State, National Briefs: Presidents Task Force Prioritizes Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children and Governors Appointment

President’s Task Force Unveils Agenda: Prioritizing Environmental Health and Safety Risks to Children in Upcoming Initiatives

NATIONAL —The president’s task force on environmental health risks and safety risks to children or task force is publishing its priority activities for the next five years.

The agenda outlines key initiatives aimed at safeguarding children’s health amidst the latest challenges.

The 2024-2028 Priority Activities document dives into four priority areas:

Lead Exposures; Climate Change; Emergencies, and Disasters; Chemical Exposures, and Asthma Disparities.

Each section details short- and long-term actions addressing data gaps; regulations and policies; communication and engagement; and interagency coordination.

The task force is the focal point for the federal government to scope, plan and act together for children’s environmental health and safety. The task force engages government departments, agencies and other federal partners who have expressed interest in participating, to coordinate federal efforts to address environmental and social stressors that threaten the health of children.

Details: http://tinyurl.com/Environmental-health-safety 

Gov. Newsom Announces Appointments
SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom Feb. 15 announced the following appointment:

Mary Leslie, of Los Angeles, has been reappointed to the California Independent System Operator Board of Governors, where she has served since 2019. Leslie has been president of the Los Angeles Business Council and Los Angeles Business Institute since 2001. She was deputy mayor of Economic Development and Intergovernmental Relations for the City of Los Angeles from 1993 to 1995 and deputy associate administrator for the Small Business Administration from 1992 to 1993. Leslie was California finance director for the Democratic Committee and Clinton for President from 1990 to 1992. She was national finance director for U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein in 1990. Leslie was executive director of the California Economic Development Commission for Lieutenant Governor Leo McCarthy from 1981 to 1989. She is a member of the University of California, Los Angeles Luskin Center for Innovation Advisory Committee and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator. Leslie earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Santa Clara University and a Master of Public Policy degree from the University of Southern California. This position requires Senate confirmation and the compensation is $40,000. She is a Democrat.