Goodbye, new gas stations in California?
An L.A. councilmember is proposing a ban on new gas stations within city limits. It's an idea that more California cities are considering.
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Show Notes
Surprise, surprise: California cities are banning new gas stations and other cities across the world are watching. The bans are part of an ongoing quest to combat climate change, this time on a local municipal level. The movement is small so far, but now even the car capital of the world, Los Angeles, is thinking about it.
Today, what would happen if L.A. hops on this no-new-gas-station brigade. And what we can learn from the cities that’ve already done it. Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times Fast Break Desk reporter Grace Toohey
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