Los Angeles' 'green zone' plan is aimed at low-income, high-pollution areas
Friday, January 21, 2011 - 01:30
in Earth & Climate
'Toxic hot spots' Pacoima, Boyle Heights and Wilmington would get incentives to attract clean industries. Polluters would be targeted with tougher inspections and enforcement.For more than four decades, a grimy, rough-edged stretch of Branford Street in Pacoima has been known as Dismantler Row: a stronghold of metal recyclers, trucking yards, rock cutters, salvage yards and auto body shops.