Overview
The Los Angeles County Division of Public Well being introduced the discharge of the inaugural Workplace of Environmental Justice and Local weather Well being (OEJCH) Strategic Plan. This complete roadmap outlines a path to guard Los Angeles County residents from the dangerous results of poisonous publicity and local weather change.
Created in collaboration with group, company, and authorities companions, the Strategic Plan focuses on 5 key areas:
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Group Engagement and Partnerships
Nurture group relationships to make sure interactive communication and develop community-driven options.
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Interagency Coordination and Governmental Engagement
Domesticate collaboration between public, non-public, and group companions to develop options to environmental and local weather well being threats.
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Coverage
Monitor, inform and develop impactful environmental justice and local weather well being insurance policies.
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Knowledge
Acquire, interpret, and share accessible, actionable environmental justice and local weather well being knowledge and knowledge with companions and the general public to focus on rising points and pattern analyses to actively inform insurance policies and applications.
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Accountability and Communications
Develop and foster communications to maintain the group and companions knowledgeable of the roles, obligations, and progress of the OEJCH.
Historical past of the OEJCH
On April 5, 2022, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors handed a movement to determine the Workplace of Environmental Justice and Local weather Well being (OEJCH). The objective of OEJCH is to advance the County’s dedication to enhance public well being outcomes and scale back public well being disparities in communities overburdened by air pollution publicity and poor air high quality. The directive included the event of a strategic plan and shifted OEJCH’s focus from emergency response to prevention.
Strategic Planning Course of
To create the Strategic Plan, the Workplace of Environmental Justice and Local weather Well being in collaboration with Estolano Advisors and 5 community-based companions, hosted 9 group workshops throughout the County to ask enter to assist form the OEJCH’s priorities for the subsequent 5 years. Moreover, the next engagements had been accomplished:
- Two technique periods with OEJCH Management
- Eight interviews with DPH workers and a small group interview with the Regional Well being Officers
- Eight exterior interviews with County companions/key stakeholders
- 4 interviews with Tribal organizations
- One exterior focus group with County companions
- Two periods with an Inside Advisory Committee.
- Thirty-day public remark interval
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