STAND-L.A. is upholding the their human right to health and safety by eliminating neighborhood oil drilling, holding the oil industry accountable, and ensuring a just transition to an equitable, health-promoting economy.
We are concerned residents, good neighbors, communities of faith, environmental justice champions, researchers, nurses, students, mothers and fathers.
We believe that the City and County of Los Angeles is responsible for protecting every Angeleno from the health and safety risks associated with drilling for oil in close proximity to our homes, schools and places of work. Our communities—not oil and gas corporations—should have the power to shape a safe and healthy future for their families and for Los Angeles.
Founded informally in 2013, our coalition officially formed one year later around the name STAND-L.A.
Steering Committee
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With support from our strategic partner, Liberty Hill Foundation.
Our Mission
STAND-L.A. is a racial and environmental justice coalition of community groups working for and with Angelenos on the front lines of urban oil extraction to uphold their human right to health and safety by eliminating neighborhood oil drilling, holding the oil industry accountable, and ensuring a just transition to an equitable, health-promoting economy.
Our Vision
Phasing out drilling in Los Angeles should be the first step toward a just transition to an equitable, healthy and inclusive economic future for LA. We are advocating for a plan to phase out oil in a way that cares for communities and workers first.
Our Values
Neighborhood oil drilling does not exist in a vacuum. This environmental injustice exists because of systemic racism in city, state and federal policies. The same injustices that allow Big Oil to pollute Black and Latine communities in LA also harm residents in other ways: from unfair housing laws that lead to displacement and homelessness; to lack of green spaces for families and children to enjoy; to the school to prison pipeline; and to the inextricable connection between the criminal injustice and immigration systems.
STAND-L.A. Solidarity Statement
STAND-L.A. is committed to acting in solidarity with the communities we serve and oppressed communities around the world.
This means:
We consider more than just environmental injustice or the climate crisis. We consider the impact of our work on racial justice, immigrant rights, housing, food justice, education, and gender equality.
As we work with the community, engage with elected officials in City Hall, and advocate for policy, we do so with an intersectional lens.
As we aim to end neighborhood drilling in LA communities, we equally strive toward a world that is more just, fair and healthy for everyone.
