By Daily Press staff
A Santa Monica based foundation concerned with environmental justice recently awarded $383,000 to 17 like-minded groups.
The groups will use the money to address issues such as truck and train exhaust, toxic fumes and waste, lead poisoning and ground and water pollution in the Los Angeles area. The organizations are also trying to develop local leadership, ensure citizen participation in environmental policymaking and raise public health awareness.
Liberty Hill Foundation’s Environmental Justice Fund grants are dedicated to improving public health in low income communities.
Organizations receiving grants included Communities for a Better Environment, California Communities Against Toxics, Union de Vecinos, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, among others.
Since 1996, the foundation — which has been based in Santa Monica for more than 25 years — has given away more than $1.6 million to environmental justice community organizations in Los Angeles.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on February 25, 2003. Read the original PDF.