Following several development projects that most adversely affect Chicago’s most vulnerable neighborhoods, city officials announced the creation of an ordinance that they call “a bold step towards protecting communities” disproportionately affected by pollution-related burdens, according to a city news release.

Mayor Brandon Johnson, alongside  introduced the Hazel Johnson Cumulative Impacts Ordinance, which is meant to help protect communities of color, which are statistically more likely to be exposed to pollution caused by large-scale manufacturing. The ordinance is named in honor of the late Hazel Johnson, who is widely regarded as the “Mother of Environmental Justice” for her work as an organizer against environmental racism.