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DIVISION 26. AIR RESOURCES 39000-44474›PART 2. STATE AIR RESOURCES BOARD 39500-39944›CHAPTER 4.1. Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund Investment Plan and Communities Revitalization Act 39710-39723

§ 39711

California Health and Safety Code · 2018-11 edition · updated 2026-10-04 · California

(a) The California Environmental Protection Agency shall identify disadvantaged communities for investment opportunities related to this chapter. These communities shall be identified based on geographic, socioeconomic, public health, and environmental hazard criteria, and may include, but are not limited to, either of the following:

(1) Areas disproportionately affected by environmental pollution and other hazards that can lead to negative public health effects, exposure, or environmental degradation.

(2) Areas with concentrations of people that are of low income, high unemployment, low levels of homeownership, high rent burden, sensitive populations, or low levels of educational attainment.

(b) The California Environmental Protection Agency shall hold at least one public workshop prior to the identification of disadvantaged communities pursuant to this section.

(c) Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of the Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to the identification of disadvantaged communities pursuant to this section.

(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 36, Sec. 5. (SB 862) Effective June 20, 2014.)

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