FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June “Placeholder Budget” Requires Deeper Investments in Low-Income, Communities of Color Sacramento, CA — On June 14th, the California State Legislature narrowly passed a placeholder budget before the June 15 budget deadline with substantially different allocations than those proposed in Governor Newsom’s May Revision. Negotiations on the June budget are anticipated to continue
Oil and gas safety buffer zones and community resilience investments lead the 2021 EJ agenda FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Contact: Isa Flores-Jones | isa@caleja.org Sacramento, California | April 20, 2021 – On Tuesday, the California Environmental Justice Alliance (CEJA) Action announced its priority bills for the 2021 Legislative session. As the state enters the second year
This election undeniably showed that every vote matters and that California’s election has national consequences. 13 of 16 candidates CEJA Action endorsed were elected! These candidates are proven leaders and people of color who won through a vibrant ground campaign. We congratulate all the elected representatives on their successful campaigns! We’re proud of CEJA Action…
With many important elections in 2018, CEJA Action is working hard to ensure that environmental and climate justice issues are a key part of the debate. With the recent wildfires and droughts, severe hurricanes battering so many places across the country, and climate inaction and denial at the federal level, our movement must make it
Where do the 2018 candidates stand on the issues that matter to you? Join us Tuesday, February 6th, 6:30-8:30pm for our 2018 Gubernatorial Forum at the Huntington Park Community Center in Los Angeles to hear about the candidates’ vision and top priorities as Governor of California. Come learn about the candidates’ positions on environmental justice, uplifting working families, and key social justice issues,
People of color are the majority in California and represent a critical, growing voting bloc in our state. The changing statewide demographics in our state have also diversified our legislature. More elected officials are people of color, often from districts highly impacted by pollution and we know that these demographic shifts can translate into enormous