HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-02-2022_Open Session_General Comment_Santiago, Daisy_warehouse moratorium - rec'd too late for previous meeting_ links sanitizedSan Bernardino City Council Public Comment
02/19/2022
Thank you for the opportunity to comment. My name is Daisy Santiago, I'm a student and a
resident of Riverside. I am here to ask this Commission to stand up to the freight industry and
goods industry once and for all by adopting a warehouse moratorium.The frontline communities
who live alongside these warehouses are being harmed and the council members' inability to act
leaves community members clueless of the thousands of diesel trucks that pass by their
communities. The horrible air quality in the Inland Empire is disproportionately exposing
low-income communities of color and Inhaling traffic-related pollutants like diesel particulate
matter makes people more susceptible to a range of respiratory health problems. Colton and
Chino have recently passed warehouse moratoriums, therefore San Bernardin needs to follow in
their footsteps. VOTE YES on Moratorium because having clean air is a right everyone should
have and our future depends on it.