One Year After Woolsey Fire, Federal Agencies Escalate Efforts to Abandon Cleanup of Contaminated Nuclear Site Where Fire Began
One year after the devastating Woolsey Fire began at and burned most of the contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL,) Boeing, the Department of Energy and NASA are pushing forward plans to abrogate cleanup agreements and leave most of the radioactive and chemical contamination on the site unremediated.
PSR-LA Organizes Water Tour to Better Understand Our Water Issue in South and Southeast LA
By Rahel Kemal On Saturday, October 19th, a group of PSR-LA staff, and allies from South and South East Los Angeles took an excursion along the LA River, then South LA’s industrial corridor, and then to Maywood. Finally, no toxic tour of LA would have been complete...
Congreso 2019, Our Health, Our Power: Rising at the Frontlines – Recap
By Jazmine Johnson On August 14, PSR-LA staff, health professional members, and resident allies joined scores of partners, allies, and residents from across the state at CEJA’s 2019 Congreso “Our Health, Our Power: Rising at the Frontlines.” We spent the day in...
Overburdened Communities Should Not Have to Compete With Each Other for Cleaner Air
Throughout this year, our SCLA-PUSH initiative, a collaborative coalition comprised of our Community Based Organizations partners, Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education and Community Health Councils, academic partners, University of...
Second SCLA:PUSH Information Session Inspires Future Action on Air Quality Issues
By Paula Torrado & Monika Shankar On Saturday, August 10th, residents and advocates from across South Central Los Angeles gathered at the Avalon Carver Community Center to learn about a new and exciting air quality project. The South Central LA Project to...
