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Meeting materials available at: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/fact-sheets/subcommittee-meeting-assembly-bill-617-consultation-group

Trish thank you for providing this information

John Balmes email: john.balmes@ucsf.edu

I think this is the resource Luis is speaking about https://trackingcalifornia.org/cms/file/imperial-air-project/guidebook

I really like under the Participation Agreement under Leadership and Accountability "Identifying obstacles to achieving the goal and develop solutions to overcome them." If every member agrees to this, seems like a good foundation to resolve issues or conflicts that might arise. Love the best practices point that Luis brought up.

Just a process question (and apologies if I missed this info in the beginning!) - after discussion of this first bucket today, what are the next concrete steps and timeline to update language?

We can also save this for discussion later in this meeting (so as not to interrupt the current topic). I feel a next step for CARB to take soon would be to share some options for updated and improved language in all the areas that have been discussed so far to the subcommittee. Ideally, using the comprehensive conversation and feedback communities have submitted regarding the program for the past 1+ year.

Hi, Shayda - Kurt from CARB did ask the Subcommittee if they can get to consensus on specific concepts or langauge, then CARB can start to write those items up as draft language to bring back.

Wonderful, thanks! I had to step away for a sec and missed this.

I apologize for using jargon and acronyms!!!!

Richard Grow letter: https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/sites/default/files/2020-08/CG%20Recommendation%20CRATitleVI_11135.pdf

EPA’s Environmental JusticeCollaborative Problem-Solving Model: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-06/documents/cps-manual-12-27-06.pdf

Is training on the regulatory and legislative process beneficial to communities from a points of engagement into the process perspective?

the YEHI curriculum is great

Agree with Luis in keeping training recommendations and resources as a “living document” so that people can update it as new resources are identified.

I have copies

the tracking California folks provided them

I'd be happy to distribute but it's kind of Luis's intellectual property

yes! communities should be training each other

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7084521/

Here is some information on one, of many, plain language initiatives out there. Some of these principles could be incorporated into outreach materials.https://centerforplainlanguage.org/

Training will required for anyone who is seeking participation and or funding from AB617.

Including but not limited (CARB, Air Districts, Community Organizations, Residents, Stakeholders…)

Code of conduct: CARB and Air Districts will not use their authority, experience or programs to impose their will.

1. The Blueprint needs to reflect a partnership between the ARB, the districts, and the communities and build mechanisms throughout that ensure that the process and products fully reflect this partnership. Communities need to be considered and treated as authors of the products and conveners of the process.

2. The Blueprint needs to better serve the needs of all parties for creating shared understanding and information resources using principles such as those for co-creation of knowledge that spans the expertise of the ARB, the districts, and the communities without setting any above the others. As the communities shoulder the burden to understand the way that the ARB and districts understands air pollution and health and think it should be addressed, the ARB and districts should shoulder the burden to understand the way that the communities understand air pollution and health and think it should be addressed. The process should be designed to reflect the blending of the two perspectives to create the best results and not one over the other.

3. The technical elements of the Blueprint should be scrutinized in light of the experience in the first rounds of planning to determine where the technical elements contributed to progress and where they did not. The Blueprint incorporates a lot of existing methods that were not designed nor intended to address community scale impacts. Evaluation of how well they worked and what they contributed is needed Alternative approaches that are faster, cheaper, and easier to understand should be considered. An effort should be made to design a process that can be completed in a shorter rather than longer time period (one year?) to reduce the burden on community members and delay in addressing pollution.

4. The Blueprint should be better tied to the data systems and platforms of the ARB and the districts so that community assessment and planning can be scaled up to address all impacted communities within a reasonable time frame, perhaps five to ten years. (It may be that other data systems and platforms may also be relevant here.)

I do not see where community is being protected from the racism inherent to this process. Communities without strong EJ groups BEFORE AB617 are the ones that really being discriminated against. There has to be enforcement - some kind of recourse to address violations to the Blueprint.

Luis well thought comment thank you

Where is the Sacramento Charter?

I believe this is the latest version of the Florin-Sacramento Charter.http://www.airquality.org/AB617/Documents/Steering%20Committee%20Charter_Final.pdf

I want to state that there are different stakeholders but we are not all in this together - some of us are sick and dying. Everything needs to be looked at through that lens.

There are also draft charter ammendments posted on the Florin-Sacramento webpage.http://www.airquality.org/AB617/Documents/DRAFT%20AMENDED%20CHARTER.pdf

In addition - The Florin- Sacramento CSC is working on major revisions to their charter right now.

Its Clear there are not enough dollars, But there are dollars.

I am going to try to draft something about the stuff that does not have a place in the existing plan framework. For consideration.

Thanks, Amy - that would be great!

thanks Amy

Thank you everyone! Have a great weekend

are we doing costumes?