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  - Health costs to Californians, so far this year, of port related pollution in California.
The Ports of LA  Long Beach Clean Air Action Plan passed in November 2006, and 1500 clean trucks service the ports.
Port Pollution Facts
  • In Long Beach, 20% of children under 17 have been diagnosed with asthma - nearly twice the national average.
  • $67 million: The cost of respiratory problems associated with ports in CA.
  • Diesel Exhaust is responsible for 84% of the cancer risk from air pollution in the Southern California Air Basin.
  • $19 BILLION: Cost on health system due to port pollution. average.
  • Each day the Port of LA emits over 30 tons of NOx, while a half a million cars emits less than 24 tons and the average power plant emits less than 5 tons.
  • 2,400 - Estimated number of premature deaths caused by diesel emissions.
  • 800,000: Number of children that pollution reduction could save from lung disease.
  • Each day the Port of Los Angeles emits over 30 tons of NOx, while a half a million cars emits less than 24 tons and the average power plant emits less than 5 tons.

Los Angeles & Long Beach

Port of Los Angeles

The Los Angeles Board of Harbor Commissioners oversees the management and operation of the Port of Los Angeles, the number one port in the nation, ranked by container volume. The five-member board is appointed by the Mayor of Los Angeles and confirmed by the Los Angeles City Council. The commissioners serve five-year terms and elections are held every July for the offices of president and vice president.

The Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach made history when they adopted the San Pedro Bay Ports Clean Air Action Plan to reduce emissions from the ports by 45% by 2012.

Website:  http://www.portoflosangeles.org


South Coast Air Quality Management District

The AQMD is the air pollution control agency for all of Orange County and the urban portions of Los Angeles, Riverside and San Bernardino counties.  This area of 10,743 square miles is home to over 16 million people - about half the population of the whole state of California.  It is the second most populated urban area in the United States and one of the smoggiest.

AQMD's Governing Board adopts policies and regulations that promote clean air within its four-county area. Federal and state law require that AQMD achieve clean air standards to protect public health. Before it makes decisions that affect local residents and businesses, AQMD must consider ideas and comments from the public.

The Board has 13 members. Ten are elected officials. Of these, four are county supervisors representing Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside and San Bernardino counties, elected to AQMD's Board by their Boards of Supervisors. Six are City Council members representing the cities in each county (because of its size, Los Angeles County has two representatives, elected by respective city selection committees, and the City of Los Angeles has one representative, selected by the Mayor of Los Angeles). The remaining three Board members are appointed by state elected officials; one by the Governor of California, one by the Speaker of the State Assembly and one by the State Senate Rules Committee.

Website:  http://www.aqmd.gov


Southern California Association of Governments

Over the past four decades, the Southern California Association of Governments has evolved as the largest of nearly 700 councils of government in the United States, functioning as the Metropolitan Planning Organization for six counties: Los Angeles, Orange, San Bernardino, Riverside, Ventura and Imperial. The region encompasses a population exceeding 18 million persons in an area of more than 38,000 square miles.

As the designated Metropolitan Planning Organization, the Association of Governments is mandated by the federal government to research and draw up plans for transportation, growth management, hazardous waste management, and air quality. Additional mandates exist at the state level. SCAG is governed by a 76 member board made up of various county and city elected representatives.

Website:  http://www.scag.ca.gov


Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority

The Alameda Corridor is located in southern Los Angeles County, California, running from the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles 20 miles north to downtown Los Angeles, primarily along and adjacent to Alameda Street. The project extends through or borders the cities of Vernon, Huntington Park, South Gate, Lynwood, Compton, Carson, Los Angeles, and the County of Los Angeles.

The project was built by the Alameda Corridor Transportation Authority (ACTA), a joint powers authority formed by the cities and Ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles. ACTA’s seven-member Governing Board includes two representatives from each port; a member of each city council, and a representative of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority. ACTA’s lead program manager was the Alameda Corridor Engineering Team (ACET), a joint venture of four leading firms: DMJM Harris; Moffatt & Nichol Engineers; Jenkins/Gales & Martinez, and TELACU.

Following the April 2002 opening, operations have been overseen by a four-member Alameda Corridor Operating Committee, staffed by ACTA personnel, which includes one representative each from the Port of Long Beach; Port of Los Angeles; Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway, and Union Pacific Railroad. The Governing Board continues to provide policy direction to ACTA staff regarding additional projects and planning studies.

Website:  http://www.acta.org


Port of Long Beach

The Port of Long Beach is the second busiest seaport in the United States and the tenth busiest port in the world. It is in Long Beach, California and it adjoins the separate Port of Los Angeles, the busiest port in the United States. It is the fifth busiest gateway by value when compared with all U.S. freight gateways—land, air, and sea.

The Port of Long Beach is governed by a five-member commission that is appointed by the city’s Mayor and approved by the City Council.  The Port of Long Beach joined the Port of Los Angeles to adopt the San Pedro Bay Clean Air Action Plan – the first and most ambitious clean air mitigation proposal that will reduce emissions by 45% by 2012.

Website:  http://www.polb.com


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