Assess the feasibility of establishing a brownfields program and identify innovative funding mechanisms to support the remediation and reuse of brownfields for community-serving purposes, such as affordable housing, parks, and community gardens, through close collaboration with community-based organizations (CBOs) in impacted communities.
Support the application of bioremediation methods, such as the use of plants, fungi, and microbes, as an innovative approach to brownfield remediation.
Establish a collaborative regional approach to develop and implement a coastal resilience and adaptation program that uses sea level rise projections and environmental justice principles to protect public health and safety and coastal habitats and economies.
In alignment with the County Water Plan, advocate for a collaborative approach to partnering with the region's various groundwater managers to sustainably manage regional groundwater basins and develop a regional stormwater-aquifer model to improve groundwater recharge.
Implement priority actions from the Room to Grow: the Los Angeles County Community Forest Management Plan (CFMP).
Complete an assessment identifying early opportunities for depaving projects in multiple high tree canopy need communities, including on public and private property and at schools.
Support the preservation of agricultural and working lands by limiting their conversion, particularly in high fire and flood hazard areas, and identifying opportunities for incentivizing agricultural uses.
Evaluate and implement opportunities to protect, preserve, and restore floodplains, streams, and wetlands to maximize ecosystem services.
Explore the creation of managed vegetated land buffers in high fire hazard and flood risk areas to protect communities and increase access to open spaces that can also provide recreational, local food, and other community benefits.
Pursue strategies to protect biodiversity from human activity impacts, such as conducting wildlife connectivity analyses and land conversion assessments.
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