Community Planning for Environmental Justice

To fully participate in decisions affecting their neighborhoods, residents must be armed with information and skills. The TFN Campaign helped residents of Barrio Logan and Logan Heights identify the risks of chrome plating shops and chemical warehouses caused by the mixed-use zoning in these neighborhoods.

In 1994, at TFN's insistence, the San Diego City Council decided that these industries had to be relocated and TFN's polluter relocation program began to grow. Master Plating, a metal plating shop in Barrio Logan, was selected as the first business to be relocated due to its immediate proximity to homes, its potential for serious accidents and it puts residents, workers and the environment at daily risk by its emissions of hazardous chemicals. TFN partnered with the City of San Diego and the US EPA in an attempt to relocate Master Plating. The business was successfully shut down in 2002.

TFN takes action to promote sustainable redevelopment.

• Contact Laurab@environmentalhealth.org for more information.