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Exploring the San Joaquin Valley: A Land of Change and Promise December 4-6, 2013

Cumulative Environmental Vulnerabilities: Opportunities Integrating health and environmental Policy and Philanthropy. Exploring the San Joaquin Valley: A Land of Change and Promise December 4-6, 2013. Jonathan London, Ph.D. Sarah Sharpe. Road Map.

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Exploring the San Joaquin Valley: A Land of Change and Promise December 4-6, 2013

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  1. Cumulative Environmental Vulnerabilities: Opportunities Integrating health and environmental Policy and Philanthropy Exploring the San Joaquin Valley: A Land of Change and Promise December 4-6, 2013 Jonathan London, Ph.D. Sarah Sharpe

  2. Road Map • Development of a Community –University Partnership: Importance of Relationship-Building and Mutual Learning – Sarah Sharpe • Methods and Outcomes of a Cumulative Environmental Vulnerability Assessment for the San Joaquin Valley – Jonathan London • Longer-term impacts of Land of Risk/ Land of Opportunity – Sarah and Jonathan

  3. Cumulative Environmental Vulnerabilities Social Vulnerabilities Hazards Assets Hazards Assets Assets Hazards

  4. SJV CHIP Process

  5. Maps Don’t Just Happen

  6. Key Findings • A region at risk. Nearly 1/3 (1.2 million) of San Joaquin Valley residents face extreme cumulative environmental and social vulnerability. • More environmental hazards exist than are publically documented: Residents identified many more environmental hazards than are documented or addressed by the state and federal regulatory inventories. • Not all vulnerability is equal: The combination of environmental risk and social vulnerability is not randomly distributed across the region, but rather concentrated within particular communities. • Collaborative action is needed, focused on the most vulnerable people and places.

  7. Quick! Where are the EJ Communities?

  8. (CEVA) Cumulative Environmental Hazards Social Vulnerability

  9. Health data courtesy of CVHPI

  10. Community Mapping for Change West Fresno residents document their local knowledge of hidden environmental hazards Center for Regional Change creates a digital map documenting local knowledge Residents use the maps to inform and empower their own advocacy

  11. Community Knowledge Fills Data Gaps

  12. Action Strategies • State should create its own Cumulative Impacts policies • Implement CEVA across SJV (and CA) • Prioritize investment in CEVA Action Zones • Special attention to permitting, monitoring, and enforcement • Improved and targeted public participation • Economic investments (turn the red zones green!)

  13. Action IMPACTS • CA has created its own CEVA (CalEnviroScreen) • SJV advocates played key roles in development • CalEnviroScreen to be used to direct investments in EJ areas (Cap and Trade revenues, Strategic Growth Council grants) • US EPA Region 9 designated the SJV as a priority area for public participation, funding and enforcement • CEVA elements used in SB 375 implementation • CEVA supported case for development of EJ reporting platforms (KEEN, FERN etc.) • CalEPA Environmental Justice Working Group pilot project for joint enforcement • Health funders (TCE, TCWF) have continued to invest in CEVA across the state

  14. Contacts • Sarah Sharpe • (559)485-1416 • sarah@fresnometmin.org • www.fresnometmin.org • 530-752-3007 • crcinfo@ucdavis.edu • http://regionalchange.ucdavis.edu/ • http://mappingregionalchange.ucdavis.edu

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