Los Angeles

“So, at the end of the war, that justification of the war emergency goes away, but the oil companies don't stop asking, and what they do is they concentrate their asks in the working class Hispanic communities.”

“California, and particularly Los Angeles, is one of the major sources of oil for the Pacific Fleet. So the federal war mobilization involves mobilizing the oil industry in Los Angeles, particularly to fuel the Pacific fleet. And what that looks like is federal…”

“What happened in LA and the reason you have oil wells disguised as other kinds of things in Los Angeles right in these residential neighborhoods is the residential neighborhoods were built first, or at least the land was subdivided for development first, and t…”

“Actually, 14% of all of the public schools in Los Angeles are within 2500 feet of a well, and seven million Californians live within a mile of a well.”

“That tower that you see, it's supposed to look like a synagogue, but it's actually hiding 40 oil wells. Yes, yes. it's called the Cardiff Tower, and it was built in the 19 sixties, and it's one of the first oil wells that's built this way.”

“Yes, and that exists all over the state, and particularly in Los Angeles, you get these oil pump jacks just sitting right next to people's homes.”

“Somebody could say it's an aspirational challenge, and it's not. I mean, it's something that we actually know through our studies with NREL. It's possible.”

“We've got a little over 70,000 rooftops in LA that are currently solar powered.”

“The challenge in LA is about 63, 64% of the people don't own their roofs.”