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Community and advocacy groups tell lawmakers DTSC must move faster on Exide, Santa Susana and other toxic sites
Summary
Environmental justice advocates and community members told legislators that DTSC must act faster and more transparently on legacy contamination sites, citing Exide and Santa Susana Field Laboratory and urging expanded authority, more accessible engagement and acceptance of independent science.
Environmental justice advocates, local residents and national public-health groups told lawmakers at a joint oversight hearing that, four years after SB 158, DTSC must accelerate cleanup work and incorporate community-led science.
Angela Johnson Mazaros of Earthjustice sharply criticized DTSC's pace: "DTSC it seems has does not share our feeling of the fierce urgency of now," she said, calling long-delayed permitting decisions "institutional failures." Mazaros urged the legislature to use its oversight tools and consider structural changes to force faster action.
Community members gave detailed local testimony. Melissa Bumstead of Parents Against the Santa…
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