SJCOG 2026 Sustainable Communities Strategy
Stockton, CA · 2025–present
Client: San Joaquin Council of Governments
Location: Stockton, CA
Year: 2025–present
CP Role: Lead consultant
Practice Area: Urban Analytics + Scenario Planning
Team: Alex Steinberger, Principal-in-Charge; Angélica Martínez Sulvarán, Project Manager; Rachel Cotton; Allison Platt; Ana Rae Miller; Lanier Hagerty
The Challenge
San Joaquin County faces rising housing costs, widening equity gaps, and lasting remote-work trends, and each planning cycle makes the state's 2035 greenhouse gas target harder to reach. The San Joaquin Council of Governments needed a 2026 Regional Transportation Plan and Sustainable Communities Strategy that meets state law and engages underserved communities.
Our Approach
We led the scenarios work for the 2026 plan, building on the 2022 strategy we also led, with Fehr & Peers and AIM Consulting. Expert focus groups set critical uncertainties and draft futures, and regional strategies were scored across three futures with Fehr & Peers' TrendLab+ tool. A strategy card game and public workshops gathered input, with AIM leading culturally responsive outreach. We then modeled land use scenarios in Envision Tomorrow, developed a preferred allocation, and documented the work for the plan.
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