Tell Mayor Bass to protect frontline communities from a polluting railyard project

A proposed railyard project threatens the health, safety, and quality of life for surrounding communities. The Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) would increase toxic air pollution, fuel the climate crisis, and increase traffic and noise in a low-income community of color already disproportionately impacted by environmental hazards.

While the project has been repeatedly delayed as a result of lawsuits, there’s still no indication that Mayor Bass plans to scrap the plan. It’s time to end this hazardous project once and for all. Share your opposition to SCIG by sending in a comment today.

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Communities have delayed the Southern California International Gateway railyard project, but Mayor Bass needs to scrap this project once and for all. Send a message telling them to prioritize the health and safety of frontline communities.

A group of children stand in a line at the LA Port with shirts that have a cross out symbol over the word “SCIG” (Southern California International Gateway)

Photo Courtesy of East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

Every community deserves a say in their future, and that’s especially true when it involves a massive project that would bring huge negative impacts. Residents of West Long Beach, Wilmington, and Carson have made it clear they strongly oppose SCIG. We need to amplify their message: Officials can’t steamroll their opposition and move forward against the community’s will.

NRDC, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice, Century Villages at Cabrillo, and other allies are working together to help ensure that every concerned resident can make their voice heard about the serious impacts of this disastrous project.

Mayor Bass must prioritize the health and safety of frontline communities and scrap the proposed Southern California International Gateway railyard project.

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Subject Reject the Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) project!

Dear Mayor Bass:

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I’m writing to urge you to reject the Southern California International Gateway (SCIG) project, which would bring huge negative impacts to the surrounding community, which is a low-income, community of color already heavily impacted by environmental hazards. Moving forward with this project despite significant opposition from members of that community would perpetuate a legacy of environmental racism and injustice.

The SCIG railyard project would:
• Emit toxic, health-harming air pollution near schools, senior centers, parks, and residential areas
• Intensify traffic and noise in the area, reducing quality of life for nearby residents
• Bring over a million diesel truck trips and thousands of trains through the community every year, adding even more climate-busting pollution to the area

The resulting air pollution would exacerbate health problems, including asthma rates, cancer rates, and premature deaths, for people who are already overburdened by pollution from the nearby ports and refineries.

According to the American Lung Association, Long Beach already has the most ozone-polluted air in the country and 14 percent of residents suffer from asthma. We cannot continue to pile on more and more air pollution while residents are already suffering.

The Port of Los Angeles’ Revised Draft Environmental Impact Report proposes no new measures to mitigate any of the dangers this project presents to the community.

For all of these reasons, I oppose the SCIG project.

I urge you to do everything you can to safeguard the health and safety of communities by rejecting this dangerous railyard project.

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