CITY WATCH LA

“Environmental Justice on Trial: Sun Valley Residents Fight Back Against AMH Recycling”

“SUN VALLEY - Sethi, Orchid, Miner, LLP (SOM) has filed a lawsuit against AMH Recycling on behalf of residents in Sun Valley. The complaint alleges trespass, public and private nuisance, failure to abate, and negligence. But that’s just the tip of the iceberg. AMH Recycling is one of many waste processing sites operating out of Sun Valley. But it’s a different breed of recycling, more dangerous to public health, silent killer.

Quite interestingly, decades ago a pollutant monstrosity such as AMH applied for tens of different permits and licenses from tens of different government agencies, yet not a single government associate raised the logical question: how this operation affected people. Consequently, AMH was given the green light to operate in very dangerous proximity to a largely single-family residential area and the one-and-only-of-its-kind Sun Valley Park and Recreation Center. But here is a kicker; AMH’s crushing yard is also sharing space with a two-decade old county green project known as Rory Shaw Wetlands Park. Million $$$ question is: what kind of a genius came up with a notion of an asphalt crushing operation coexisting side by side with a green flood control wetlands park?”