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Demolishing Homes for Air Cargo
Every gallon of jet fuel creates 27 pounds of greenhouse gases.
Exhausting Our Air
Electric trucks will keep diesel pollution out of our air and create jobs paying $35 an hour.
Hungry Cooks
1 out of 17 homeless individuals in California works in fast food. Workers with jobs but not homes.

Los Angeles County Homeless Count Data Library: Source Records from Los Angeles Continuum of Care Homeless Counts, 2007 to 2023

October 19, 2023

Overview of Data: One-hundred-seven files from homeless street counts, demographic surveys of unsheltered individuals, and intake data for shelter residents, along with supporting documentation are available in this data library. These open source, de-identified person records provided by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) are a resource for homeless research.

Exhausting Our Air: Environmental and Human Costs of Diesel Trucks

September 28, 2023

California’s mandates to replace diesel trucks with zero-emission electric trucks will bring cleaner air and better jobs – if they stay on track. Slow action by electric utilities and fierce opposition by trucking companies are real threats. Displacement of brick-and-mortar retail stores by online retailing and sprawling warehouses has come at the cost of climate change, bad air, low wages.

Demolishing Homes for Air Cargo: San Bernardino Airport Gateway Plan

June 19, 2023

The Inland Valley Development Agency plans to convert a 678-acre residential and mixed-use area north of San Bernardino International Airport into 9.2 million-square feet of warehouse and industrial space to create “a thriving jobs center.” This gesture at economic development has already been shown to create poverty-level jobs, economic hardship, and precariously housed workers.

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Choosing concrete over people

September 29, 2023

Large warehouses, some covering more than 20 acres, are being developed in existing neighborhoods, sometimes just across the street from people’s homes.