“CBE Action communities have the power to create and influence new legislation. They are leading the way in advancing new laws benefiting all of California.”
CBE Action, a fiscally sponsored project of Tides Advocacy, organizes voters across the state to build relationships with decision-makers who represent their interests at every level of governance. CBE Action is committed to ensuring that each person is empowered through political education, leadership and organizing activities in support of social and environmental justice local and statewide policy.
Provide frontline communities with the tools, skills, and resources to take charge of their own environmental health and push for electoral and statewide policies to put the brakes on climate change. As we build a future that prioritizes environmental sustainability it must include building the political power of California’s frontline communities and championing decision-makers sharing in the same values and core principles of environmental justice.
Extend to the regional and statewide level – right into the capitol building in Sacramento. CBE Action is rooted in the 4 communities where we organize local residents: Richmond, East Oakland, Wilmington (Los Angeles) and Huntington Park.
CBE Action is engaging California’s communities of color and low-income communities living on the frontlines of climate change to participate in political organizing, lobbying, and civic engagement. Together, we will build the new clean, green, healthy, sustainable and economically viable environments that communities deserve.
2021 Priority Bills
As an alliance member of CEJA Action we support the 2021 Environmental Justice Legislative Agenda.
Here are two bills that we are actively supporting this year:
SB 467 (Weiner, Limon) ending neighborhood oil drilling in overburdened communities by prohibiting all new or renewed permits for oil and gas extraction within 2,500 feet of homes, school, healthcare facilities, dormitories or prisons.
SB 342 (Gonzalez) addition of two environmental justice representative to the South Coast Air Quality Management District board membership and requires that those new members reside in and work directly with environmental justice communities.
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Community Leading the Way
Community Member Angie Tam speaking at CBE event in East Oakland. Photo by: Shela Bezalel
“In East Oakland, projects like Coliseum City are happening in my backyard. CBE Action is just what our community needs so more residents can engage our City officials to prioritize land use projects benefiting people, our families and our health- not unfair industry profits. ” – Angie Tam, CBE Action Community Member
Bahram with our summer Research Intern, Mauro, a former Youth for Environmental Justice member.
“All candidates and elected officials need to feel the strong presence of communities. We are working tirelessly to provide community members with the necessary tools for becoming effective environmental justice advocates.” -Bahram Fazeli, Director of Research & Policy