Environmental Justice Advisory Group

The AQMD Governing Board established an Ethnic Community Advisory Council on September 7, 1990 to serve as an advisory body to the Governing Board with specialized expertise on the impact of air quality issues on the ethnic communities in the South Coast Air Basin. The Administrative Committee recommended in 2008 that this group be restructured into an Environmental Justice Advisory Group (EJAG), with a focus on air quality and environmental justice issues in the area served by AQMD.

Mission

The mission of the EJAG is to advise and assist AQMD in protecting and improving public health in AQMD’s most impacted communities through the reduction and prevention of air pollution.

Goals

The goals of the EJAG are to:

1. Advise AQMD on issues related to environmental justice;
2. Create and sustain a positive and productive relationship between AQMD and community members;
3. Better inform AQMD about environmental justice issues; and
4. Assure that AQMD makes meaningful and continuous progress toward the achievement of environmental justice through its decisions and activities.

Membership

AQMD shall ensure that the EJAG include an ethnically and geographically diverse membership, consisting of up to 20 members, with at least two members from each county and representatives from the most highly impacted communities within AQMD’s jurisdiction. Members will serve staggered four-year terms.  Upon recommendation by the EJAG Chair, appointments will be made by the Chairman of the Board with consideration for Board Member input, and following review by the Administrative Committee.  The same process, as above, applies for reappointments to fill any vacancy. Advisory Group Members to be announced.

Calendar
(No meeting dates currently scheduled)

Advisory Group Contact Person:   
Dr. Pom Pom Ganguli, (909) 396-3185.

Background: 
Blue Ribbon Panel Regarding Operations of Board Advisory Groups

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