SoCalGas Announces $10 Million to Help Customers Impacted by High Prices
February 28, 2023
Reacting to unprecedented prices, Southern California Gas Co. announced today $10 million in funding to help customers pay their bills.
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Caution and Equity Are Hallmarks of Gov. Newsom’s First Budget Under Black Director
January 19, 2023
On Tuesday Jan. 10, at a press conference held in Sacramento, Gov. Gavin Newsom presented his first draft of the state’s 2023-2024 budget to the Legislature.
Gov’s Relief Plan Would Send Over $9 Billion in Direct Payments to Californians
March 31, 2022
The plan includes a mix of direct payments to individuals; suspension of public transportation fares tax rebates; and support for state, county and municipal programs that align with the governor’s goal to make California a zero-emissions state by 2035.
Make Room, Gas and Food: Insurance Payments Might Go Up, Too
March 17, 2022
Californians might be hit with sticker shock from another bill that skyrockets later this year: their health insurance premiums.
L.A. County Moves to Ban Oil Wells in Unincorporated Areas
September 17, 2021
“L.A. County has had a long history of oil and gas development and poor land use decisions, which has resulted in oil and gas operations occurring too close to places where people live, work, play, go to school and pray,” Mitchell said. “Many residents may not even realize it, but tens of thousands of people in L.A. County live in close proximity to an oil well and 73% of them are people of color.”
Environmental Racism is Real, Destructive and Deadly
May 20, 2021
While the study takes a somewhat different approach in examining disparities in air pollution exposure by examining consumption of goods and services, “its findings once again reveal blacks and Hispanics bear a disproportionate ‘pollution burden’ or costs, while Whites experience ‘pollution advantage’ or benefits,” Dr. Bullard said.
Southland Gas Prices at Lowest Amounts Since Last March
March 12, 2020
The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County dropped 1.6 cents today to $3.494 – its lowest amount since March 22 of last year.
Assemblymember Holden Introduces Idle Oil Well Emission Reporting Bill
February 28, 2019
Assemblymember Chris Holden reintroduced legislation that requires operators of idle and abandoned oil and gas wells to report hydrocarbon emissions found during the well plugging process.
African American Faith Leaders Protest Artic Oil Drilling
December 15, 2017
five L.A.-area African American faith leaders joined with 49 black ministers throughout the country to protest the potential of oil and gas exploration and drilling in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge.