This opinion piece discusses the historical roots of environmental injustice in Garden Grove and how these longstanding inequities may have contributed to the disproportionate harm experienced by vulnerable, working-class residents during the recent chemical crisis.
Tag: Environmental Justice
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Where in the World Are SoCal’s Air Quality Regulators?
There’s a regional frustration that OC’s air quality regulators have shifted the weight of their own jobs to the very communities being harmed.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
LeBron: Planning for a Lead-Free Santa Ana Requires an Anti-Racist Environmental Justice Approach
This piece focuses on the Feb. 15 Santa Ana City Council meeting, where the City’s General Plan Update will be discussed and possibly approved. Despite residents sharing their concerns about lead in the soil with the City, the General Plan Update did not sufficiently address prevention and mitigation of lead exposures. The Op-Ed calls for the City to lead a process convening multiple stakeholders in an anti-racist approach to understanding and addressing lead in Santa Ana.
Posted inGovernment
Will Poseidon’s HB Desal Plant Take State Money Away from Low-Income Housing?
The California Coastal Commission is expected to hear the Poseidon desalination project in March, according to the company’s vice president.
Posted inSanta Ana
Today Santa Ana Officials Will Reimagine City’s Landscape for the Next Few Decades
The updated General Plan — slated for a council vote tonight — would last until 2045 and affects everything from housing and transportation to parks and public services.
Posted inHealth & Wellness
Whistleblowers Say a Santa Ana Sheet Metal Factory is Unsafe, Polluting Water
The complaints come as Santa Ana officials are expected to address environmental issues this month by revisiting their foundational planning document for the first time in decades.
Posted inOutdoors
Santa Ana Officials Rethink Use of Non-Shade Trees As They Reimagine City’s Urban Forest
Some are questioning whether City Hall’s preferred types of trees in public spaces can withstand drought and keep up with the community’s shade needs.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Taft: The Climate and Environmental Justice Movements are Building a Sustainable Future for Santa Ana
Santa Ana is proving that the climate and environmental justice movements are stronger when they come together – the resolution that passed earlier this week sets a roadmap for achieving a climate-safe future and ending environmental injustices in our city.
Posted inNEWS
Santa Ana Officials Opt Not to Appoint Employee of Company Sued for Groundwater Contamination to City Board
Doug Beaver of Cherry Aerospace won’t take a seat on the city’s Workforce Development Board after officials raised concerns over his employer’s involvement in groundwater contamination.
Posted inCommunity Opinion
Rodriguez: The Environmental Racism Behind the Poseidon Desalination Proposal
As a resident and an environmental justice advocate in Huntington Beach who has long studied the proposed Poseidon desalination plant, I know this plant isn’t needed and won’t produce affordable drinking water. We don’t need to get into a long-term contract for water from the most expensive source.
