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California Spends Billions Based on This Pollution Tracker. Who Benefits From Its Latest Update?
The update adds diabetes prevalence and small air toxic sites indicators to improve funding and policy targeting for disadvantaged communities, which have received $5.8 billion since 2015.
- This month, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment issued the fifth CalEnviroScreen update statewide, adding two indicators and holding public meetings before a summer rollout.
- Since 2014, CalEnviroScreen has defined disadvantaged communities as the top 25% of census tracts, and state law requires at least 25% of cap-and-invest funds to go to these communities, which have received $5.8 billion since 2015.
- The agency collaborated with eight community organizations, including the Environmental Health Coalition, UNIDOS Network and Comite Civico del Valle, during design, officials say.
- About 80% of disadvantaged communities remain unchanged, a state spokesperson said, while the Air Resources Board and Department of Toxic Substances Control plan to use the tool in programs and permitting.
- State officials plan to add climate data and pollution magnets, while Johns Hopkins researchers found CalEnviroScreen 4.0 subjective enough to risk billions lost, and critics say some areas remain overlooked.
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