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RESOLUTION NO. 97-C123
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA,
CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING SENATE BILL 1113, ADDRESSING KEY
ISSUES INVOLVING ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
WHEREAS, in May of 1995, United States President William Jefferson Clinton released
Executive Order 12898 which required all federal agencies to address issues of environmental
justice, thereby recognizing that people of all races, cultures and income implementation and
enforcement of our nation's environmental laws, regulations and policies, and that already
marginalized minority and low-income communities should not be allowed to suffer
disproportionately in the design, development and establishment of projects that may have
potentially hazardous impacts on local environments, and
WHEREAS, the State of California can move forward in addressing matters of
environmental justice by adopting guidelines to assist lead agencies with environmental justice
issues, developing scientifically valid standards to measure cumulative risks to populations
exposed to environmental dangers, establishing a geographic informational database to provide
easy access to local communities, and creating partnerships with community organizations and
other interested parties in order to better address environmental justice issues, and
WHEREAS, critical issues involving the identification and mitigation of disproportionate
adverse environmental effects of projects on minority and low income communities has been
carefully and thoughtfully addressed by Senate Bill 1113, whose principal author is Senator Hilda
L. Solis.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the City Council of the City of Azusa hereby
expresses its firm support of Senate Bill 1113, and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City of Azusa seeks to encourage of the State Office
of Planning and Research to carefully consider adopting guidelines for identifying and mitigating
the disproportionate adverse environmental effects of projects on minority and low income
communities as has been advocated in Senate Bill 1113, and be it
FATHER RESOLVED, that the City clerk of the City of Azusa be instructed to transmit
a copy of this resolution to the Governor of the State of California, the State Office of Planning
and Research, State Senator Hilda L. Solis, Assembly Speaker Cruz Bustamante, and
Assemblywoman Carole Migden.
AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of September 1997.
MAYOR
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 97-C123, was duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Azusa, at a regular meeting thereof, held on the 2nd day of
September, 1997, by the following vote of the Council.
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ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
C Y CLE
HARDISON, STANFORD, ROCHA, BEEBE,
MADRID
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