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Sign on to give Environmental Justice A Seat at South Coast AQMD
Your state senator has an opportunity to protect environmental justice communities from toxic air pollution and we need your help to ensure they do.
Urge your Senator to vote YES on Senate Bill 342, which will add 2 seats for environmental justice representatives to the South Coast Air Quality Management District governing board (SCAQMD) and allow for greater representation of environmental justice in the District’s decision making. Click here to find your Senator.
Sample Phone Script
“My name is and I’m a constituent and I’m calling to urge you to support SB 342. The bill would help protect communities who are disproportionately impacted by the toxic pollution in the South Coast Air Basin by giving environmental justice representatives voting power at the South Coast Air Quality Management District. This will help reform the agency and protect vulnerable communities within its jurisdiction. Thank you!”
Sources of toxic air pollution are typically situated in and around low-income communities and communities of color, where residents, especially vulnerable groups such as children, elderly, and pregnant women, are at a much higher risk for the adverse health impacts resulting from the poor air quality.
The South Coast Air Basin is home to nearly half of the state’s population and has some of the worst air quality in the nation. Nearly 2/3rds of all disadvantaged communities, including some of the state’s most pollution-burdened communities, are under SCAQMD.
SB 342 is critical to ensuring environmental justice representatives have voting power on the SCAQMD board so that real actions can be taken to address sources of toxic pollution.
The bill will be voted on within the next week. Call your Senator now and/or add your name to the list of supporters urging them to vote yes on SB 342.
Add your name to the list of supporters
JOIN THE LIST OF SUPPORTERS
Brian Sheridan – Arcadia, CA
Jason Bowman – Sacramento, CA
Marc Silverman – Los Angeles, CA
Sam Miyamoto – Los Angeles, CA
Jeshow Yang – Alhambra, CA
Caryn Graves – Berkeley, CA
Cody Dolnick – Joshua Tree, CA
Tom Epstein – Orinda, CA
Terry Wolverton – Los Angeles, CA
Arlene Baker – Petaluma, CA
Camille Gilbert – Santa Barbara, CA
Chris Weber – Burbank, CA
Rebecca Eiseman – San Francisco, CA
Andrew Hodgdon – Fresno, CA
Ruben Aronin – Culver City, CA
Eduardo Tovar – San Fernando, CA
Melissa Davis – Paso Robles, CA
Guy Zähller – Aptos, CA
Brit Harvey – Berkeley, CA
Paul Bechtel – Redlands, CA
Ruth Seroussi – Venice, CA
Eddie Isaacs – Los Angeles, CA
Madelyn Glickfeld – Malibu, CA
Therese Ryan – Palmdale, CA
George Lewis – Los Osos, CA
Meghan Sahli-Wells – Culver City, CA
Andria Ventura – San Jose, CA
Alice Nicholson – Outside California, CA
Abuanthony Alim – Outside California, CA
Heide Jenkins – Culver City, CA
Bruce Campbell – Los Angeles, CA
Deanna Simmons – Concord, CA
Robbin Steif – Los Angeles, CA
darynne jessler – Valley Village, CA
Phillip Bryan – San Francisco, CA
Maryellen Redish – Palm Springs, CA
Bob Chirpin – Northridge, CA
Karin Volpp-Gardela – Los Angeles
Ralph Bocchetti – Fontana
John Wilcox – Manhattan Beach
Joseph Kotzin – Los Angeles
Saran Kirschbaum – Los Angeles
Balfour Gerber – San Francisco
Armando NIETO – Oakland
Sylvia Arredondo – Long Beach
Keenan Sheedy – Los Angeles
Cindy Greenwald – Pacific Palisades
Nancy Pearlman – Los Angeles
Robert Scott – Palos Verdes Peninsula
Kristine Andarmani – Saratoga
Dallas Hodgson – Cupertino
Jerilyn López Mendoza – North Hills
Birgit De La Torre – Long Beach
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