Become a Member of the California Environmental Rights Alliance

Show your support by joining the California Environmental Rights Alliance.  Membership is free!  Download our membership application and send it in today.

     Membership Application (pdf, 106 kb)

Support the Cal/EPA Environmental Justice Recommendations Report

The California Environmental Protection Agency’s Advisory Committee on Environmental Justice has approved a precedent-setting recommendations report identifying a comprehensive program for achieving environmental justice in California.  On October 1, 2003, the Oakland Tribune referred to the recommendations as "perhaps the most far-reaching set of environmental justice policies in the nation, establishing guidelines that could color every California permit, regulation and program dealing with the environment and rewrite how the state assesses pollution."  The most controversial items in the report include efforts to incorporate key elements of the Precautionary Principle into Cal/EPA decision-making processes and calls for reducing cumulative environmental impacts.  (See our Environmental Policy page for copies of many of the comments submitted on the draft report.)

     Cal/EPA Advisory Committee on Environmental Justice - Final Recommendations Report (pdf, 439 kb)

We now need to work to assure the full and timely implementation of the Advisory Committee's recommendations, which are being formally considered through Cal/EPA's EJ Action Plan and EJ Strategy.  Send your comments in support of the complete and immediate adoption and implementation of the Advisory Committee's recommendations to:

     Secretary Linda Adams
     California Environmental Protection Agency
     1001 "I" Street, 25th Floor
     P.O. Box 2815
     Sacramento, CA  95812

Join the EJC E-mail Discussion Group

The California Environmental Rights Alliance hosts an e-mail discussion group for people interested in environmental justice issues in the Los Angeles area.  Go to our Environmental Justice Coalition e-mail discussion group section for more information.

Attend a Meeting

See our list of Upcoming Events for opportunities to get involved in important environmental health and justice decisions.

Advocacy Resources

See our Advocacy Resources section for tools to improve your effectiveness in fighting for a clean environment.

Donate

Your gifts make our work possible.  Please make your check payable to “Community Partners FBO CERA” and send it to:

California Environmental Rights Alliance
P.O. Box 116
El Segundo, CA 90245-0116

See our Donate section for more information about supporting our work.