California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
Health and Safety Code - HSC |
Division 26. AIR RESOURCES |
Part 2. STATE AIR RESOURCES BOARD |
Chapter 4.1. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investment Plan and Communities Revitalization Act |
Section 39711.
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The California Environmental Protection Agency shall identify disadvantaged communities for investment opportunities related to this chapter. These communities shall be identified based on geographic, socioeconomic, public health, and environmental hazard criteria, and may include, but are not limited to, either of the following:
(a) Areas disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and other hazards that can lead to negative public health effects, exposure, or environmental degradation.
(b) Areas with concentrations of people that are of low income, high unemployment, low levels of homeownership, high rent burden, sensitive populations, or low levels of educational attainment.
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 830, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2013.)