L.A. city and county officials move to bolster recovery from Boyle Heights warehouse fire
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Set us as preferred Weeks after a warehouse fire blanketed Boyle Heights with smoke, ash and swarms of flies, Los Angeles city and county officials unveiled a slate of measures aimed at speeding recovery, increasing corporate accountability and expanding financial assistance for residents and businesses affected by the disaster.City Council member Ysabel Jurado, who represents Boyle Heights, introduced a series of measures at City Hall on Tuesday, including setting aside up to $10 million for odor and pest control and direct aid to residents.The series of motions must first be approved by a committee before coming to the floor for a vote.
Mason Santa Maria, a spokesperson for Jurado, said he believes the City Council will act quickly.“For nearly seven weeks, families have lived with smoke and ash, odor, flies and pests, disruption and uncertainty.Seven weeks of summer memories that our children will never get back,” Jurado said at a news conference before Tuesday’s council meeting.
“Residents did not cause this disaster, but were forced to suffer its consequences — an environmental burden that the Eastside has carried for generations.”Representatives of Lineage, which operated the burned-out cold storage warehouse, didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.At the news conference, Jurado appealed to Gov.
Gavin Newsom to deploy additional state resources for the cleanup effort.The governor declared a state of emergency in the first days of the disaster, sending thousands of N95 masks and air purifiers to Boyle Heights aimed at helping residents impacted by the unhealthy conditions.
“We’re urging, we’re begging, we’re pleading to send more resources,” Jurado said.“We haven’t seen the governor down here.
I would hope he would come and visit.” Mayor Karen Bass’s 45-day cleanup deadli...