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Compton residents urge use of AQMD and Measure A funds for air purifiers, trees near Cesar Chavez Park
Summary
Speakers at the Sept. 23 meeting asked council to allocate AQMD funds and Measure A money to provide air purifiers and plant trees near Cesar Chavez Park and along Pine Street to mitigate pollution from a nearby plant; staff and petitioners discussed logistics but no funding decision was made.
Several residents told the Compton City Council on Sept. 23 that pollution from a nearby facility is harming neighborhood health and urged the city to use available funding to help affected residents.
Sabrina Villanueva (District 2) asked the council to allocate AQMD funds to purchase air purifiers for residents near the plant and to use Measure A funds to plant trees in…
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