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Nanette Barragán: “These are low-income communities of color that live, work, and go to school near the port and the rail corridors.”

On the recordApril 8, 2019
These are low-income communities of color that live, work, and go to school near the port and the rail corridors.
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Nanette Barragán
Democratic · California

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Barragan highlights the pollution burden on low-income communities near the Port of Los Angeles.

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