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ZOA No. 2024-02 & AA No. 2024-03 (Transit Zoning Code Amendments) <br />February 24, 2025 <br />Page 4 <br />3 <br />3 <br />6 <br />7 <br />Comprehensive data analysis and mapping tools generated by the Office of <br />Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) and California Environmental <br />Protection Agency (CalEPA), the Center for Diseases Control/Agency for Toxic <br />Substances and Disease Registry (CDC/ATSDR), the United States Environmental <br />Protection Agency (EPA), and California Healthy Places Index (HPI) reveal concerning <br />information regarding environmental conditions impacting residents in the Logan and <br />Lacy neighborhoods. Recent CalEnviroScreen 4.0 data confirms that these <br />neighborhoods rank at 90 percent or above among California’s most pollution-burdened <br />communities, with Environmental Justice (EJ) maps showing higher exposure to <br />Particulate Matter (PM) 2.5, Air Toxics Cancer Risk, Hazardous Waste Proximity, Diesel <br />Particulate Matter, and Toxic Releases to Air. This information is included as Exhibit 4 to <br />this staff report. These multiple sources of environmental exposure and pollution burden <br />communities of color, including the Logan and Lacy neighborhoods, present an alarming <br />set of challenges that affect residents’ quality of life and life expectancy with continued <br />heavy industrial uses nearby. <br />Senate Bill (SB) 1000 went into effect in 2016, requiring local governments to address <br />pollution and other hazards that disproportionately impact low-income and communities <br />of color within their jurisdiction to proactively plan for and address environmental concerns <br />when developing and updating components of the General Plan. The City and community <br />worked to ensure that the new General Plan included SB 1000 requirements of <br />addressing EJ through facilitating transparency and public engagement in the planning <br />and decision-making processes, reducing harmful pollutants and the associated health <br />risks in disadvantaged communities, and promoting equitable access to health-inducing <br />benefits such as healthy housing options. Of note, the City’s new General Plan mixed- <br />use land use designations in the TZC area were largely left intact, including those in the <br />Lacy and Logan neighborhoods, when the General Plan Update was adopted in 2022. <br />Environmental Justice/Disadvantaged Communities (DACs) Profile: Logan and Lacy <br />Neighborhood Impacts <br />For the Logan and Lacy neighborhoods, incompatible land uses allowed from past zoning <br />decisions, including the industrial overlay zones, have perpetuated the practices of <br />locating industrial uses or other noxious and unwanted uses near communities of color. <br />The Logan and Lacy neighborhoods have a population of 5,907 within 1,564 households, <br />a median household income of $56,864, average household size of nearly four persons, <br />median age 27 years, and per-capita income of $23,495. Seventy-four percent are renter- <br />occupied units based on demographic forecasts for 2023. Nearly 25 percent of the <br />population is under 14 years of age and 14 percent are 55 years of age and older. Nearly <br />three percent of the population attended up to 12th grade with no diploma, over 31 percent <br />