Affordable Housing Developers Set their Sights on Former Toxic Oil Fields in LA

Resident and activist Brenda Valdivia, who has suffered from lifelong health conditions that she attributes to old wells in the former Los Angeles City Oil Field, stands in front of the 120-unit development by Aragon Holdings. She holds a photo c… — Resident and activist Brenda Valdivia, who has suffered from lifelong health conditions that she attributes to old wells in the former Los Angeles City Oil Field, stands in front of the 120-unit development by Aragon Holdings. She holds a photo circa 1895-1901 of that area.

Just published on Desmog - an important story on how the housing shortage is colliding with a toxic oil field in the Los Angeles neighborhood of Vista Hermosa. A great article written by Marissa Pianko, photographs by myself, and enormous help from the residents of Vista Hermosa.

Read it here - https://www.desmogblog.com/2020/10/24/affordable-housing-los-angeles-oil-fields

Air Pollution and Emisions, Energy, Oil ProductionPeter BennettOctober 25, 2020Los Angeles oil field, Oil Industry, oil, oil well, oil wells, vista hermosa, Los AngelesComment