Tranquillity RCD was awarded in December 2023 a Transformative Climate Communities Planning (TCC) grant from the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC).  In April 2024, the grant award for two years was executed between the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR) and now known as Land Use and Climate Innovation (LCI)and TRCD with a start date commencing on May 1st.  The program is focused on Transformative Climate Communities in an Agriculture-Based Economy and the Workforce of the Future.  This includes four Disadvantaged Unincorporated Communities (DUCs) within the district and at large (Please see map below):

• Tranquillity
•  Alkali Flats
•  Raisin City
• Perry Colony

These communities are experiencing extreme poverty and severe socioeconomic and environmental challenges.  There will be a total of 10 representatives chosen by their communities to provide leadership at the local level.

In addition to Tranquillity RCD, the TCC Program consists of four Partner Organizations:

• McMullin Area Groundwater Sustainability Agency (MAGSA)
• Self-Help Enterprises
•  Farm of the Future - West Hills Community College District, Coalinga
• Carbon Cycle Institute

Currently, the program is in the pre-launch planning and preparation stage with a targeted "go-public" start date now scheduled for Tuesday, January 21, 2025 at the Raisin City Elementary School.

In advance of launching the community engagement program, a significant amount of program development has been underway.  This includes working with the University of California Merced; California Water Institute at CSU Fresno; outreach to Community-Based Organizations (CBOs)-- as well as engaging in a series of initiatives with the Fresno Council Of Governments (COG); Fresno County Rural Transit Agency (FCRTA) and others.   These undertakings are hyperlinked on the right side of this page with more detail is available.