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Central Valley Partnership

 

The Central Valley Partnership has set the emulative example of how smart organizing and facilitation can break down barriers and create alliances where none previously existed. Candidate Forums, Income Inequality actions, Bus Rapid Transit testimony, Healthcare Forums to enlist disadvantaged communities in the AHA, farmworker food drives and community organizer trainings are a few of the 2013-2018 Partnership activities. 

 

​Cannabis Removal On Public Lands

 

The CROP Project seeks to remove illegal cannabis grows, known as "trespass grows", from California's federal public lands. These grow sites harbor copious amounts of EPA-banned and restricted pesticides, like Carbofuran, Sarin-based Malathion and Brodifacoum, that actively contaminate watersheds and soil, and poison various populations of wildlife, as well as unsuspecting users. Trespass grows divert egregious amounts of surface rivers, significantly reducing surface flows to communities and further imperiling native fish populations.

 

CROP is actively working to:

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1. Secure and increase state and federal resources for trespass grow reclamation, including training for nonprofit and tribal reclamation crews

 

2​​​. Increase criminal penalties for those bringing toxicants onto public lands

 

CROP seeks to make the environmental and public health impacts of trespass grows widely understood by educating regional, state, and federal decision makers and communities, and in doing so unite bipartisan interests to cooperatively tackle this multi-faceted issue.

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Sierra Protection Action Network

 

SPAN is an action-oriented, community-rooted network advancing leadership development, cross-sector collaboration, environmental protection, social equity, and local resilience.​​​

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The Community Governance Partnership (CGP) launched the CD3 Sierra Partnership in November 2023 to build a regional coalition across the ten counties of California’s 3rd Congressional District. CGP brings together grassroots, labor, environmental, and community groups to drive progressive change in rural Northern California and the Central Valley. To date, CGP has trained over 600 organizers, with 34 alumni elected to public office and more than 30 now leading nonprofits.

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In 2025, we became the Sierra Protection Action Network to better reflect our expanded scope and refined mission. While we began with a focus on CD3, our work has since grown to support civic infrastructure across the broader Sierra Nevada and rural foothills. Through place-based strategy and values-driven organizing, we continue to build community power— helping advocates strengthen a Sierra where local voices lead and communities thrive.