{"id":46941,"date":"2022-04-05T16:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-05T23:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=46941"},"modified":"2022-04-05T16:00:57","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T23:00:57","slug":"hahn-and-solis-establish-environmental-justice-and-climate-health-as-board-priorities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=46941","title":{"rendered":"Hahn and Solis Establish Environmental Justice and Climate Health as Board Priorities"},"content":{"rendered":"

The County will also create an Office of Environmental Justice and Climate Health<\/em><\/h3>\n

Los Angeles, CA\u2014Today, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, led by Supervisors Janice Hahn and Hilda Solis, voted unanimously to establish environmental justice and climate health as official Board Priorities for the County of Los Angeles.\u00a0 They also voted to create an Office of Environmental Justice and Climate Health within the Department of Public Health.<\/p>\n

The move is part of Supervisor Hahn\u2019s effort to change LA County\u2019s approach to environmental justice and health hazards from a reactive one to a proactive one.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis Board has demonstrated its dedication to environmental justice and climate health, but our approach has been reactive and too often after a situation reaches a crisis level,\u201d said Supervisor Hahn, who authored the motion approved today. \u201cWe need to change our approach, bake environmental justice and climate health into our work Countywide, and be proactive about preventing the burdens of industry from impacting our most vulnerable communities.\u201d<\/p>\n

With today\u2019s action, the Board will rename and revise the current Board Directed Priority of \u201cEnvironmental Health Monitoring and Oversight\u201d to \u201cEnvironmental Justice and Climate Health.\u201d\u00a0 The Board also directed the Department of Public Health to report back in 120 days with a plan to create an Office of Environmental Justice and Climate Health, a plan to consult with local environmental organizations, a comprehensive set of policy areas that could be pursued to reduce public health disparities in communities overburdened by pollution exposure and poor air quality, and identification of data that could be used to better understand environmental conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn wake of environmental threats the County has faced in the past decade and the evolving threat of climate change, I am elated to partner with Supervisor Hahn in setting the stage for a newly created Office of Environmental Justice within our Department of Public Health to safeguard public health,\u201d shared Supervisor Solis, who co-authored the motion. \u201cAs the Board continues to prioritize environmental and climate health, it is critical that we take bold steps in our actions to proactively mitigate and respond decisively to acts of environmental injustice.\u201d<\/p>\n

Supervisor Hahn represents many communities in Los Angeles County which have been overburdened by pollution, including the communities surrounding the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, the City of Paramount which has had to deal with the prevalence of excessive levels of hexavalent chromium resulting from metal forging, the City of Walnut Park where the EPA is investigating contamination from Central Metals, cities along the I-710 freeway impacted by the pollution generated by truck traffic, and many communities impacted by the contamination from the Exide battery plant.<\/p>\n

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