Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>The Environmental Justice Screen considers community input and data sets available to help identify communities most impacted and negatively affected by environmental burdens and associated health risks - collectively referred to as Environmental Justice Communities. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The Planning Department conducted an initial Environmental Justice Screen to inform the identification of Environmental Justice Communities. The Environmental Justice Screen builds on community input received across past efforts to include local data sets and priorities while also meeting state requirements. Feedback collected during outreach and engagement has served to expand upon findings from the data analyzed. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>The screen is made up of the following components:</SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN>CEST 1.0 + Climate Change & Resiliency + Food Apartheid Outcomes + Cal Enviro Screen + Census Tract 34.01 </SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>AND</SPAN></SPAN></P><P STYLE="margin:0 0 11 0;"><SPAN><SPAN>Within City of San Diego Municipal boundaries (tracts straddling this border included) </SPAN></SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P><P><SPAN>To reflect input from community members and better capture areas impacted by compounded health risks, census tract #34.01 is included in the Environmental Justice Communities Map. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">Attributes of census tract #34.01: </SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">CalEnviroScreen</SPAN><SPAN> </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Top 30% most affected by several sources of pollution and where people are especially vulnerable to pollution effects. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">Food Apartheid </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>While SNAP Usage is high on this census tract, obesity and diabetes in adults were found to be moderate, which excluded the census tract from the initial EJ Screen. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">SNAP Usage </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>10.6%-17.5% of households receive SNAP or public assistance income. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">Obesity in Adults</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>24.4%-27.8% of adults are obese by crude prevalence. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">Diabetes in Adults</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>9.4%-10.8% of adults are diabetic by crude prevalence. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">Climate and Resilience </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Energy Cost Burden is high while tree coverage is moderate, which is why it was excluded from the original EJ Screen. However, while this area has open space, it is hard to access, and freeways as well as collector streets traverse the area, which are not very pedestrian-friendly. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">Cost Energy Burden </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Energy cost burden is ranked High</SPAN></P><P><SPAN STYLE="text-decoration:underline;">Tree Canopy</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Tree canopy cover (2014) is categorized as moderate</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Service Item Id: 50984cacf81046d3911a08c1805d5dd2
Copyright Text: City Planning Department City of San Diego, Obesity and Diabetes - PLACES, Local Data for Better Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2020, SanGIS/SANDAG GIS Data Warehouse, 2021, SNAP - American Community Survey, 2015-2019, US Census; SanGIS/SANDAG GIS Data Warehouse, 2021, Tree Canopy and Energy Cost Burden - City of San Diego Climate Equity Index (CEI), 2021; SanGIS/SANDAG GIS Data Warehouse, 2021, Spring 2021 San Diego Urban Development NASA DEVELOP Team, Climate and Economic Justice Screening Tool (CEJST) Version 1.0, US Census Bureau 2022