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Environmental Justice in California and the Central Valley: A Short History Golden Opportunities: Building Bridges Between Federal, State, Corporate and Local Environmental Leadership Nov. 3, 2009 Julie Sze Associate Professor, American Studies Director of the Environmental Justice Project, John Muir Institute of the Environment, UC Davis

Overview and Key Questions 1. What is Environmental justice? (conceptual) 1. What is Environmental justice? (conceptual) 2. Environmental Justice Policy in CA and the Central Valley 2. Environmental Justice Policy in CA and the Central Valley 3. Environmental Justice Project and 3. Environmental Justice Project and 25 stories 4. Discussion and feedback 4. Discussion and feedback

1. What is Environmental Justice? Environmental Inequalities, Environmental Racism Environmental Justice (EJ) Civil rights + environmentalism

Environmental Justice- US and Global Social Movements Social Movements Diverse Issues, Populations, Geographies Public Policy Public Policy Interdisciplinary Academic Field Interdisciplinary Academic Field (Sze and London 2008, Environmental Justice at the Crossroads, Sociological Compass)

Defining Environmental Justice Principles of Environmental Justice (1991)- activist Sociological Concepts Pellow’s EIF (2000) Omi and Winant (1986) Racialization as a process

Conceptions of Justice Schlosberg (2004) Distributive- Disparate Impacts in US Procedural Cultural Recognition

2. Environmental Justice in California and Central Valley Building Healthy Communities from the Ground Up (2003) Building Healthy Communities from the Ground Up (2003)

Environmental Justice Legislative History in California Over 20 related laws passed since 1999, including Over 20 related laws passed since 1999, including S.B. 89, S.B. 32, S.B. 828, A.B. 1553, A.B S.B. 1542, A.B. 2312, A.B. 1360, A.B. 1497, S.B. 391, A.B. 1360, A.B. 841, A.B. 1430, S.B. 870, S.B. 1379, A.B. 32, S.B. 791, Problems, Promise, Progress, and Perils: Critical Reflections on Environmental Justice Policy Implementation in California, UCLA Journal of Environmental Policy, 26 (2): Case study on DPR from London and Sze, Problems, Promise, Progress, and Perils: Critical Reflections on Environmental Justice Policy Implementation in California, UCLA Journal of Environmental Policy, 26 (2):

The Other California: Poverty amidst Prosperity

3. EJP

3. 25 stories

Conclusion Environmental Justice is not going away anytime soon. It’s part of the legislative and regulatory landscape in CA EJ is a “frame” which presents opportunities and challenges Questions, Discussion and feedback