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Where’s Tanya?

LAUSD Board Member Tanya-Ortiz Franklin misses an opportunity to hear from the community around Carson as they face two environmental crises.

Carl J. Petersen
Age of Awareness
Published in
4 min readNov 1, 2021

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“It is a shame that Board Member Franklin missed this opportunity to connect with the Filipino community and it is sad she did not show up for the kids at Catskill. If she was concerned about the air quality, Ms Franklin would have used this opportunity to engage with the Carson residents to see how she could be of service.”

- Alicia Baltazer, LAUSD Parent

Just before Halloween in 2015, the natural gas storage facility in Porter Ranch started leaking toxic chemicals into the environment. When neighbors complained, The Gas Company and the politicians they had paid off with campaign donations denied there was anything wrong. As the leak continued through November, Los Angeles County health officials were forced to acknowledge “that noxious fumes from a gas well above Porter Ranch [were] causing a health threat”. As the year came to a close the leak…

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Carl J. Petersen
Age of Awareness

Parent, special education advocate and former LAUSD School Board candidate. Still fighting for the children. www.ChangeTheLAUSD.com