California AG Pushed for Stronger Climate Plan in Fresno County

MARCH 29, 2022

California Attorney General Rob Bonta’s Bureau of Environmental Justice sent a letter to the County of Fresno outlining his office’s concerns regarding the city’s most recent General Plan, a long-term framework for developing the area. The Bureau found that the county knowingly proposed placing new industrial sites in two communities that already experience some of the highest pollution burden in the state. Both communities are majority Hispanic and low-income. The AG also argued in the letter that Fresno’s plans for future development in these communities likely violate housing discrimination and environmental justice laws, and fail to adopt climate adaptation resiliency strategies.