Advantaging Communities: Co-Benefits and Community Engagement in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund

(2015) Advantaging Communities recommends policies to advance equitable development in environmental justice communities through the unprecedented investment potential of California's Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF). The report critiques administrative actions and guideline documents that determine how economic, environmental and public health benefits are prioritized for low-income households and proposes policies emphasizing greater baseline requirements for GGRF programs including high-road labor practices; proactive anti-displacement measures and specific methods of authentic community engagement.