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      Creating the Reparative State: An Analysis of Public Testimony on Land at the CA Reparations Task Force, June 1, 2021-June 30, 2023, and CA Reparations Report Recommendations on Land, Property Investment and Land Use Policies

      The California Reparations Task Force, established in 2020 under Assembly Bill 3121, examined the historical and present-day impacts of slavery and racial discrimination on African Americans in California, making recommendations for remedies and educating the public.

      November 4, 2024

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      University of California at Davis – On and Of Land: Statewide Tribal and Native Views on Land Access, Land Returns and Emerging Land Use Policies Expressed During the CA Truth and Healing Council, December 2020 – November 2023

      Following California Governor Gavin Newsom's 2019 apology for genocide and historical injustices against Native populations, the State established the California Truth and Healing Council (THC) to create a holistic understanding of the historical relationship between California Native Americans and the State and make recommendations aimed at reparation and restoration.

      November 4, 2024

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    • Environment and Climate
      Analysis of Tribal Consultation Under California SB 18 and AB 52

      This report by the Environmental Law Institute evaluates the implementation of California’s SB 18 and AB 52, which require consultation with Native American Tribes for local planning and environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act.

      September 1, 2024

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    • Turning research into action
      Investing in Community Power: Insights from a Decade of California Climate Investments

      California has long been a leader in launching groundbreaking initiatives to combat the climate crisis. But the climate crisis is also a crisis of inequity, hitting communities of color and low-income communities first and worst and exacerbating health and wealth inequities.

      July 3, 2024

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      A Call to Invest in Community Power: Lessons from 10 Years of California Climate Investments for the State and the Nation

      As state and federal policymakers work to address climate change through climate investments that reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and build resilience—for instance, clean transportation, solar panels, urban greening, transit-oriented housing development—it is critical that investments are geared to support the communities that have been historically marginalized and left behind.

      February 16, 2024

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    • Turning research into action
      California Laws to Protect Tribal Cultural Resources: Are They Working?

      California has enacted laws specifically intended to protect Tribal cultural resources and Tribal traditional cultural sites. But are these laws working?

      December 15, 2023

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    • Income and Wealth
      Defining Land Justice in Rural California: How Equity Policy Can Improve State Land Investments

      This project will analyze public input from two statewide reparations processes for Black and Native Californians and create additional participatory research to define reparations with Black, Native, Asian, and Latinx owners of land-based businesses, advocates, and California State staff, engaging them in analyzing climate and agricultural programs for racial disparities.

      June 1, 2023

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    • Environment and Climate
      Advancing Racial Equity Through Climate Policy: Environmental, Economic and Health Equity Outcomes and Implications of CA's Climate Investment Program

      Senate Bill 535 and Assembly Bill 1550, combined, require the state to dedicate a minimum of 35 percent of revenues raised through Cap-and-Trade to communities that are environmentally overburdened and socially vulnerable. This was an explicit effort to promote health, economic, and racial equity in California's climate policy strategy. This project will research and evaluate the implementation of the $12.6 billion California Climate Investment program (SB 535 and AB 1550) in creating solutions that promote health, economic, and racial equity in environmentally disadvantaged communities.

      September 1, 2021

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    • Environment and Climate
      Advancing Tribal Health and Wellness through Meaningful Government-to-Government Consultation in State and Local Environmental Decision-making

      This study will examine the extent to which health and wellness outcomes for tribal citizens are tied to state policies requiring state and local agencies to engage in government-to-government consultation with tribes when carrying out environmental decision-making activities impacting tribal cultural resources.

      September 1, 2021

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