We believe everyone deserves a healthy and safe community to live in. We believe policy changes that promote environmental justice will lead to healthier communities. The community formed the Del Amo Action Committee in 1994 to inform the neighborhood about their contaminated environment. The area adjacent to our community, located in unincorporated Los Angeles County, has been neglected for the last 50 years and used for industrial developments with no regard to nearby neighborhoods. . Most of the people residing in the area are of scarce resources, and have experienced language barriers. The neighborhood is comprised of blue-collar workers, immigrants, African Americans, Hispanics and other minorities who are established in the area, in some cases for generations.