Oakland airport expansion opponents hit port with 2 lawsuits December 20, 2024

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“East Oakland, like some other vulnerable communities, is a frontline community experiencing a history of air pollution effects, and then on top of that, if the port got its way of increasing the flights as intended, it would lock in a future of more suffering, disease and premature deaths,” said Bret Andrews, a local physician and board member with the San Francisco Bay Physicians for Social Responsibility.
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