California State Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo, D-Chartsworth, announced a significant step towards addressing the severe environmental and public health crisis at the Chiquita Canyon Landfill by formally requesting Californhia Governor Gavin Newsom declare a state of emergency in Los Angeles County.
For decades, landfills have been the cheapest, easiest way to deal with the mountains of garbage people dispose of every year. Now we have to deal with the impact on neighbors and the climate.