Reynoso is a recently-elected councilman who also works as a community organizer with Inland Congregations United for Change, a longtime participant in local environmental justice campaigns.
“The strategy is to get ahead of the narrative, and to educate people on the impacts who don't know about it.” Reynoso said.
He wants local residents to understand the link between the logistics industry and pollution, and reach the people who “aren't connecting the filthy sky, when you can't see the mountain, to the diesel truck that just rolled past your house
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Other cities are also pushing to make their warehouses less polluting, like Riverside. Its city council imposed a moratorium late last year on new warehouses for a section of town called Northside. When the moratorium was lifted, higher standards were imposed on future warehouses in that area.