Comment-20327-Juan Gonzalez
Comment by
Juan Gonzalez
Received on
April 11, 2021
Comment
I am appreciative that OEHHA is updating the datasources from which the CalEnviroScreen indicators are based, including the new (and critical) lead in housing indicator. However, OEHHA should caution CalEnviroScreen users that the ‘poverty,’ ‘unemployment,’ and ‘housing-burdened low-income households’ indicators might not be reflective of more contemporary socioeconomic situations. The COVID pandemic and its economic impacts have dramatically and rapidly altered the face of these indicators in particular, so data from years before this public health crisis might misalign contemporary realities.