California EJ Groups Criticize Firing Of DTSC Official, New Oversight Board

California environmental justice (EJ) groups are ramping up criticism of the state toxics department over the recent firing of a top EJ-focused executive appointed last year to the department by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), as well as a new oversight board for the agency that some observers say is off to a slow start and may be weaker than envisioned by legislators who created it. “It was outrageous,” says one EJ organization representative about the administration’s firing earlier this month...