Interview Transcripts with Stakeholders of the San Joaquin Valley of California about Socioeconomic and Environmental Justice Issues

This repository contains 18 interview transcripts (9 in English and 9 Spanish) with stakeholders from the San Joaquin Valley on topics of socioeconomic and environmental justice issue. The stakeholders include community leaders and residents, local politicians, public servants, and specialist affiliated with nonprofit organizations and NGOs that work directly with the communities. We utilized a snowball sampling approach to recruit interview participants by attending conferences related to community issues and building our network through personal recommendation. The interview lengths were between 20 minutes and 90 minutes with an average of 50 minutes. Our semi-structured interview protocol was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of California, Merced with ID UCM2019118. This file can be found in this repository titled "Step to submitting the document for the Institutional Review Board."<br>Affiliations:<br><strong>Humberto</strong>: Water Systems Management Laboratory, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, Civil and Environmental Engineering Department, and Environmental Systems Graduate Program.<br> <strong>Angel S.</strong>: Water Systems Management Laboratory, Sierra Nevada Research Institute, and Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.<br> <strong>J. Pablo</strong>: Union of Concerned Scientists