Events

Cumulative Impact Work Group of Green LA

USC Professor Manuel Pastor will present an overview of toxic air emissions and exposure in LA neighborhoods. Community members from East Los Angeles and Wilmington will testify about environmental health conditions in their neighborhoods, as well as describe a recent "Ground Truthing" effort in which residents surveyed and mapped the industrial and transportation-related hazards in specific areas. Representatives from Communities for a Better Environment and Eastyard Communities for Environmental Justice will share some policy recommendations from the CI Work Group with the Commissioners and Planning staff.

By Damien Newton

2:06 PM PDT on August 13, 2008

USC Professor
Manuel Pastor will present an overview of toxic air emissions and
exposure in LA neighborhoods. Community members from East Los Angeles
and Wilmington will testify about environmental health conditions in
their neighborhoods, as well as describe a recent “Ground Truthing”
effort in which residents surveyed and mapped the industrial and
transportation-related hazards in specific areas. Representatives from
Communities for a Better Environment and Eastyard Communities for
Environmental Justice will share some policy recommendations from the
CI Work Group with the Commissioners and Planning staff.

Please RSVP to mhale@libertyhill.org

Los Angeles City Hall Room 1010
200 North Spring St

Los Angeles, CA 90012