PSR-LA MILITARY TOUR OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

On June 10, PSR-LA offered the first-ever Military Tour of Southern California. This all-day tour took PSR members and supporters to the military sites that have shaped the world and, in some cases, the health of Californians.

Los Angeles is one of the nation's foremost military regions. Weapons are regularly shipped from our shores, from Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station to warships outside Afghanistan and Iraq. U.S. Marines depart from Camp Pendleton to Iraq. Intercontinental ballistic missiles are built in Canoga Park, their engines are tested in the foothills, and test-launched from Santa Barbara's Vandenberg Air Force Base. The missile defense program, and most of our nation's military satellites are manufactured in the South Bay. The eastern half of the San Fernando Valley and entire San Gabriel Valley are EPA Superfund sites due to the military industry's sloppy environmental activities. PSR-LA's bus tour addressed the global security issues associated with these sites as well as the environmental, public health and moral repercussions of military production.

Photo by Michael Collins

Dan Hirsch speaks to tour particpants at Sage Ranch overlooking the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in the hills between the Simi and San Fernando valleys.

Click here to read an article about the tour printed in Los Angeles CityBeat.

Click here to download a pdf of the tour guide.

Nuclear weapons once surrounded the Los Angeles area.