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Environmental justice.California · SB 751 · Last action Feb 1, 2022This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to promote environmental justice by ensuring that disadvantaged communities, often low-income communities of color, do not continue to be overburdened with unfair shares of pollution.Latest action: Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.Session ended
Environmental justice.California · AB 1628 · Last action Sep 27, 2019This bill would revise the definition of "environmental justice" to also include the meaningful involvement of people of all races, cultures, incomes, and national origins with respect to those same actions, and would provide that "environmental justice" includes, among other things, the availability of a healthy environment for all people. (2) The…Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 360, Statutes of 2019.Enacted law
California Communities Environmental Health Screening.California · AB 1059 · Last action Oct 8, 2015This bill would require the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, in the next update of the California Communities Environmental Health Screening tool, developed by the agency and the office to implement the above requirements, or not later than January 1, 2017, to report to the Legislature on specified data necessary for updating the…Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 584, Statutes of 2015.Enacted law
Supplemental environmental projects.California · AB 1071 · Last action Oct 8, 2015This bill would require each board, department, and office within the agency that has enforcement authority to establish a specified policy on supplemental environmental projects, as defined, that benefits disadvantaged communities, as defined.Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 585, Statutes of 2015.Enacted law