California Governor Newsom’s administration initiated secret negotiations with Boeing, which would overturn years of promises and legally binding agreements to clean up the Santa Susana Field Lab, one of California’s most toxic sites. Boeing owns most of the SSFL, but has been trying to back out of agreements for a comprehensive cleanup that would protect over 500,000 people who live near the site. Boeing doesn’t care if SSFL contamination has given dozens of local kids cancer. Boeing brought in over $52 billion dollars in revenue last year but doesn’t want to pay for the cleanup, even if our kids have to pay the real price for their greed.
Please help us TODAY on social media (or email) to demand that Gov. Newsom does the right thing, publicly renounces the secret meetings with Boeing, and enforces the cleanup. We have to TELL GOVERNOR NEWSOM THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!
Just because Boeing made significant donations to Gov. Newsom’s election campaigns doesn’t mean they can attempt to buy their way out of the cleanup. The DTSC has an obligation to protect the public and enforce the legally-binding cleanup agreements, and so shouldn’t be catering to the polluters' whims. The cleanup is already four years past its deadline. We can’t wait any longer.
This isn’t just illegal. It’s immoral. Our children are sick and dying. Please use your voice to speak out now against Boeing’s secret meetings with the Newsom administration – links, content, and instructions below.
Warmly,
Melissa Bumstead, ParentsAgainstSantaSusana.org
Please Take Action Now.
See our website for more information and to read the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) press release.
Stop Newsom on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/parentsvsssfl/
Stop Newsom on Twitter: https://twitter.com/parentsvsssfl?lang=en
Stop Newsom on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/parentsvsssfl/
Stop Newsom on Reddit: http://bit.ly/37mIks7
Call Newsom’s Office: (916) 445-2841
Sample call script: “My name is _______. I am asking that Governor Newsom cancel all secret negotiations between Boeing and the Department of Toxic Substances Control, in regards to the Santa Susana Field Lab cleanup. Newsom must enforce the cleanup agreements to protect the community and not allow Boeing to go back on it’s cleanup obligations. Thank you.”
Email Newsom (and his head of the CA EPA):
gavin@gavinnewsom.com and SectyBlumenfeld@calepa.ca.gov
Subject line: STOP THE SECRET NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN THE DTSC AND BOEING
Dear Governor Newsom and CalEPA Secretary Jared Blumenfeld,
The secret negotiations between the Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) and Boeing over the Santa Susana Field Lab cleanup (SSFL), which would overturn years of cleanup promises, is unacceptable and MUST NOT HAPPEN.
Before Governor Newsom was elected, he promised residents that he would make the SSFL cleanup a top priority. It saddens me that this is what it’s come to – but it’s not too late for Governor Newsom to do the right thing for his constituents here around SSFL. The full cleanup that Boeing agreed to in 2007 will comprehensively clean the site and will protect the families living near SSFL from Boeing’s carcinogenic waste. Already dozens of local children have been diagnosed with rare forms of cancer. They drink and play in the toxic water that runs off the site into our municipal water supply – the very same groundwater that the DTSC now intends to let Boeing walk away from.
Boeing’s big contributions to Gov. Newsom’s election campaigns shouldn’t mean they can buy their way out of the cleanup. DTSC exists to protect the public, not cater to polluters’ whims. DTSC has an obligation to the citizens of California to enforce the legally binding cleanup agreements. The cleanup is already four years past its deadline. We can’t wait any longer.
This isn’t just illegal. It’s immoral. Children are sick and dying. Do the right thing and publicly renounce the secret meetings and enforce the cleanup agreements. Hold Boeing accountable. Protect our community.
Sincerely,
________________________ from ________________ (city), ______(state)