Disadvantaged communities: farmworker communities.
What changed between versions
Replaced the requirement for CalEPA to revise screening tools and guidance documents (in consultation with CDSD and State Department of Public Health) to ensure farmworker community inclusion in all program eligibility determinations and benefit calculations, with a set of four assessment tasks: evaluating whether designation would increase access to investment opportunities, determining data sufficiency, identifying barriers faced by low-income farmworker communities, and publishing findings publicly.
Added a new subdivision (d) requiring CalEPA and the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to develop and implement a strategy for engaging with farmworker communities on environmental, health, and socioeconomic burdens. The strategy may include outreach with community-based organizations, academic or public research institutions, and governmental entities.
Added a requirement that CalEPA determine whether public statewide data of sufficient quality and spatial granularity exists to identify areas with a significant presence of farmworker communities.
Changed the consultation partner from the Department of Community Services and Development and the State Department of Public Health to the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA).
Narrowed the scope of the agency's obligations from ensuring inclusion in 'all relevant program eligibility determinations and benefit calculations' to assessing access to 'investment opportunities related to this chapter,' which is a more limited reference.
Added a transparency requirement that CalEPA make its findings from the assessment tasks publicly available on its internet website and consider those findings when implementing the disadvantaged community identification provisions.
