SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 2 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:
OAKLAND- California Attorney General Rob Bonta celebrated Governor Gavin Newsom signingAssembly Bill (AB) 1457into law. The new law, authored by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) and sponsored by Attorney General Bonta and the Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment (CRPE), amends Senate Bill (SB) 1000 (Leyva, 2016) to set a compliance deadline for local governments with disadvantaged communities in their planning areas to address environmental justice in their general plans and promote transparency and community engagement in the process. With this new law, Attorney General Bonta is proud to uplift community voices in local plann...