Advocado: Standing Up

for Urban Agriculture

Using your voice to stand up for urban agriculture

Who is the Sacramento Urban

Agriculture Coalition

Overview
Discussion/Presentation Topics
Getting Familiar: The ordinance proposed by the Sacramento
Urban Agriculture Coalition (20 minutes)
Know Your Audience: What are the different audiences that
will hear our message? How does the message change? (30
minutes)
Crafting Your Story (Brenda): Whats your background?
What story should you be telling?

Getting Familiar
City of Sacramento

County of Sacramento

Getting Familiar
Urban Areas
South Oak Park
North Highlands
Fair Oaks
Arden
Rio Linda/Elverta

Getting Familiar

4722 Roosevelt, Yisrael Family Farm

Zoned R-5, Commercial

Agriculture is
prohibited!

Getting Familiar
The Ordinance proposes 3 things
o Allows urban agriculture on zones throughout the County
(everywhere people live, most places people work)
o Allows urban agriculture stands to sell produce on lots where
it is grown
o Requests the County adopt the urban agriculture incentive zone
program to allow tax breaks for urban agriculture parcels.

The Urban Agriculture Ordinance

Under the County proposal, urban agriculture is: Growing fruits, herbs,
and/or vegetables and/or raising animals in an urban area for food or other purposes.
Urban agriculture includes, but is not limited to, market gardens, private gardens,
and community gardens.

Getting Familiar
QUESTION: So, growing for sale is legal- where can I sell?
ANSWER: The ordinance does not specify or require any particular method of
sale. You could sell:
To a restaurant just make sure you provide a bill of sale!
To a corner store in your neighborhood bill of sale!
At a farmers market
Or

Getting Familiar
Urban Agriculture Stands to sell produce
No permit needed up to 120 square feet
Set up O.K. from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Allows the sale of food from other urban
agriculture operations or cottage food
operators

Getting Familiar: Note

on Lot/Stand Size

The growing for sale is only by right in

residential zones on lots up to one acre.

Above that, youll need a Zoning

Administrator Permit

Same thing for farm stands over 120

sq. feet.

Getting Familiar: Registrations,

Permits
Required
None

Optional or Upcoming
County of Sacramento Fictitious
Business Name (if fictitious name)
Food Handlers Card (good idea)
Community food producer (2017?)
California Certified (some markets)

Getting Familiar
A Note On Animals
Unlike the City
proposal, the County
the County proposal
includes allowances
for animals
Lot size based, more
regulations upcoming

Know Your Audience

Know Your Audience: What are the different audiences that will hear our
message? How does the message change?
Welcome to the wild world of

o BUREACRACY!

Know Your Audience

Path of an
ordinance to
amend zoning
laws:

Submit to Board of
Supervisors

County Planning
Advisory Committees

Referred to Staff

Feedback
Incorporation (Staff)

Internal Staff Working

Group:
Code Enforcement,
Health Dept., etc.

Staff Review

County Board of
Supervisors!

County Planning
Commission
Feedback
Incorporation (Staff)

Law!

Getting Familiar: CPACs

Focus on CPACs
Community Planning Advisory Councils
Main concerns: neighborhood blight,
property values, residential character
What do you think their biggest concerns would be?
Motivations vs. symptoms

Getting Familiar: CPACs

Antelope CPAC
Arden Arcade CPAC *
Carmichael/Old Foothill Farms CPAC*
Cordova CPAC*
Cosumnes CPAC
Delta CMAC
Fair Oaks CPAC*
Natomas CPAC*
North Highlands/Foothill Farms CPAC*
Orangevale CPAC
Rio Linda/Elverta CPAC
South Sacramento CPAC*
Southeast Area CPAC*
Vineyard CPAC

Getting Familiar
Motivations vs. symptoms
Open Discussion