Diana Benitez, Sheila Alvarez, Isabelle Hernandez, and Daisy Alvarez Canal Alliance brings local knowledge and community experience to regional decision making. What does a meaningful partnership between a regional agency and […]
Trees, trees, and more trees! Canal elementary schools see installation of native trees. Planning Fellow leads tree planting projects for Canal Elementary Schools. On Saturday, August 22, 2026, Planning Fellow Daisy […]
In early August, Assistant Planner, Isabelle Hernandez and Planning Fellow, Daisy Alvarez traveled down to Tiburon to give a short presentation on environmental justice (EJ) to high school interns who […]
On June 30th, two PACE team members (Nicole Aguilera and Daisy Alvarez) attended a special screening of an environmental justice-focused documentary at Foreign Cinema in the Mission District of San […]
Canal Alliance hosted Brightline Defense and the OpenRoad crew from NBC Bay Area to film a short documentary highlighting environmental issues in underrepresented communities in San Rafael and San Francisco via a peer-to-peer learning […]
In Spring 2026, Canal Alliance partnered with students from UC Berkeley to re-imagine the Canal Community Garden based entirely on resident and stakeholder input. As a part of Civic Imagination Studio: Democratizing […]
In March 2026, the Planning, Advocacy, and Civic Engagement (PACE) and Housing team at Canal Alliance spent a fruitful two days at an in-person technical assistance training at the Mission Economic Development Agency (MEDA), a place-based […]
On March 10, 2026, Canal Alliance’s Senior Planner, Diana Benitez, had the opportunity to speak with fourth graders at Laurel Dell Elementary as part of an ongoing partnership with YPLAN […]
What happens when your home becomes uninhabitable and no one responds? In this episode of Cuerpo Corazón Comunidad, Canal Alliance and Voces del Canal sit down with the City of […]
When Aurelia Vargas stepped up to the microphone at the 2025 Marin County Partnership Summit: Canal Promise Neighborhood on May 2nd, hosted by Marin Promise Partnership, she did what she has done time and again — she spoke clearly, courageously, and from the heart about […]
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