as the foundation for City employees to implement a meaningful public engagement program that provides guidelines for how City decisions consider input from community members representative of the population’s demographics so that these decisions ultimately improve San Diegans' quality of life. To date, a focused discussion group has been established to advise on the creation of the Guide based on community members' lived experiences with public engagement. The Focused Discussion Group held six meetings and concluded its meetings in FY23.

Since 2018, the Economic Development Department has supported more than 60 nonprofit organizations and public facilities that function largely as resilience hubs and primarily serve low-to-moderate-income communities through Community Development Block Grants. In FY23, the Economic Development Department supported 26 organizations in building resilience services and capacity, including transitioning to solar energy, providing shelter, providing health and other community services, and distributing meals and healthy food to low-to-moderate-income residents.