El Chicano 02 27 20

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EL CHICANo Weekly

Vol 58, NO. 10

Febr uar y 27, 2020

CA Attor ney General sues FAA, SB Inter national Air por t Authority, Hillwood f or moving forward with air por t expansion project By Maryjoy Duncan

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alifornia Attorney General Xavier Becerra announced that he has filed a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), the San Bernardino International Airport Authority, and Hillwood Enterprises, L.P. (Hillwood) for their efforts to greenlight a large airport expansion project with significant environmental impacts on local communities. The project involves the construction of a 658,500 squarefoot air cargo warehouse and would generate at least an additional 500 truck trips and 26 flights daily at the airport, operating seven days a week. The airport is located near the San Bernardino-Muscoy community in San Bernardino County, a community identified by the California Air Resources Board as disproportionately burdened by pollution. “In California we can’t have ‘business as usual’ hurt distressed communities; it is our responsibility to provide justice, including environmental justice,” Lawsuit, cont. on next pg.

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Attorney General Xavier Becerra held a press conference in front of Indian Springs High School Friday, Feb. 21 to announce the lawsuit his office filed against the FAA, SBIAA and Hillwood Enterprises. He is joined by San Bernardino City Unified School District Boardmember Abigail Medina, CCAEJ policy analyst Andrea Vidaurre, and Sierra Club organizer Yassi Kavezade.

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Mexican American cultural figure and one of the catalysts of the Chicano movement will be the featured speakers when the Latino Education and Advocacy Days Summit XI convenes at Cal State San Bernardino on Thursday, March 26. Richard Anthony Marin, better known as Cheech Marin, the honorary chair/padrino de honor, is the morning featured speaker, and Rosalío Muñoz, chiefly remembered as the co-chair of the Chicano Moratorium Committee, an anti-war movement that played a pivotal role in shaping one of Chicana/o history’s defining moments, will deliver the afternoon keynote address. The theme for the 11th annual summit, free and open to the public, is “Movimiento y Compromiso: 50 Years of Challenges, Possibilities, and the Quest for Educational Equity.” The summit panels and speakers

will revisit and commemorate social movements from the last 50 years, including the birth of Chicano-ethnic studies, the school walkouts/blowouts, bilingual education and the Chicano Moratorium. Registration is currently open and may be done online at the LEAD Summit XI website at https://www.csusb.edu/lead-summit. LEAD Summit XI will take place from 8 a.m. to about 3 p.m. at the university’s Santos Manuel Student Union. Morning Session Featured Speaker, Cheech Marin Marin will speak on “The Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art, Culture & Industry” at about 10 a.m. He is probably best known as PHOTO ALLAN AMATO half of the comedic “irreverent, satirical, counter-culture no- Cheech Marin will be the honorary chair/padrino de honor, and holds-barred duo of Cheech and will be the featured morning speaker. This year’s theme is “Movimiento y Compromiso: 50 Years of Challenges, LEAD, cont. on next pg. Possibilities, and the Quest for Educational Equity.”


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