California Agencies Begin to Grapple With Racial Equity and Environmental Justice

California Air Resources Board hosts heated exchange over perceived lack of transparency on racial justice statement; other state agencies moving towards learning about dismantling their racist structures Protest in Marin, June 2020. Photo by Daniel Arauz Note: GJEL Accident Attorneys regularly sponsors coverage on Streetsblog San Francisco and Streetsblog California.

Unless noted in the story, GJEL Accident Attorneys is not consulted for the content or editorial direction of the sponsored content. Government agencies, corporations, and nonprofits are realizing that they must get on board with figuring out how their policies, regulations, and internal structures have contributed to and perpetuated racial inequities for years. At least, some of them are.

In California, CalSTA, Caltrans, the California Transportation Commission (CTC), and the California Air Resources Board have long been told by community advocates that they must do better on racial equity and environmental justice, but it has been a struggle to get the agencies to do more than the bare minimum. Now, with racial justice in the spotlight, that seems to be changing – maybe. Last week, Caltrans updated the CTC on the work it has been doing on these issues, which includes racial equity training, listening sessions, and the establishment […]

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