Pledge Status
Complete
Pledge Date
Thursday, April 7, 2022
Program Year
2022
Achievement
2022
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Community Spotlight
The Mayor initiates a proclamation
Mayor Esther C. Sanchez introduced her proclamation on the Monarch Butterfly at a City Council meeting on April 21, 2021.
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Learn MoreAction Items Committed for 2022
- Issue a proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat. This proclamation must incorporate a focus on monarch conservation.
- Engage with city parks and recreation, public works, sustainability, and other relevant staff to identify opportunities to revise and maintain mowing programs and milkweed / native nectar plant planting programs.
- Launch or maintain a public communication effort to encourage residents to plant monarch gardens at their homes or in their neighborhoods. (If you have community members who speak a language other than English, we encourage you to also communicate in that language; Champion Pledges must communicate in that language.)
- Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
- Initiate or support community science (or citizen science) efforts that help monitor monarch migration and health.
- Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.
- Launch, expand, or continue an effort to change municipal planting ordinances and practices to include more native milkweed and native nectar producing plants at city properties.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Esther Sanchez | 2022 | 4/7/2022 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor Esther Sanchez | 2021 | 3/19/2021 | Signatories | View Pledge |
