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Arsenio Mataka
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In pursuit of environmental justice.

📍California
Juana Beatriz Gutierrez

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Juana Beatriz Gutierrez
East LA political organizer dies at 93
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May 2, 2025 at 5:31 AM
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On Earth Day, join me, @arseniomataka.bsky.social, @jensaredope.bsky.social, Grecia Orozco, and Candice Youngblood to talk about California’s most pressing environmental justice issues, what the future holds, & career pathways for EJ lawyering.
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Free Webinar: Environmental Justice Lawyering Practice in California - California Lawyers Association
This panel will feature a moderated discussion among environmental justice attorneys practicing in grassroots and big green non-profit organizations and government. The panel will address the most pre...
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April 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Alvaro Sanchez plants flag pole for shared prosperity. Trickle down abundance is not going to cut it.

www.linkedin.com/posts/alvaro...
April 16, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Fixed the headline: Alabama stays course as Trump Administration retreats.

Justice Department scraps deal over Alabama county’s sewage woes - The Washington Post

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Justice Dept. scraps landmark civil rights deal over Alabama county’s sewage woes
The 2023 deal was based on findings that residents suffered inadequate access to sanitation systems, faced burdensome fines and had serious health risks ignored.
www.washingtonpost.com
April 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
No flashy announcement. Tough leader. Shrewd negotiator. Big heart.

That’s Xavier Becerra.
April 3, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Returnable bottle.
Excessive sugar warning.
Excessive calories warning.

#CALeg
March 31, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Up to $2 million in funding is available for the Clean HEET Program. Individual awards range from $3,000 - $10,500 to replace one stove/insert/fireplace and $6,000 - $13,500 to replace two stoves/inserts/fireplaces.

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Clean HEET Program
Grants for homeowners to replace wood-burning heaters with electric heat pumps
www.baaqmd.gov
March 14, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Great conversation with Catherine Coleman Flowers today with @climateone.org

Got my signed copy of Catherine’s new book Holy Ground - On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope.

Cool to civil rights/EJ work at HHS highlighted in fight for basic sanitation services.
February 26, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Screening of Burning Injustice

Tomorrow January 28 @6PM

Address: Crest Theatre, 1013 K St, Sacramento, CA 95814

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Screening of "Burning Injustice" at Crest Theatre | Clean Seas Coalition
Join the Clean Seas Coalition at the Crest Theatre on January 28 for a complimentary screening of Burning Injustice, with a panel to follow.
www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org
January 28, 2025 at 6:04 AM
👀 In a wide-ranging interview, Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s health secretary, defended his tenure and hinted that he might run for governor of California.

@sherylnyt.bsky.social

www.nytimes.com/2025/01/18/u...
Becerra, With No Regrets, Defends Vaccine Mandates and Misinformation Fight (Gift Article)
In a wide-ranging interview, Xavier Becerra, President Biden’s health secretary, defended his tenure and hinted that he might run for governor of California.
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2025 at 5:43 AM
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CARB is hiring a Chief Counsel to direct work of Legal Office staff, manage oversight of the Enforcement Division, provide legal advice, & formulate policy recommendations.

➡️ bit.ly/4a7h3J9

#CARBcareers #Hiring #JobAlert #NowHiring #GovernmentJobs #SacramentoJobs
January 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Really appreciate @jmijin.bsky.social lifting up the City of Arvin’s fight for a new oil well setback ordinance in new book “A Just Transition For All”. Truly sparked a statewide movement.
December 19, 2024 at 5:02 AM
When I was at HHS I worked with CDC to develop the Environmental Justice Index (EJI). It’s the first national, place-based tool designed to measure the cumulative impacts of environmental burden through the lens of human health and health equity.

www.atsdr.cdc.gov/place-health...
December 6, 2024 at 8:43 PM
The last trash incinerator in California closed for good today.

My community fought like hell to shut it down.

I’m here at #bluesky to follow the everlasting pursuit toward environmental justice and share stories from communities like my own.

www.modbee.com/living/healt...
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December 3, 2024 at 4:47 AM