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City of Santa Monica Mayor Calls on Newsom to Shut Down Playa Del Rey Gas Facility, Create Transition Plan for Workers May. 25, 2021 at 1:00 pm In response to growing health, safety, and environmental concerns, Santa Monica Mayor Sue Himmelrich has sent a letter to Governor Newsom calling for the Playa del Rey gas facility to be closed. The letter, sent on behalf of the City Council, urges the governor to commit to a timeline for closure and initiate a fair and just transition process for the site’s decommissioning. The gas facility’s wells and infrastructure at Playa del Rey extend underneath the Ballona Wetlands Ecological Reserve and have been the site of numerous leaks and blowouts, including a vent stack explosion in 2013 that caused a 100-foot flame to shoot into the air. The site was forced to shut down for over a year in 2011 after State regulators discovered a series of leaks. Community pressure to close the site has steadily grown in the wake of 2015’s Aliso Canyon Gas blowout. Nearly half a million people live within five miles of the Playa gas field — twice the number of residents living near Aliso.
NationofChange It was not the field's first spill. Image Credit: Associated Press More than 1,600 gallons of oil have spilled in the Inglewood Oil Field — the largest urban oil field in the country, where more than a million people live within five miles of its boundaries, the Sierra Club wrote in a statement on Wednesday. The spill was caused by a human error when a valve was left open, the Los Angeles Times reported. It was also not the field’s first spill. Past spills at the Inglewood Oil Field, located in Culver City and Los Angeles County, have occurred in 2019, 2018, 2010, 2006 and 2005, exposing residents in the area to
By City News Service Apr 8, 2021 LOS ANGELES (CNS) - The Los Angeles City Council has called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to close the Playa del Rey natural gas storage facility, which experts believe is at high risk for tsunamis, wildfire and endangering residents. Wednesday's resolution -- which was introduced by Councilman Mike Bonin and passed with 13 yes votes and two members absent -- noted that a 2018 study by the California Council on Science and Technology found that the facility “stands out as a facility with relatively higher risk to health and safety than the other facilities in California.'' The site at 8141 Gulana Ave. is close to LAX and has a large population living nearby, and in the event of a gas leak, could become an environmental disaster, the study found.
LA City Council calls on governor to close Playa Del Rey gas facility Published LA City Council calls on governor to close Playa Del Rey gas facility LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles City Council has called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to close the Playa del Rey natural gas storage facility, which experts believe is at high risk for tsunamis, wildfire and endangering residents. Wednesday's resolution -- which was introduced by Councilman Mike Bonin and passed with 13 yes votes and two members absent -- noted that a 2018 study by the California Council on Science and Technology found that the facility "stands out as a facility with relatively higher risk to health and safety than the other facilities in California."
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