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SAN LEANDRO GENERAL PLAN <br />ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE <br />EJ-2 <br />The goals, policies, and actions of this Environmental Justice Element are <br />organized along the six topic areas identified above. Policies and actions <br />specific to Environmental Justice Communities are identified within all six <br />topic areas. The Environmental Justice Element also summarizes the <br />environmental justice context within San Leandro by providing an <br />overview of existing conditions for Environmental Justice Communities <br />in the city across the six topic areas. <br />ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE COMMUNITIES <br />Designating “Environmental Justice <br />Communities” <br />Disadvantaged Communities—herein referred to as “Environmental <br />Justice Communities” — are areas identified by the California <br />Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) that are disproportionately <br />affected by a combination of economic, health, and environmental <br />burdens, including poverty, high unemployment, environmental <br />pollution and other hazards that can lead to negative health effects such <br />as asthma or cardiovascular disease. <br />The CalEPA identifies these communities throughout California using the <br />CalEnviroScreen tool. Overall CalEnviroScreen scores are calculated from <br />scores for Pollution Burden and Population Characteristics. The Pollution <br />Burden score is a composite of 13 environmental indicators. The <br />Population Characteristics score is a composite of eight physiological <br />traits, health status, or community characteristics that can result in <br />increased vulnerability to pollution. CalEnviroScreen also ranks census <br />tracts based on 21 distinct pollution and population indicators1. Census <br />tracts are ranked by their pollution burden and population vulnerabilities <br />relative to all state census tracts. The higher the percentile, the more <br />impacted a community is by pollution burdens and population <br />vulnerabilities. <br />Designated Environmental Justice Communities are those communities <br />that scored within the highest 25 percent of census tracts across California <br />(CalEnviroScreen percentile scores of 75 or higher). Of the 18 census tracts <br /> <br />1 California Environmental Protection Agency (2022). CalEnviroScreen <br />4.0. Available at: https://oehha.ca.gov/calenviroscreen/report/calenviroscreen-40