7. Out of Your Car and Onto the Metro – Can First/Last Mile Help?

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  The BOS should adopt the framework described within the document Environmental Oversight and Monitoring: Building Capacity to Address Environmental Health Threats proposed by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) in December 2016.
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  The CEO should adequately fund the needed improvements to County preparedness, response and recovery efforts outlined in the DPH proposed environmental oversight and monitoring program titled Building Capacity to Address Environmental Health Threats.
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  The County of Los Angeles Department of Regional Planning in collaboration with DPH should revise land-use plans and zoning code as necessary to implement environmental health prevention measures.
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  The CEO in collaboration with DPH should review and propose revision of the regulatory authority for the DPH with regard to business licensing and building and safety permitting related to industries or projects handling toxin elements.
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  The BOS should implement a system that provides measured pollution data, accesses, records, creates warning alarms, and reports the levels of environmental pollution throughout the County in real time.
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  The DPH should conduct a regular occurring forum of County, State, and Federal environmental oversight agencies and other interested parties to include Community-Based Organizations.
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  The DPH should create an Environmental Pollution Ombudsman function. This Ombudsman function would provide a single point of contact between any person believing they are experiencing an environmental pollution event and a County entity able to take immediate, informed action to document and investigate the facts of the event and resolve it.
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  The DPH should establish the scripting to enable “211 LA County” call center representatives to make referrals to the appropriate group within DPH.
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  The DPH should implement a case management system to track case incident reports of suspected hazardous environmental air, ground or water conditions and make the system visible to the public.
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  The CEO should assign a County office with the responsibility to prepare and conduct grant writing training to CBO’s focused on environmental justice. Training should enable CBO’s to solicit grants from local, State, or Federal programs for their local environmental pollution research projects. 2016-2017 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT 73
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  The BOS should annually conduct an environmental justice grant competition for each of the supervisors’ district open to community based organizations.
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  The BOS should select a zero emission design for the I-710 Corridor Project as the best option to protect people from pollution who live and work in proximity of the I-710 corridor and set a new standard for similar future development. VI REQUEST FOR RESPONSE California Penal Code Sections 933(c) and 933.05 require a written response to all recommendations contained in this report. Such responses shall be made no later than ninety (90) days after the CG\ publishes its report (files it with the Clerk of the Court). Responses shall be made in accord with Penal Code Sections 933.05 (a) and (b). All responses to the recommendations of the 2016-2017 Civil Grand Jury must be submitted on or before September 30, 2017, to: . Presiding Judge Los Angeles County Superior Court Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center 210 West Temple Street Eleventh Floor-Room 11-506 Los Angeles, CA 90012 Responses are required from: Responding Agency Recommendations Findings County of Los Angeles Board of 6.1, 6.5, 6.11, 6.12 6.1, 6.3, 6.8, 6.9 Supervisors Los Angeles County Chief 6.2, 6.4, 6.10 6.1, 6.2, 6.5, 6.8 Executive Office Los Angeles County Department 6.6, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9 6.5, 6.7, of Public Health Los Angeles County Department 6.3 6.2 of Regional Planning 74 2016-2017 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT VII ACRONYMS Basin South Coast Air Basin BOS Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors CBO Community Based Organization CE Cumulative Effect CEO Chief Executive Office CGJ 2016-2017 Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury DOGGER State Department Oil, Gas and Geothermal Energy Resources DPH Los Angeles County Department of Public Health DTSC State Department of Toxic Substance Control EIR Environmental Impact Report EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency HC Hexavalent Chromium PPM Parts Per Million TFD Torrance Fire Department USC University of Southern California VIII COMMITTEEE MEMBERS Henry C. Guerrero Chair Douglas Benedict Thomas Kearney Sharon Muravez 2016-2017 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT 75