Community Meeting #2: Community Air Monitoring Project in Maywood-Vernon-Bell-East Commerce

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) invites you to participate in this in-person and interactive informative community meeting on July 31, 2024.

Meeting Information

Date & Time:

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

5:00pm – 6:30pm

Location & Address:

Vernon Village Park Apartments Community Room

4675 E. 52nd Dr

Vernon, CA 90058

Spanish Interpretation:

The meeting will be hosted in English with live interpretation into Spanish. If you have any questions, please contact Michaela Dastoum at michaela.dastoum@arb.ca.gov.

Project Purpose and Meeting Goals:

CARB staff will be hosting an in-person meeting about the community-led air monitoring project within the communities of Maywood, Vernon, Bell, and East Commerce. This project will also support building local community capacity for future air monitoring projects within their communities. At the meeting, CARB staff will:

  • Provide an update on monitoring for hexavalent chromium and other toxic metals
  • Work with community members to choose air monitoring equipment to purchase
  •  Ask for volunteers to participate on a sub-group to help make technical decisions on monitoring, such as where and when to monitor

Special Accommodations Request:

If you require special accommodations or need this document in an alternative format (i.e., Braille, large print) or another language, please contact Michaela Dastoum at michaela.dastoum@arb.ca.gov, no later than 10 business days before the scheduled meeting. TTY/TDD/Speech to Speech users may dial 711 for California Relay Service.

More Information:

For more information on the air monitoring project within this community please visit the Community Air Monitoring in Maywood-Vernon-Bell-East Commerce website at https://ww2.arb.ca.gov/resources/documents/community-air-monitoring-maywood-vernon-bell-east-commerce or contact Michaela Dastoum at michaela.dastoum@arb.ca.gov with any additional questions.


CARB thanks Comite Pro Uno for their assistance in finding a community space to help support this project