On 15 November 2017 there was a Grand Opening Celebration for another innovative equitable affordable housing unit named El Rancho Del Sol, two separate buildings in Phase 2 of plans from Community Development Partners on Main Street. As you can see in the image to the right, both have rooftop solar installations in progress.
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. . . and here's some more good news from Next City
California Will Spend $1 Billion on Low-income, Multifamily Solar
The new program has been in the works for several years. The broad framework for the program was created by the state legislature in 2015. The bill made clear SOMAH is meant to help California meet its climate goals, help reduce energy bills for low-income residents and ensure that green energy infrastructure isn’t just for the wealthy. . .
“Generally, I think it’s a good idea,” says Ethan Elkind, climate program director at University of California Berkley’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment. “We want to encourage more solar adoption and deployment and we want to make sure low-income people have access to it. One of the knocks on our climate programs and clean energy programs is they tend to be skewed toward wealthier consumers.”
“Often times when you’re encouraging building owners to put solar on the roof, you want to encourage them to consider a whole range of energy technology and services,” he explains. “
Josh Cohen is a freelance writer in Seattle. His work has also appeared in The Guardian, The Nation, Pacific Standard and Vice.
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