L.A. Mayor, Latino Activists Take On Oil Companies Over Proposition 23. By Margot Roosevelt, LATimes, September 1, 2010. "Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa on Tuesday rebuked Valero Energy and Tesoro, which operate refineries in Wilmington, for bankrolling a measure that would effectively scuttle the state's efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. 'Go home, Texas oil companies,' Villaraigosa urged at a news conference aimed at encouraging voters to oppose Proposition 23, a November ballot initiative to suspend California's 2006 climate change law until the state's unemployment rate drops. 'We won't compromise our environmental and health standards so you can make more money,' he said... A coalition of 60 Latino, African American and Asian groups, calling itself Communities United Against the Dirty Energy Proposition, issued a statement saying that Proposition 23 "will hurt low-income communities and people of color first and worst... We will lose against the Dirty Energy Proposition unless we mobilize voters of color and low-income voters."
2010-09-03
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