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Planning Department presents Environmental Justice Framework and local EJ communities map
Summary
Planning Department staff presented a proposed Environmental Justice Framework to be incorporated into San Francisco—s General Plan and a refined EJ communities map (based on CalEnviroScreen plus local data). The framework will go to the Planning Commission March 2 and to the Board of Supervisors this spring for adoption.
Lisa Chen and Danielle Goh of the Planning Department presented the proposed Environmental Justice (EJ) Framework to the San Francisco Commission on the Environment on Feb. 7, describing it as the city—s first citywide policy to guide environmental justice work across agencies.
The presentation said the framework is structured to meet SB 1000, a 2016 state law that requires municipalities to analyze and plan for disadvantaged communities. The department used CalEnviroScreen as a starting point and added local layers—household income, DPH air-pollution data and DPH vulnerability…
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