I visited Southeast LA cities to listen to and speak with local leaders about the urgent need to stick up for these communities and hold special interests accountable.
Polluters often target communities of color, unfairly burdening families with toxic water, air, and soil. I visited Southeast LA cities to listen to and speak with local leaders about the urgent need to stick up for these communities and hold special interests accountable.
Black, Latino and other communities of color have been targeted by big polluters because they’ve been blocked from having political power. Let's call it what it is: environmental racism.
Parts of LA County have some of the worst air pollution in the country. Parks, schools, and homes have toxic metal embedded in their soil. Freeways were built and industrial sites were chosen because corporations thought residents wouldn’t be able to oppose them.
Corporations target these communities, and then the same corporations block any attempt by Washington to hold them accountable. With a single call to Joe Manchin or any number of Big Oil funded politicians, the fossil fuel industry has successfully watered down environmental legislation.
I’ve spent my career standing up to special interests deemed too powerful to take on—and delivering for Californians. Unlike other candidates in this race, I’ve never taken corporate PAC money. I can’t be bought, and in the Senate I’ll fight to pass the Green New Deal, adequately fund the EPA, and pass environmental legislation that doesn’t leave any community behind.
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Onward,
Katie Porter
