Boyle Heights Fire Response and Environmental Justice Package Tracker

RELIEF NOW: DEDICATED RECOVERY FUNDING

• Explore the creation of a Mitigation Response Fund of up to $10 million for odor and pest control, site remediation, direct casework, and financial assistance for affected residents and small businesses.
• Direct LA Sanitation and the Community Investment Department to develop budgets and work plans for deploying the funds.
• Explore assistance with LADWP bills for households in the affected area.

FASTER CLEANUP: BRING IN STATE RESOURCES

• Call on Governor Gavin Newsom to deploy additional resources to accelerate cleanup, remediation, and recovery.
• Support immediate federal, State, and County funding and assistance for the affected community.

NO ROUTINE REBUILD: PROTECT BOYLE HEIGHTS

• Direct City Planning to prepare an Interim Control Ordinance temporarily barring applicable permits for large cold-storage and distribution facilities near Boyle Heights homes, schools, parks, day care centers, and libraries.
• Pause rebuild and reconstruction permits at the fire site until LAFD completes its investigation and confirms that all evidence-preservation needs have been satisfied.
• Require recommendations for meaningful discretionary and environmental review of any future use proposed for the property..

REAL ACCOUNTABILITY: STRONGER PENALTIES FOR CORPORATE NEGLIGENCE

• Direct LADBS to recommend substantially stronger financial penalties—ranging from $25,000 to $1 million—for serious violations that impose widespread harm on communities. Consequences must be meaningful enough that they cannot be dismissed as the cost of doing business.

LEGAL OPTIONS: FOLLOW THE EVIDENCE AND THE MONEY

• Direct the City Attorney to assess potential civil claims against Lineage and any other responsible parties, including claims involving public nuisance, negligence, and fire and safety violations.
• Pursue reimbursement for the City’s emergency response, remediation, public-health interventions, resident assistance, and other recovery costs.
• Identify available emergency funding and the steps necessary to activate it.

PUBLIC ANSWERS: RELEASE THE WATER-QUALITY RESULTS

• Publicly release LA Sanitation’s final findings on impacts to storm drains, water channels, and the Los Angeles River.
• Disclose the status of the requested Cleanup and Abatement Order, including the remediation plan, timeline, responsible agencies, and progress toward protecting public health and water quality.

COMMUNITY POWER: CREATE A PERMANENT ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE VOICE

• Develop a resident-centered Environmental Justice and Advocacy Advisory Commission in partnership with the Civil, Human Rights and Equity Department.
• Give residents from impacted communities a direct role in advising the Mayor and City Council on environmental justice policy.