The City of Redding has started a formal process to decide what will be studied in the Environmental Impact Report EIR for the Redding Riverfront Specific Plan. This step is called scoping. Scoping happens before the Draft EIR is written. At this stage, the City is asking what issues, locations, and types of impacts must…
At the May 20th City Council meeting, Redding advanced the draft Riverfront Specific Plan, moving it forward despite strong public opposition to key development proposals. The Council voted to continue refining concepts that include dismantling the Civic Auditorium, converting part of Highway 44 into a city boulevard, and allowing high-density housing and commercial development on…
As temperatures climb and Redding faces longer, hotter summers, preserving urban shade should be a top priority. But on May 20, the Redding City Council voted unanimously against implementing mitigation fees for removing native oaks during development—choosing not to hold developers accountable for canopy loss. This vote wasn’t just procedural. It was a clear message:…
Photos by David Ledger – above photo: sidewalk buckling from tree roots on Liberty Street Recently, all the street trees on a long block of Liberty Street next to Trinity Street in Redding were cut down, however, it was for the right reasons. All the trees were Liquidambar, a tree with very shallow roots. The…
Photo: The stumps of three large redwood trees in front of Umpqua Bank that have been recently cut down SEA has been working on a new tree ordinance since when we incorporated as an organization in 2017. On Dec 5, 2022, the first meeting of the Redding Tree Committee was established and SEA Board members…
Presentation to City Council The project team will be presenting a major update on the Redding Riverfront Specific Plan to the City Council on December 3, 2024. This presentation is a key milestone for our community, and all residents are encouraged to attend or tune in! What’s on the Agenda? The team will be covering…
Full Recording Now Available on our YouTube Channel SEA had a great turnout at our Redding City Council Candidate Forum with about 120 people eager to learn the candidates’ positions on issues of importance to us. We had a range of people in attendance, from many SEA board members to former Redding City Council Members…
The City of Redding recently held two community meetings with the consulting firm MIG to gather public input on the Riverfront Specific Plan. This critical plan will determine exactly how the east side of the Sacramento River (stretching all the way from the Cypress Street bridge to the Redding Rodeo Grounds and boat ramp) will…
As expected, on a 3-to-2 vote, the Redding City Council passed a weak general plan that failed to get a majority vote on the Planning Commission. While several speakers spoke against the General Plan and the Shasta Birding Society had an attorney criticizing many aspects of the Plan, it passed anyway, following a 3-hour meeting….
At the February 27th Redding Planning Commission meeting on the Redding Final EIR and draft General Plan 2045 did not get a majority vote and on a 3 to 3 tie it passed it on to the City Council without a majority approval. Commissioner Partin had to abstain from the final vote due to a…
We, the undersigned live, work or shop in Redding and advocate for the revision and strengthening of the Tree Management Ordinance. Originally enacted in 2006, the ordinance is in need of changing to better address the following pressing concerns: Therefore, we urge the Redding City Council to prioritize the strengthening or adoption of a new…
Congratulations to many of you who sent in comment emails on the discussion of a new tree ordinance for Redding by the Planning Commission, taking up where the Redding Tree Committee left off. We had almost 100 emailed comments that went to the Planning Commission and most were cc’d to the City Council and this…