Activists get a victory in their fight to protect South L.A. residents from a Catholic Archdiocese-owned oil drill site.
since 2020 for improperly installing pipes, grates, hatches and crucial labels.
“It’s wonderful that the city has passed a phase out ordinance,” Parks said. “But we don’t believe that that absolves the city of its responsibility and duty to protect the health and safety of residents during that phase out period.” That equitable treatment may finally be coming to Jefferson Park after a Letter of Determination was released by the city of Los Angeles’ Office of Zoning Administration on Feb. 28. The legally binding document outlines more than 30 conditions, meant to “increase the protection of and to preserve the health, safety and general welfare of the residents and stakeholders of the neighborhood,” that E&B Natural Resources must meet in order to continue operations at the Murphy Drill Site.
According to Angela Johnson Meszaros, Redeemer Community Partnerships’ legal counsel at Earthjustice, failure to meet the conditions could spell an end to E&B Natural Resources’ Murphy operation.
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