Coastal Conservancy and the Bay Area Conservation

Coastal Commission Approves Sweeping New Environmental Justice Policy to Increase Coastal Protections for All Californians

The commission adopted the policy on Friday, March 8 at the California African American Museum in Los Angeles. Since 1999, California has passed a series bills advancing the concept of environmental justice, which emerged out of the civil rights movement. In recent years, the push to correct long-standing inequities that have disproportionately burdened lower-income communities of color has been increasing with a number of state agencies working to adopt similar policies.