2025 CALIFORNIA OCEAN DAY GREENLATINOS PRIORITIES

The document details the disproportionate environmental burdens faced by Latino communities in the U.S. and California, highlighting higher rates of drinking water contamination, increased vulnerability to coastal flooding, and limited access to nature. It advocates for specific legislative bills to address offshore drilling, plastic pollution, and sea-level rise, while noting strong Latino support for ocean protection and public beach access.

• Latino communities face significant disparities in drinking water quality, with water systems in counties that are 25% or more Latino violating contamination rules at twice the rate of other U.S. counties. Additionally, Latinos experience higher rates of arsenic exposure in drinking water than any other racial or ethnic group, regardless of socioeconomic factors.
• Latino populations are disproportionately affected by climate-driven disasters; they are 47% more likely to live in high-impact coastal flooding areas, and 56% of U.S. Latinos live in areas that experienced an extreme weather event in the last year. Furthermore, approximately 25% of U.S. Latinos live in counties with a 2023 federal disaster declaration for flooding.
• There is a strong cultural and political connection between Latinos and the ocean, with 91% agreeing that clean oceans are essential to quality of life and economy, and 80% stating they would be more likely to vote for candidates supporting stronger ocean protection policies.
• Latino communities experience systemic barriers to accessing the outdoors, with 67% living in "nature deprived" areas. While 76% believe all beaches should be open to the public, 47% report that visiting the beach is too expensive for the average person.
• Plastic pollution is a major concern for the Latino community, with 86% viewing it as a health hazard and 80% supporting a ban on single-use plastics. In the Western United States, 71% of Latino voters consider microplastics to be a very serious or extremely serious concern.

APA

GreenLatinos (2025). 2025 CALIFORNIA OCEAN DAY GREENLATINOS PRIORITIES. https://www.greenlatinos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-CA-Ocean-Fact-Sheets-FINALweb.pdf

Chicago

GreenLatinos. 2025 CALIFORNIA OCEAN DAY GREENLATINOS PRIORITIES. 2025. https://www.greenlatinos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-CA-Ocean-Fact-Sheets-FINALweb.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{greenlatinos20252025, author = {{GreenLatinos}}, title = {{2025 CALIFORNIA OCEAN DAY GREENLATINOS PRIORITIES}}, institution = {GreenLatinos}, year = {2025}, url = {https://www.greenlatinos.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/2025-CA-Ocean-Fact-Sheets-FINALweb.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }