Community Profile

Pledge Status

Active

Pledge Date

Thursday, April 23, 2026

Program Year

2026

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City of Del Rey Oaks

Del Rey Oaks, CA

Scott Donaldson

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Del Rey Oaks is a city located in Central California with a population of roughly 2,000 residents. The city is nestled on the picturesque Monterey Peninsula and is home to beautiful Frog Pond Wetland Preserve. Mayor Donaldson of Del Rey Oaks has committed to preserving the monarch butterfly and other pollinators with his signing of the Mayors’ Monarch Pledge and looks for to engaging residents in building more pollinator habitat throughout the city.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2026

Communications and Convening ▸

Engage with developers, planners, landscape architects, and other community leaders and organizers engaged in planning processes to identify opportunities to create monarch habitat.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Scott Donaldson	2026	4/23/2026		View Pledge
Mayor Scott Donaldson	2025	4/29/2025	Signatories	View Pledge
Mayor Alison Kerr	2022	3/30/2022		View Pledge