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Residents urge City Council to terminate SpaceX sublease, cite noise, safety and labor concerns
Summary
Multiple Long Beach residents used public comment to press the City Council to end the Port of Long Beach sublease with SpaceX, citing sonic booms, environmental and labor concerns and alleged discriminatory conduct by the company and its owner, Elon Musk.
Several Long Beach residents urged the City Council on June 3 to terminate the Port of Long Beach sublease with SpaceX, citing recent sonic booms, environmental damage, ongoing labor and legal disputes and statements they called overtly discriminatory by the company's owner, Elon Musk.
The comments came during the general public-comment period and included accounts of a sonic boom on May 24 that several speakers said shook homes and could harm veterans and other residents. “This wasn't even an explosion. This was just the sound of the aircraft reentering the atmosphere,” said Anna Wei, a Long Beach resident, describing the May event. Other speakers raised allegations of workplace misconduct and ongoing litigation against SpaceX, and…
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