SCOPE Joins the STAND LA Coalition in the Fight to End Oil Drilling in Los...
Throughout its history, the fossil fuel industry has played a major role in the development of the City of Los Angeles. The massive oil fields and high production rates have branded L.A. as the largest...
View ArticlePushing Past the Status Quo: Why We Need Community Centered Climate Policy...
Pushing Past the Status Quo: Why We Need Community Centered Climate Policy Even More Last month, our state legislature voted to approve a set of climate policies that disregard the needs of residents...
View ArticlePutting Community Voices Front & Center in California Climate Programs
This summer, our nation felt the pain of climate change more than it ever has before. From the terrifying stories of families torn apart by fatal flooding in Texas to the devastation brought by...
View ArticleBetween the 110 and the 405: Environmental Injustice in South Los Angeles
When Olivia Barbour steps out of her home in South Los Angeles, she inhales a flurry of fumes from the heavy trucks passing along Imperial Highway on their daily routes, commuter traffic off the I-110...
View ArticleContinuing the Fight for Equitable Investment in South LA
For over a decade, the link between economic and environmental injustice has been a part of the fabric of SCOPE’s work– from the Green Jobs campaign in 2006 to the development of accessible...
View ArticlePushing for Equitable Development in South LA Freeways and Stadiums: Who is...
At a community meeting last fall, we asked our members if they feared being pushed out of South Los Angeles. All hands were raised. This spurred a conversation on rising rents and growing homelessness...
View ArticleTowards King’s Vision: Jobs and Justice in South LA
Fifty years ago, 1,300 black sanitation workers went on strike in Memphis, Tennessee after Echol Cole and Robert Walker were tragically crushed to death while on the job. Having reached a breaking...
View ArticleProp 70: An Attack on Frontline Communities
As temperatures increase and natural disasters like fires and mudslides occur more and more frequently, low-income communities, communities of color and those who live in pollution burdened areas are...
View ArticleFighting for Climate Justice: Updates from City Hall and the Capitol
Last week, the Legislature passed the 2019-2020 budget, which once approved by the Governor in the coming weeks, will set up the first ever worker transition fund in the state geared towards supporting...
View ArticleUtility Debt Forgiveness NOW At LADWP
Skip to the bottom to see actions you can take to join the fight! It feels like a lifetime ago when the COVID pandemic hit and the SCOPE team was rapidly trying to figure out how to take care of our...
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