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(64) $350,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 1 year 2022 and $150,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 2 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for a grant to a nonprofit 3 organization for activities to advance affordable housing. The grant 4 recipient must be an organization that partners in equitable, 5 transit-oriented development. The grant recipient must use the 6 funding to: 7 (a) Facilitate partnerships to enable equitable transit-oriented 8 development across the Puget Sound region that builds housing at 9 scale; and 10 (b) Assist the cities of Tacoma, Renton, and Everett, as well as 11 other cities, in: 12 (i) Creating or updating local subarea plans to be consistent 13 with the regional growth strategy for future population growth to be 14 near high capacity transit and to facilitate development within the 15 station area that will produce a mix of affordable housing; 16 (ii) Ensuring equitable transit-oriented development processes 17 and outcomes that minimize displacement; and 18 (iii) Identifying strategies for land acquisition and assembly 19 around high capacity transit stations that will result in a mix of 20 housing. 21 (65) $700,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for fiscal 22 year 2022 and $3,700,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 23 fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for a nonprofit organization 24 whose sole purpose is to provide grants, capacity building, and 25 technical assistance support to a network of microenterprise 26 development organizations. The microenterprise development 27 organizations will support rural and urban Black, indigenous and 28 people of color owned businesses, veteran owned businesses, and 29 limited resourced and other hard to serve businesses with five or 30 fewer employees throughout the state with business training, 31 technical assistance, and microloans. 32 (66) $1,175,000 of the general fund—state appropriation for 33 fiscal year 2022 and $175,000 of the general fund—state appropriation 34 for fiscal year 2023 are provided solely for the department to 35 support implementation of the 2021 state energy strategy as it 36 pertains to emissions from energy use in new and existing buildings, 37 including measures to support local government emission reductions, 38 workforce measures, and utility electrification benefits. 39 p. 765 ESSB 5187.SL