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California Right to Know Collection
MSS.2022.10
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Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: California Right to Know Collection
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2022.10
Physical Description:
8.75 Linear Feet
7 cartons
Date (inclusive): 1978-1991
Language of Material:
English
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The collection contains written and printed materials related to the right to know about the presence of, and exposure to,
hazardous and toxic materials in California. The bulk period covered in California history are the years 1978 to 1982. These
materials include efforts initiated by Tom Hayden and the Campaign for Economic Democracy's Stop Environmental Cancer Project
to increase public awareness about exposures to hazardous and toxic materials in the workplace and in the community. Key
participants include Paul Blanc, Allegra Hamman, Linda Rudolph and Ruth Heifitz. Governor Edmund G. Brown's efforts to develop
information on use, storage and disposal of hazardous materials in the workplace and in the community through a model ordinance
community right to know. This effort grew into a larger effort to give local governments planning and land use policy tools
regarding emergency response and safe storage of hazardous materials. Key participants include Kenneth Finney in the Governor's
Office, and Dede Hapner and Diane Takvorian in San Diego. Also includes information on efforts elsewhere in the US that were
similar to California policy efforts, New Jersey and Federal OSHA, for example.
[Identification of item], California Right to Know Collection, MSS 2022-10. Archives and Special Collections, University of
California, San Francisco.
Collection is open for research.
Copyright has not been assigned to the UCSF Library.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was donated to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections by Michael Picker in 2022.
Collection is unprocessed but open for research.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Hazardous and toxic substances
Environmental Exposure
Industrial toxicology
Pollution