GPA240023 Mead Valley

Opposed, warning of thousands of trucks through the community, harm to burrowing owl habitat, and destruction of a predominantly Hispanic, low-income area like Bloomington.

Said the region is saturated with warehouses, roads are overloaded, and warehouses create low-wage jobs while increasing housing demand.

Environmental justice organizer and Moreno Valley resident; cited pollution risks to children near three schools and urged the Board to protect housing and health.

Lifelong Mead Valley resident; questioned the 9% survey response rate and asked the Board not to take the community's land for warehouses.

With the Mid Valley Clean Air Coalition; said the survey omitted that the project was industrial, cited AB 98 truck-route rules, and urged a no vote.

Argued the county is converting residential land to warehouses during a housing crisis, cited empty warehouses and automation, and urged a no vote.

Student body president at Tomás Rivera Middle School; asked the Board to vote no, citing truck routes past her school.

Community organizer with the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice; described watching Bloomington be industrialized and warned Mead Valley is next.

Mead Valley resident; said promised community engagement never happened and asked where the $1 million for the community plan went.

Sierra Club San Gorgonio member and Mead Valley voter; urged opposition, citing 40 million square feet of already-approved warehouses and 15,000 more trucks.