December 4, 2018 – SAN DIEGO, CA – San Diego City Council adopted a resolution to protect Barrio Logan residents from the pollution created by heavy duty trucks driving through the community. The resolution, proposed by Environmental Health Coalition (EHC) in early 2018, will establish [More….]
The San Joaquin SB 1000 Community Workshop provided residents and planners with resources on planning for environmental justice and updating General Plans according to the law. [More….]
To kick off the release of CEJA’s newest Green Zones report and website, a panel of three environmental justice community experts discussed how people-powered planning is bringing affordable housing, clean air, and sustainable and equitable development to nine communities across California. [More….]
In July 2018, the City Council in Arvin—an agricultural town nestled in the San Joaquin Valley—voted unanimously to update their oil and gas ordinance for the first time in half a century. [More….]
On October 8, 2018, CEJA participated in a panel at the APA CA Conference to reflect upon the first year of implementing SB 1000. Panelists lifted up recent best practices and lessons learned from integrating environmental justice to General Plans across the state. [More….]
By Andrea Vidaurre, CCAEJ Policy Analyst & Community Organizer For decades, disadvantaged communities in the South Coast Basin have been plagued by pollution coming from commercial activities at warehouses, rail yards, seaports and airports. Diesel truck, train, and cargo ship emissions are concentrated at these [More….]
Environmental Health Coalition and social justice leaders released a comprehensive assessment of City of San Diego’s Climate Action Plan that investigates how effectively the City invested in low-income communities of color. [More….]
CalEnviroScreen 3.0 provides one clear, accessible, and science-based method for identifying overburdened environmental justice communities or disadvantaged communities and the particular challenges that they face. [More….]
The Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice is leading a fight against a new warehouse that would be built 70 feet away from a residential community and less than a tenth of a mile from a high school in the small town of Bloomington in San Bernardino County. [More….]
CEJA is proud to announce the release of our newest Green Zones Across California report for 2018! This updated 36-page report highlights nine different Green Zones case studies where members of different environmental justice communities have led their own projects and visions for achieving Green Zones. [More….]
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