BCDC Community Vulnerability and Community Based Organization Directory Web App

This tool was created by BCDC to support the agency's Environmental Justice and Social Equity Bay Plan amendments. You can read more about that here. Before using this tool, please review the Community Engagement Best Practices Guide (BARHII 2021). This map contains two datasets: Community Vulnerability categorizes Social and Contamination vulnerability by census block groups using inputs from the American Community Survey (2014-2018) and CalEnviroScreen 3.0. Community Based Organization (CBO) Directory shows the results of a CBO survey and BCDC research to allow users to discover CBOs working in proximity to a shoreline planning, development, or adaptation area of interest to facilitate partnership and engagement. See more details below: Community Vulnerability BCDC's updated Community Vulnerability layer with the latest American Community Survey data is reflected in the Community Vulnerability (2020) layer and replaces the 2018 version previously available. This map includes two datasets that represent social and contamination vulnerability of census block groups around the region. The mapping is based on methodology developed by the Adapting To Rising Tides program and utilizes data from the US Census American Community Survey and CalEnviroScreen 3.0. You can read more about mapping methods here. Community Based Organization Directory To develop this Directory, BCDC reached out to CBOs and encouraged them to contribute their information via a short survey created in ArcGIS Survey123. Organizations shared their voice by including contact information, mission and values, communities served, stewardship/service areas and additional stories. For organizations who had not filled out the survey, but also work in the region, BCDC added publicly available information including their organization name, contact information, and approximate service area populated through web research. All organizations were notified that elements of the survey results would be shared in a publicly available online tool and were given the opportunity to opt out if they did not want to be included. Additional CBOs are welcome to complete the survey to share their community story. If you would like assistance completing the survey, notice outdated or erroneous information, or would like your organization removed from the tool, please reach out to [e-mail]. Additional resources include the BCDC Environmental Justice and Social Equity Bay Plan Policies, Community Vulnerability Mapping Methods, and Data Download.