In July, the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA) hosted the second round of community workshops for the Tahoe Living: Cultivating Community, Conserving the Basin project. At the North and South Shore meetings, more than 100 community members and workforce housing stakeholders provided input on fundamental changes to the permitting process for affordable housing projects and accessory dwelling units. TRPA has been hosting a series of bi-lingual workshops, webinars and working groups for the second phase of Cultivating Community, Conserving the Basin. The goal of this multi-year project is to create meaningful policy changes that can make housing more accessible in the Tahoe Region while maintaining and improving environmental protections. You can learn more about the project objectives, timeline, and how to get involved at tahoeliving.org.

Also in July, the Tahoe Truckee Community Foundation hosted Tomiquia Moss, California Secretary of Business, Consumer Services, and Housing for a dynamic conversation with local housing agencies and organizations including the Tahoe Housing Hub, Placer County, Town of Truckee and the Tahoe Truckee Workforce Housing Agency. Local housing leaders articulated Tahoe Truckee’s full housing landscape, from rural homelessness to workforce housing gaps and rising fire insurance costs to where State policy can leave mountain communities behind. The Secretary and her team came to learn about Tahoe-Truckee’s regional housing and forest-to-housing efforts as part of a greater, statewide effort hosted by the League of California Community Foundations.