Southern California’s huge logistics industry faces a backlash over wages and pollution

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The logistics industry has flourished in Southern California, but the industry's low wages and pollution have caused a growing backlash.

Get the news that matters to all Californians. Start every week informed.Receive a weekly digest in your inbox from Dan Walters, who shines a light on how elected officials spend your tax dollars.Automated electric trucks transport shipping container at the Long Beach Container Terminal in Long Beach on Feb. 9, 2023.

Countless billions of public and private dollars went into expanding the ports’ cargo-handling capacity, improving transportation corridors and erecting thousands of warehouses in San Bernardino and Riverside counties to receive, store and distribute the torrent of goods from rapidly expanding Asian economies, particularly China.

 

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