AB 1778 – Assembly Floor
Stopping Freeway Expansions in Environmental Justice Communities
Historically, freeways have been purposefully built through communities of color, fracturing and displacing many Black and Brown communities and leading to people of color in the United States being more likely to be exposed to high levels of particulate air pollution (PM2.5), which is mainly caused by car and truck emissions along highways and freeways. AB 1778 would have prohibited the state from funding or permitting freeway expansions or widening in environmental justice communities that are affected by car and truck emissions and in areas with a high poverty rates.
Bill info from the legislature
Issues: Land Use and Transportation
Not signed into Law
Status:
Passed the Assembly, but failed to pass the Senate
Assembly:
Yes
41 No
25 Abstain
12
Senate:
N/A
Governor:
N/A