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Luis Olmedo

Executive Director, Comité Cívico del Valle. On 2 shows, 2 appearances. The Shows tab opens the full record on each.

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Luis Olmedo leads Comité Cívico del Valle, a grassroots nonprofit dedicated to addressing environmental injustices and public health disparities in California's Imperial Valley. He is known for his advocacy surrounding Salton Sea lithium projects, advocating for community safeguards and economic equity.

What they said6 Shows2

Everything Luis Olmedo said on any show that made the record, most notable first. Each card names its show and opens the statement there.

CATALYST Prediction Not checkable as stated

Olmedo: Salton Sea lithium boom will likely enrich only a handful

“And more than likely, given the history of the Imperial Valley, it'll be a few, a handful of people who have enriched themselves and have benefited from the lack of engagement of the population here.”

Luis Olmedo Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 5:12 The Carbon Copy: The lithium land grab in California

CATALYST Assertion Not checkable as stated

Olmedo: Imperial Valley solar boom left hundreds with useless training certificates

“They promised the same thing, and now we ended up is with hundreds of people with certificates that are useless. Certificates for solar that, where there are no jobs.”

Luis Olmedo Feb 10, 2022 ▶ 15:20 The Carbon Copy: The lithium land grab in California

GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Not checkable as stated

Olmedo: Past Solar Booms Left Hundreds in Imperial Valley with Useless Certificates

“They promised the same thing, and now we ended up is with hundreds of people with certificates that are useless. Certificates for solar that, where there are no jobs.”

Luis Olmedo Feb 2, 2022 ▶ 11:31 The ‘white gold’ land grab for lithium in California

GREEN BLUEPRINT Opinion

Olmedo: Salton Sea is a polluted body of water lacking protections

“All the minerals, all the chemicals, all the toxics, it's a polluted body of water that received no protections.”

Luis Olmedo Feb 2, 2022 ▶ 1:47 The ‘white gold’ land grab for lithium in California

GREEN BLUEPRINT Opinion

Olmedo: Lithium industry is a great opportunity for Imperial Valley

“This is a new opportunity to reset What the future is, and I think that the lithium industry is a great opportunity for our region. Now, that's not to say that as an environmental justice advocate, I'm endorsing it, but we're looking at the whole picture, righ…”

Luis Olmedo Feb 2, 2022 ▶ 9:56 The ‘white gold’ land grab for lithium in California

GREEN BLUEPRINT Assertion Partly supported

Olmedo: Majority of Salton Sea Land and Minerals Are Publicly Owned

“The majority of these resources are public resources. It's public land. It's publicly owned minerals, whether the state owns them or whether our local utility owns them.”

Luis Olmedo Feb 2, 2022 ▶ 12:23 The ‘white gold’ land grab for lithium in California

One line per show, most statements first. The link opens Luis's full record on that show: the calibration, argument clarity, speaking style and every statement made there.

Show	Role there	Eps	Statements	Record
GREEN BLUEPRINTLEDGER	Executive Director, Comité Cívico del Valle	1	4	0% 0/1	full record on the Green Blueprint →
CATALYSTLEDGER	Executive Director, Comité Cívico del Valle	1	2	—	full record on Catalyst →