The Just Transition Strategy was released hours before Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signed an ordinance banning new oil and gas extraction in the city and ceasing existing operations within 20 y…
Los Angeles officials release a framework on Saturday, Dec. 10, for transitioning oil drilling workers to new kinds of jobs as both the city and county begin phasing out oil extraction.
“Oil drilling has always been a part of L.A.’s history, but today, we’re creating a new legacy for Los Angeles,” Garcetti said. “The Just Transition Task Force is a recognition of our responsibility to support the workers who will feel the impact of this transition the most — and show the world how we can turn this environmental imperative into an economic opportunity and build the green and just future our children and grandchildren deserve.
— Properly remediate closed oil well sites and integrate input from frontline communities and sovereign native nations, on whose ancestral homelands Los Angeles is built, in community visioning, remediation and land use redevelopment planning processes; and “The era of trading our clean air, water, and soil for fuel must end. But we don’t have to choose between our environment and good jobs — we can and will have both,” Board of Supervisors Chairwoman Janice Hahn said. “This strategy is going to help light our path toward environmental justice for all communities, all while preserving and expanding economic opportunity.”
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