Environmental Justice Workgroup 2026

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Join the Environmental Justice Workgroup

Are you passionate about access to clean air, healthy food, green jobs, and safe outdoor spaces for all? Do you enjoy collaborating with people who care about making a difference in their community? This opportunity may be for you!

This advisory group advances regional climate priorities and community-driven solutions for local governments. The workgroup is led by the County's Office of Sustainability and Environmental Justice. In addition to being a part of an inspired group of changemakers, members receive $150 per meeting for their time and for sharing their perspectives.

Apply to Be a Member

Click "Member Application". Applications are due August 31, 2026.

Members are selected through an application process. The County values lived experience, community knowledge, volunteer work, cultural knowledge, and grassroots leadership alongside professional experience. Applicants do not need formal education, technical expertise, or government experience to be considered. We encourage applications from individuals representing historically underserved, disproportionately impacted, and underrepresented communities.

Language interpretation and translation services are available. Applicants can request help for reading, writing, or navigating technology. Oral responses to the application are accepted if needed.

Information Session Registration

Please RSVP here. Learn more about the workgroup or request application assistance at virtual information sessions on July 21 and August 11, 2026 from 4:30-5:30pm.

Workgroup Members Shape Meaningful Change

The workgroup informs regional government climate initiatives offering a diversity of perspectives. The desired outcome is for communities systemically impacted by environmental injustices to have shared power in advancing sustainability efforts directly affecting their lives. The workgroup believes "environmental justice and climate justice are achieved when transformative, collaborative actions are taken to adapt to climate change and address structural and systemic inequities—while upholding Tribal equity and values—so all people and nature can live harmoniously in healthy, safe, prosperous, and inclusive communities."

Contact osej@sdcounty.ca.gov for more information.


Environmental Justice Workgroup Members and Presenters - September 2025 Meeting

Join the Environmental Justice Workgroup

Are you passionate about access to clean air, healthy food, green jobs, and safe outdoor spaces for all? Do you enjoy collaborating with people who care about making a difference in their community? This opportunity may be for you!

This advisory group advances regional climate priorities and community-driven solutions for local governments. The workgroup is led by the County's Office of Sustainability and Environmental Justice. In addition to being a part of an inspired group of changemakers, members receive $150 per meeting for their time and for sharing their perspectives.

Apply to Be a Member

Click "Member Application". Applications are due August 31, 2026.

Members are selected through an application process. The County values lived experience, community knowledge, volunteer work, cultural knowledge, and grassroots leadership alongside professional experience. Applicants do not need formal education, technical expertise, or government experience to be considered. We encourage applications from individuals representing historically underserved, disproportionately impacted, and underrepresented communities.

Language interpretation and translation services are available. Applicants can request help for reading, writing, or navigating technology. Oral responses to the application are accepted if needed.

Information Session Registration

Please RSVP here. Learn more about the workgroup or request application assistance at virtual information sessions on July 21 and August 11, 2026 from 4:30-5:30pm.

Workgroup Members Shape Meaningful Change

The workgroup informs regional government climate initiatives offering a diversity of perspectives. The desired outcome is for communities systemically impacted by environmental injustices to have shared power in advancing sustainability efforts directly affecting their lives. The workgroup believes "environmental justice and climate justice are achieved when transformative, collaborative actions are taken to adapt to climate change and address structural and systemic inequities—while upholding Tribal equity and values—so all people and nature can live harmoniously in healthy, safe, prosperous, and inclusive communities."

Contact osej@sdcounty.ca.gov for more information.


Environmental Justice Workgroup Members and Presenters - September 2025 Meeting

  • Member Application

    The County is committed to making the region a healthy place to live, work, and play…a place where the planet and people thrive. Many shared climate priorities that affect our lives. We work alongside communities for social equity and ecological harmony for people and the planet. 

    Participatory Benefits
    • Influence government climate and equity initiatives.

    • Be a part of a diverse group shaping meaningful change, and learn from other perspectives.

    • Get involved with your community and meet people. 

    • Participants receive $150/meeting.  

    • Resources available to support participation. 

    • Professional development opportunities may be available.

    Desired Qualities of Members 

    Members must live in San Diego County or on Tribal lands within the region. Members need to meet at least one of the following criteria to support a diversity of perspectives and experiences in the group: 

    • Residents with lived or learned experience of environmental injustices  

    • Local Tribal members 

    • Youth between the ages of 16-24 

    • Leaders from community-based or Tribal organizations working in health, social, economic, or environmental fields that focus on equity  

    • Academics or researchers with expertise in addressing the underlying causes of health, social, economic, or environmental disparities in communities impacted by unjust systems 

    • Other self-identified characteristics will be considered to strengthen diverse representation particularly for groups often marginalized or under-represented in public participation processes (i.e., people who identify as BIPOC, LGBTQ+, youth, immigrants and refugees, unhoused, low-income, or live in an unincorporated or rural area) 

    The County values lived experience, community knowledge, volunteer work, cultural knowledge, and grassroots leadership alongside professional experience. Applicants do not need formal education, technical expertise, or government experience to be considered. We encourage applications from individuals representing historically under-served, disproportionately impacted, and underrepresented communities.

    Expectations of Members 
    • Serve a two- or three-year term  

    • Take part in an orientation and attend up to ten meetings each year 

    • Contribute perspectives on relevant topics 

    • Gather input and share information from community networks 

    • Participate in workgroup evaluations

    • Collaborate with others to foster inclusivity and belonging 


    How do you apply?  

    Applications are due by Monday, August 31, 2026 at 5:00pm. Please submit the application on this page or to osej@sdcounty.ca.gov.  Application help is available for reading, writing, translating, or navigating technology. You can orally respond to the application if needed. Contact osej@sdcounty.ca.gov at least five business days before the application due date for these supports. The application is estimated to take 30-45 minutes to complete. It must be completed at one time because responses cannot be saved. 

    There are four parts to this application: 

    A. Contact Information 

    B. Questions  

    C. Demographic Information (optional)

    D. Commitment Statement 

    Apply now
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