Jennifer Barrera, CEO of the California Chamber of Commerce, said measures like those proposed by Gomez Reyes would stifle job growth and strip local jurisdictions of necessary land freedoms. He said he would apply a holistic approach. – Use decision.
In the first half of 2022, the Inland Empire had about 135,400 warehouse jobs, according to the Inland Empire Economic Partnership, a group that works with business and government leaders. In 2010, there were approximately 19,900 warehouse jobs in the region.
“The warehouse ban will only exacerbate the goods movement and logistics backlog facing California consumers,” Barrera said. “As more people order products online and want fast delivery, the need for storage space increases.”
But some locals are fed up with feeling that their area is losing more than it is getting.
A deal was struck this summer to move an elementary school in Bloomington, Calif., to make room for a warehouse, and earlier this year, Ontario’s city council approved the building of a warehouse on what used to be a warehouse. . home of dairy farms. In both cases, residents expressed their grievances on social media and at public rallies.
“We’ve been building, building, building for too long without any consequences,” said a member of the People’s Group for Environmental Justice, a group pushing some moratoriums. said Alicia Aguayo.
Aguayo, a lifelong resident of the Inland Empire, said in recent years he has seen more and more people in the area suffering from asthma and cancer. She wants more resources to study the health effects of pollution in the region.