This summer, the fight over trash escalated with a over 100 leaders hitting the streets in a neighborhood walk to inform residents of increased risks of cancer and other respiratory illnesses implicit in the planned expansion of a local waste transfer station. Press from miles afar picked up the story. Leaders await a decision from the City of Pomona Planning Commission.
"Waste Station's Costs." Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (7/16)
Trash Station Fought, Contra Costa Times (6/28)
"Transfer Station Bad for Families." Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (6/28)
Walk Targets Waste Plan, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin (6/26)
Trashing East L.A. County, Huffington Post (06/21)
Pomona Residents Hear About Transfer Station Proposal, Contra Costa Times (06/03)