HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-07-2021_ Open Session_Item 36_Velasquez, Teresa_Warehouse Moratorium_RedactedFrom:Teresa Velasquez
To:Public Comments
Subject:public comment: warehouse moratorium
Date:Wednesday, April 7, 2021 3:57:18 PM
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Hello,
I am writing to voice my support for the moratorium on warehouses. I work in the city of San
Bernardino and live in Redlands. The warehouses bring increased truck traffic and air and
noise pollution to working class communities of color who already bear the cost of
environmental contamination. As an anthropologist that has studied environmental injustices
in Ecuador, I support jobs and forms of development that are not going to add to the class,
gender, and racialized health disparities already facing our communities. It is for this reason
that I support a moratorium on warehouses.
Sincerely,
Teresa
Teresa Velásquez, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Anthropology
California State University, San Bernardino