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2024 Annual Stakeholder Meeting Information
Sacramento County would like to invite you to attend a virtual event about the County's adopted Environmental Justice (EJ) Element! We would like to hear your EJ Element priorities for the upcoming year. We also encourage you to use the survey below to provide your input:
The survey will be used to inform the County's EJ priorities for the next year and will be open until December 20th, 2024.
When will it be held?
Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 6:00 pm.
What will be covered?
County
staff will provide information on implementing the EJ
Element over the past year. There will also be an opportunity for stakeholders
to inform the County of their desired priorities for the next year.
How can I attend?
The
virtual event will be held on Microsoft Teams. To join us online, click
here.
Meeting ID: 257 812 396 79
Passcode: 8Pwuj6
To join by phone, dial +1 (916)-245-8966
Phone Conference ID: 863 283 319
The County has arranged for language interpretive services for the virtual event and survey, if requested. Please email envjustice@saccounty.gov at least 48 hours before the meeting to request interpretation services or other accommodations you may need to participate.
Annual Report Cards
Previous Stakeholder Meetings
On December 6, 2023, Sacramento County hosted a virtual event to provide information on implementing the Environmental Justice Element over the past year, and to receive feedback from participants on the priorities. The survey is still on-going and will close on December 18, 2023.
On November 30, 2022, Sacramento County hosted a virtual event to rovide information on implementing the Environmental Justice Element over the past year and to receive feedback from participants on their priorities. The survey closed on December 16, 2022. The report card will include survey findings and summary.
- On
December 1, 2021, Sacramento County hosted a virtual event for County staff to
provide information on implementing the Environmental Justice Element over the
past year and to receive feedback from participants on their priorities.
- On December 2, 2020, Sacramento County hosted a virtual event for County staff to provide information on implementing the Environmental Justice Element over the past year and to receive feedback from participants on their priorities.
Background
In September 2016, the State
Legislature passed Senate Bill 1000 (SB 1000) which requires cities and
counties with disadvantaged communities to incorporate environmental justice
(EJ) policies into their general plans. This must happen upon the adoption or
next revision of two or more elements concurrently on or after January 1, 2018.
In response to this legislation, the Office of Planning and Environmental
Review amended the County’s General Plan to include a new
stand-alone Environmental Justice Element.
Sacramento County's new Environmental Justice Element covers the following topical areas:
- Pollution Exposure and Air Quality
- Access to Public Facilities
- Food Access
- Safe and Sanitary Homes
- Promotion of Physical Activity
- Promotion of Civic Engagement
- Crime Prevention
Final Approved Documents
Public Hearings
Board of Supervisors Hearing - December 17, 2019
The Board of Supervisors reviewed and approved the Phase 2 Environmental Justice Element on December 17, 2019.
Please see the BOS hearing materials page for the staff report and attachments.
Contact
For general inquiries regarding the EJ Element, please email EnvJustice@saccounty.net.
Additional Information
For additional information regarding the EJ effort in California, see the websites listed below.
