Golden Gate University Environmental Law Journal
Abstract
This article discusses California’s development of an institutional framework for addressing environmental justice through the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (“OPR”) and the California Environmental Protection Agency (“Cal/EPA”). It will demonstrate the ways these agencies’ foci have been on coordination as well as formulating guidelines. Further, the article’s purpose is to point out that while these guidelines provide important tools for environmental justice advocates, they do not provide any substantive guarantees that disproportionate impacts will not occur in communities of color and low income populations.
Recommended Citation
Caroline Farrell,
SB 115: California's Response to Environmental Justice - Process Over Substance, 1 Golden Gate U. Envtl. L.J.
(2007).
https://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/gguelj/vol1/iss1/9