Strategic Vision - July 2000

Cal EPA's first Agency-wide Strategic Vision.  It is a vision document, not a plan.  It sets forth the Agency's vision and mission, the core values by which we will be guided, and the goals and objectives of our focus.  Cal/EPA's boards, departments and office will develop strategies with which to address these goals and objectives in their respective Strategic Plans.  Together, we will create outcome measures with which to judge our success or failure to meet our environmental goals.

The Strategic Vision also commits the Agency and its member boards, departments and office to better understand how the issues of society, the economy, and the environment interrelate, and to pursue strategies that simultaneously improve the quality of life in all three areas.

As we reflect on our environmental stewardship over the past 30 years and prepare for the new millennium, the need to identify and express agency-wide priorities and direction at this critical juncture has become even more apparent.

Table of Contents

• Special Recognition
• Message From the Secretary
• Forward
• Bridging to the 21st Century
      Cal/EPA Authority
      A Strategic Process
• Strategic Direction
      Mission, Vision, Core Values
      Strategic Goals
• Strategic Focus
      Preparing for a New Era of Environmental Protection
      Cal/EPA Management Priorities
• Strategic Objectives
• Achieving the Vision
• Terms and Definitions
• Bibliography

 

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