California Environmental Justice Alliance

08/22/2026

After months of anticipation, CEJA and CEJA Action’s 🎉10th Congreso 🎉brought together over 230 members from across the state to Sacramento! 🔥

Over the course of two days, we collectively:
- Met with 70+ legislative offices in support of EJ priority bills.
- Rallied against the dangerous industry-backed Prop 45 to preserve oversight over polluting infrastructure projects that threaten public health.
- Engaged in meaningful conversation with 5 regulatory agencies about the clean energy transition.
- Collaborated with 10+ philanthropic partners.
- Celebrated 7 EJ awardees who are fighting for the environmental justice movement.

A huge THANK YOU to our sponsors who made this gathering possible!

Photo Credits: Brooke Anderson, Tyler Valdes, Claudia Cuevas

08/20/2026

08/19/2026

✊🏿 ✊🏽 Act Now for EJ! ✊🏼 ✊🏻

The end of the California legislative session is upon us, and we need to finish strong! Join us in messaging state representatives to tell them to vote "yes" on bills that make our communities safer and healthier.

There are two emails to send, one to Senators and the other to Assemblymembers. Both emails also include their Legislative Directors. Help get all of the priority bills our communities chose to the Governor's desk by completing both actions now!

🔗 Links in Bio!

Action 1: bit.ly/SenCTA
Action 2: bit.ly/AsmCTA

08/11/2026

07/31/2026

*** No longer accepting applications*** See comments for more information

👀 Looking for a job with impact?👀

The California Environmental Justice Alliance is hiring an Administration and Operations Associate!

Check out the link in our bio, or go to https://bit.ly/CEJAAdminOpsAssoc to learn more about the position and apply.

To apply for the Administration and Operations Associate position, please submit your application along with your resume and cover letter to the CEJA career webpage at https://caleja.bamboohr.com/careers by the deadline on Monday, August 10, 2026. If an excessive number of qualified candidates apply, CEJA will close the Administration and Operations Associate position at a sooner date and no other applications will be accepted. Don't delay!

07/28/2026

So many of the decisions that affect our daily lives happen behind closed doors in Sacramento. Meaningful change is desperately needed, and CEJA strives to make it possible by uplifting community voices in spaces where they’re often excluded.

This year at our 10th Congreso, CEJA is bringing community members to the Capitol to connect, strategize, and share their experiences with pollution and environmental injustice. A donation in their honor helps make that possible.

To support this work, you can give on behalf of someone whose community is on the frontlines. Your gifts allow the people most impacted by environmental injustice to be the ones leading the fight. 🌿

🔗 Donate → link in bio.

07/27/2026

A win for California families.

The California Public Utilities Commission unanimously voted to strengthen protections aligned with the Affordable Energy Campaign’s demands against residential utility shutoffs during dangerous heat.
Effective immediately, utilities must suspend residential disconnections for nonpayment when forecast temperatures reach 90°F, with a transition to California's health-based CalHeatScore over the next six months.

This is an important step toward protecting families when they need electricity most. During extreme heat, access to power means access to air conditioning, refrigeration for medications, medical equipment, and other essentials that help keep people safe.

As California continues to experience hotter and more frequent heat waves, every California family has a right to keep the lights on with affordable, reliable electricity.

https://calmatters.org/environment/2026/07/california-utility-heat-shutoff-rules-cpuc

07/24/2026

✊This is a people-powered movement.

Meet Ravahn, Civic Engagement Manager at CEJA.

In this video, Ravahn shares what drives his commitment to environmental justice and why it’s so important that the communities most impacted by pollution and climate change are leading the solutions.

At CEJA, we’re working alongside communities across California to build healthier neighborhoods and hold corporate polluters accountable.

The design Ravahn is wearing can be found on the new CEJA online store, where every purchase helps support our work organizing, advocating, and building community power. 🌱

🛍️ Shop the store: bonfire.com/store/ceja/

07/18/2026

We know that the most meaningful change is led by people with lived experience. For the past 25 years, CEJA has been guided by the core belief that communities should speak for themselves.

The best way to honor that? Keep empowering our work to advocate for long-term climate solutions that are rooted in social and environmental justice. 💚

Donate $25 as a recurring gift to our 25th anniversary campaign. Every month, your dollars go straight to the organizing, advocacy, and coalition-building that California’s frontline communities depend on.

🔗 Link in bio to give. bit.ly/CEJA2026

07/16/2026

We aren't done fighting yet!

Join us for an updated action to demand that California officials pass SB 1215 (Laird) - a budget trailer bill that will fund Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (GGRF) programs!

Full context:

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) demonstrated that they don't care about Californian communities. On May 29, 2026, despite 200 commenters opposing it over the two-day hearing, the California Air Resources Board approved changes to California’s Cap-and-Invest Program that give even more massive subsidies to Big Oil and industrial polluters, and significantly reduce revenue for the programs housed under the GGRF. The GGRF is a major source of funding for transit, affordable housing, clean water, and clean air programs.

But the Legislature and the Governor have the perfect opportunity to fix this by passing SB 1216! Join us to demand that they do so and protect our communities, not give handouts to Big Oil!

bit.ly/SaveGGRF