Defending Environmental Progress & Pushing Forward

Thanks to the full power of our community, Liberty Hill’s partners at STAND-LA, and advocates across the state, defended years of hard-won progress and successfully urged Governor Newsom to sign bill AB 3233 into law.

This important legislation affirms the right of local governments to protect their residents from harmful oil and gas pollution and holds Big Oil accountable for its actions. And on the federal funding side, EJ Ready cohort member and partner Active SGV has begun to reap the benefits of the EJ Ready program that is moving federal dollars into local communities in support of environmental justice.

They recently received a $20 million grant from the Community-Driven Investments for Change initiative to support and implement large-scale projects aimed at addressing environmental and climate justice challenges locally.