Measuring What Matters: The Issues

Community residents identified 11 key issues affecting the economic and environmental health of their neighborhoods. The following chapters provide a background of the issue, the results of the project's research on the issue, the impacts of these findings on West County, and recommendations for improving the problem.

Healthy Homes and Lead Contamination Risk

Access to Shoreline Open Space

Freight Transport and Community Health

Water Contamination in Creeks and Bays

Flaring at the Chevron Refinery

Liquor Stores and Community Health

Employment of Formerly Incarcerated Residents

Richmond's Tax Revenue from Chevron

City Park Conditions

Access to Quality Youth Programs

Streetlights and Community Safety