Standing Together Against Neighborhood Drilling in the City of Los Angeles
STAND-L.A. is an environmental justice coalition of community groups that seeks to end neighborhood drilling in the city of Los Angeles to protect the health and safety of Angelenos on the front lines of urban oil extraction.
Campaign
STAND-L.A. believes that the City of Los Angeles is responsible for protecting every Angeleno from the health and safety risks associated with drilling for oil in close proximity to our homes, schools and places of work. Our communities—not oil and gas corporations—should have the power to shape a safe and healthy future for their families and for Los Angeles.
Visit their website and social media pages to learn more about their effort and how to take action in LA City.
About the Coalition
Founded informally in 2013, the coalition officially formed one year later around the name STAND-L.A. Our Steering Committee members are:
- Communities for a Better Environment (Co-Chair)
- Physicians for Social Responsibility – Los Angeles (Co-Chair)
- Esperanza Community Housing Corporation
- Holman United Methodist Church
- Redeemer Community Partnership
- Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy – Los Angeles
- Black Women for Wellness
- With support from strategic partner: Liberty Hill Foundation
Campaign Update
In December 1, 2020, the Los Angeles Environmental Committee voted unanimously to pursue a phase-out of oil drilling city wide. After passing through the necessary committees, in January 2021 the full city council voted unanimously to approve a series of recommendations that would ban new oil drilling and begin the process of phasing out existing oil drilling.
Currently the draft ordinance that will new drilling and declare existing oil drilling an nonconforming land use is moving through the planning department and the city is working on an amortization study to shorten the timeline of phase out.
To get involved and support sign sc.org/laoil
Read more here: https://www.stand.la/campaign-updates.html
