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Pages tagged "Community organizing in Inland Empire"


Pomona Leaders Deliver 2,700 New Letters to City Hall

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · January 05, 2012 12:01 PM

"Residents living near the proposed site of the transfer station and leaders of the Pomona Valley cluster of One LA, gathered the letters that call for City Council members to refrain from scheduling an appeal hearing for the proposed project....

Among those in the group who delivered the letters was Anselmo Olmos, a retired construction worker who lives about a block away from the site of the proposed transfer station...Among Olmos' concerns is the impact of the proposed project on the health of a 2-year-old grandson who is a heart transplant recipient living near the site...Olmos spent much of November and December talking with residents on neighborhood streets asking they sign the letters that were delivered to City Hall. 'I spoke with mothers, and the majority said their children have asthma,' Olmos said.

The majority of residents and business people he approached signed letters."

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Pomona Leaders Speak Out on Proposed Waste Site

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · October 14, 2011 9:36 AM

"The Rev. Julie Roberts-Fronk, pastor at First Christian Church and a leader with One LA, said there are no proposed plans that would ensure careful oversight by outside agencies of the project. In the past, city residents opposed other waste facility proposals, Roberts-Fronk said.

'It was a bad idea then,' she said.

'It's a bad idea now!' ...the audience responded."

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Hundreds March in Pomona Against Waste Transfer Station

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · October 07, 2011 7:57 AM

After hundreds of leaders marched to City Hall to protest the expansion of a waste station in the poorest neighborhoods of Pomona, the Planning Commission postponed the vote two more weeks to give more time to review the proposal. Says Magdalena Uceda, "I think the commissioners realized that they needed to really do their job and examine what is being proposed."

This march follows One LA's submission of 400 signatures from neighborhoods surrounding the proposed transfer station, and a push from regional clergy and Bishops; 28 businesses also lined up against the waste station.

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Trash Fight Escalates in Pomona

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · July 17, 2011 9:44 AM
In Pomona, hundreds of leaders assembled last spring to challenge a planned waste transfer station in a neighborhood already burdened with one. Leaders cited increased risks of cancer and other respiratory illnesses that exceed local regulatory standards. The Inland Empire Sponsoring Committee (locally known as the Pomona Valley Cluster of One LA) generated over 1,000 letters in opposition to the proposed project while proponents mustered only twelve.

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.

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Pomona Valley One LA Leaders Challenge Expansion of Waste Transfer Station

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · April 17, 2011 12:26 PM

"Waste Station Not Right for Pomona Neighborhood." Inland Valley Daily Bulletin


Pomona Valley Cluster (One LA) Objects to Situating Waste Transfer Station Near Schools

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · March 11, 2011 10:44 AM
Residents in Vicinity of Proposed Pomona Transfer Station Object to Plans for Project, Inland Valley Daily Bulletin


Inland Empire Sponsoring Committee Launches Workforce Initiative

Posted on News by West / Southwest IAF · November 07, 2010 2:18 PM

"Groups Partner for Job Training Classes," by Monica Rodriguez, Inland Empire Daily Bulletin



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