California passes SB-352 which prohibits new elementaray and secondary schools from being built within 500 feet of highly trafficked freeways. The yellow notices issued that first alerted the residents of Los Robles to air pollution hazards in their neighborhood were triggered by a state law mandating that air districts alert residents to new pollution-emitting facilities within 1,000 feet of a school. Had the new Apex Industries building not been within this range of both Hamilton and Johnson Elementary Schools, Emma and her neighbors may not have learned about the air pollution hazards posed by this facility and others like it.
California passes SB-352 which prohibits new elementaray and secondary schools from being built within 500 feet of highly trafficked freeways. The yellow notices issued that first alerted the residents of Los Robles to air pollution hazards in their neighborhood were triggered by a state law mandating that air districts alert residents to new pollution-emitting facilities within 1,000 feet of a school. Had the new Apex Industries building not been within this range of both Hamilton and Johnson Elementary Schools, Emma and her neighbors may not have learned about the air pollution hazards posed by this facility and others like it.