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The State of California, the Environmental Protection Agency, and
many State agencies are violating both State of California civil
rights laws including the Unruh Civil Rights Act prohibition
against arbitrary discrimination based on considerations of
geographic location, race, color, national origin, ancestry and
income as well as the requirements of the California Fair
Employment and Housing Act and their obligatios for compliance with
Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Civil
Rights Restoration Act of 1987.  The violations also extend to
denial of equal protection of the laws of both the State and the
United States.  The State of California has blatantly ignored its
obligations to ensure nondiscrimination in the previous and the
proposed allocation of investments targeting benefits primarily to
benefit to low-income minority communities of color in violation of
the California Constitution that prohibits preferential treatment
based on race in State contracting and employment, and has been
allowing contractors and recipients of State and Federal funds to
discriminate in their employment practices.  The State laws
referenced are unconstitutional and should be overturned by our
courts, and the State of California should be required to
compensate those 75% of California census tract residents that are
being denied important civil and constitutional rights.  The
actions of the State of California and EPA are inconsistent with
the codified definition of environmental justice and are not fair
to all races, cultures and incomes and unfairly target benefits to
benefit low-income minority communities in 2000 census tracts while
redlining and excluding millions of Californians in 6000 census
tracts.  This promotes environmental racism, not environmental
justice.