Bill Text: CA AB1628 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Environmental justice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 360, Statutes of 2019. [AB1628 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB1628-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
August 26, 2019 |
Amended
IN
Senate
June 14, 2019 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Robert Rivas (Coauthor: Assembly Member Limón) |
February 22, 2019 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
The bill would state the intent of the Legislature to support the Attorney General in securing the resources necessary to support the Bureau of Environmental Justice in the Environment Section of the Department of Justice to facilitate the work envisioned by the Attorney General, and would provide related findings and declarations.
The
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
(a)The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1)Attorney General Xavier Becerra has demonstrated his leadership in establishing the Bureau of Environmental Justice in the Environment Section of the Department of Justice.
(2)The mission of the Bureau of Environmental Justice is to protect people and communities that endure a disproportionate share of environmental pollution and public health hazards.
(3)Generations
SECTION 1.
(a) The Legislature finds and declares that generations of injustice towards people of color, low-income residents, tribal communities, and other marginalized populations in California through discriminatory environmental and land use policies has resulted in an inequitable distribution of environmental benefits and burdens that continues to disproportionately burden these communities today. These populations and communities also experience high poverty and unemployment, and other socioeconomic burdens.(b)It this therefore the intent of the Legislature to do both of the following:
(1)Support the Attorney General in securing the resources necessary to support the Bureau of Environmental Justice to facilitate the work envisioned by the Attorney General.
(2)Ensure
SEC. 2.
Section 56668 of the Government Code is amended to read:56668.
Factors to be considered in the review of a proposal shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following:SEC. 3.
Section 65040.12 of the Government Code is amended to read:65040.12.
(a) The office shall be the coordinating agency in state government for environmental justice programs.(F)The Attorney General and the Bureau of Environmental Justice in the Environment Section of the Department of Justice.
(G)
(D)Including populations and communities most impacted by pollution as active partners in the decisions or activities that affect their environment or health, and incorporating recommendations from those populations and communities into environmental and land use
decisions.