Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in some articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official stance of CBE or of the Coalition for Environmental Health and Justice (CEHAJ). See features for CEHAJ’s stance.
March 12, 2018: CityLab, “L.A. Taps the Brakes on Freeway Expansion”
- Featuring Laura Cortez, Community Organizer for East Yards Communities for Environmental Justice (EYCEJ)
- Featuring Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney for EarthJustice
March 9, 2018: Signal Tribune, “L.A. Metro Board Approves Amended Motion to Modernize 710 Freeway”
- Featuring Dilia Ortega, our Youth Program Coordinator
- Featuring Andy Ortega, a Youth For Environmental Justice member
March 2, 2018: LB Report, “Editorial: I-710 Travesty”
March 1, 2018: Curbed LA, ” Metro Moves Forward with 710 Overhaul, but Wants to Wait on Widening”
- Featuring Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney for EarthJustice
March 1, 2018: StreetsBlog LA, “Metro Board Approves 710 Freeway Widening as Preferred Alternative, Pushes for Only Early Action Improvements Now”
- Features a mention of our I-710 Coalition- The Coalition for Environmental Health and Justice (CEHAJ)
March 1, 2018: The Long Beach Post, “After Nearly Two Decades, Metro Board Approves $6 Billion Construction of 710 Freeway Improvements”
- Featuring Jorge Rivera, Program Director for Long Beach Residents Empowered (LiBRE)
March 1, 2018: KNX1070, “Man Fears 710 Widening Will Force Him to Move”
March 1, 2018: KNX1070, “710 Freeway Expansion Approved by Metro Board
March 1, 2018: KNX1070, “Metro Approves Big Changes for the 710 Freeway”
- Featuring Dilia Ortega, our Youth Program Coordinator, in a video giving public comment
March 1, 2018: KCBS, “Metro Holds Off on Controversial Plan to Widen Freeway”
- Features a mention of our I-710 Coalition- The Coalition for Environmental Health and Justice (CEHAJ)
March 1, 2018: Telemundo, “Bajo la Mira el Plan Para Mejorar Autopista Long Beach”
- Featuring Dilia Ortega, our Youth Program Coordinator
- Featuring Ricardo Gastelum, our SELA Community Organizer
March 1, 2018: Telemundo, “Junta de Metro Votará por Expansión de Autopista 710”
- Features a mention of our I-710 Coalition- The Coalition for Environmental Health and Justice (CEHAJ)
March 1, 2018: KCET, “710 Freeway Expansion Decision Expected, Amid Residents’ Displacement, Pollution Concerns”
- Featuring Laura Cortez, Community Organizer for East Yards Communities for Environmental Justice (EYCEJ)
- Featuring Jorge Rivera, Program Director for Long Beach Residents Empowered (LiBRE)
March 1, 2018: Clean Technica, “Long Beach California Harbor 710 Freeway is Expanding & Residents are Even More Worried”
March 1, 2018: Press Telegram, “Major Step Forward for $6-Billion 710 Freeway Widening: Metro Board Backs Plan”
- Featuring Laura Cortez, Community Organizer for East Yards Communities for Environmental Justice (EYCEJ)
March 1, 2018: LA Times, “Metro Backs Away from Controversial Plan to Widen the 710 Freeway, Opting for More Modest Changes”
- Featuring Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney for EarthJustice
March 1, 2018: LA Times, “710 Freeway is A ‘Diesel Death Zone’ to Neighbors- Can Vital Commerce Route be Fixed?”
March 1, 2018: La Opinion, “Existe Preocupación por La Extensión de la Autopista 710”
- Featuring Jose Rodolfo Vallejo, one of our U.R.S.E.L.A. members
February 28, 2018: La Opinion, “La Expansión de la Autopista 710 Dañará el Aire para Millones”
- Featuring Commerce Council Member, John Soria
February 28, 2018: The Long Beach Post, “Displacement Worries Those Whose Homes, Businesses Could Be In the 710 Expansion’s Path As Metro Board Heads to a Vote”
- Featuring Susanne Browne, Senior Attorney for the Legal Aid Foundation of Los Angeles (LAFLA)
- Featuring Laura Cortez, Community Organizer for East Yards Communities for Environmental Justice (EYCEJ)
February 28, 2018: MIC, “Los Angeles’ 710 Expansion Project Compromises the Health of Our Most Vulnerable Communities”
February 27, 2018: VoiceWaves Long Beach, “Update: 710 Freeway Expansion Plan Amended in Light of Displacement, Pollution Concerns”
- Featuring Laura Cortez, Community Organizer for East Yards Communities for Environmental Justice (EYCEJ)
- Featuring Jorge Rivera, Program Director for Long Beach Residents Empowered (LiBRE)
February 19, 2018: LA Times, “Widening Freeways is So 20th Century — The 710 Freeway Deserves Better”
February 19, 2018:Press Telegram, “710 Freeway May Dedicate a Lane for Electric Vehicles — and Charge Them While They Travel”
February 15, 2018: Curbed LA, “Metro Moves Forward with Plan to Widen the 710 Freeway”
- Featuring Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney for EarthJustice
February 15, 2018: Longbeachize blog, “With Committees Declining to Accept 710 Expansion Recommendation as Is, Vote Goes to Board March 1”
- Featuring mark! Lopez, Executive Director for East Yards Communities for Environmental Justice (EYCEJ)
- Featuring Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney for EarthJustice
February 14, 2018: The Long Beach Post, “Expansion of the 710 Freeway Trudges Forward Amid Community Demands For Cleaner Alternative “
- Features a mention of our I-710 Coalition- The Coalition for Environmental Health and Justice (CEHAJ)
- Featuring Jorge Rivera, Program Director for Long Beach Residents Empowered (LiBRE)
February 14, 2018: KPCC Air Talk, “Would Widening the 710 Freeway Help or Hurt Long Beach, East LA?”
- Featuring Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney for EarthJustice
February 14, 2018: KPCC Story, “Plan to Widen South End of 710 Freeway Riles Communities”
- Featuring Dilia Ortega, our Youth Program Coordinator
February 13, 2018: LA Times, “Metro Staff Support a $6-Billion Widening of the 710 Freeway”
- Featuring Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney for EarthJustice
February 13, 2018: Streetsblog LA, “Metro Board to Vote on $6 Billion Lower 710 Freeway Widening”
- Featuring mark! Lopez, Executive Director for East Yards Communities for Environmental Justice (EYCEJ)
- Featuring Adrian Martinez, Staff Attorney for EarthJustice
February 11, 2018: Press Telegram, “Zeroing In On Our Communities Cannot Mean Bringing Dirty Road-Widening Projects Into Our Hood”
- OpEd written by mark! Lopez, Executive Director for East Yards Communities for Environmental Justice (EYCEJ)
January 24, 2018: Latino Rebels, “Black and Brown Families: Get Kicked Out of Your Home or Breathe Foul Air”
- OpEd written by Dilia Ortega, our Youth Program Coordinator