California Health and Safety Code

§ 39711

HSC § 39711 Effective Jun 20, 2014Div. 26 · Part 2 · Ch. 4.1

Statute text

(a)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:

(1)Areas disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and other hazards that can lead to negative public health effects, exposure, or environmental degradation.

(2)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.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 36, Sec. 5. (SB 862) Effective June 20, 2014.