Candidates Oppose Transfer Station in San Fernando Valley

Both Jim Hahn and Antonio Villaraigosa--candidates for Mayor of Los Angeles--came out strongly against building a transfer station in Sun Valley:

One L.A. and its members from the northeast San Fernando Valley are also worried about the health effects of the Bradley Landfill in Sun Valley and are insistent that its capacity not be increased. They are also concerned about proposals to put a transfer station on the site, where trash would be stored until it was shipped out of the city to dumps farther afield, possibly in the Antelope Valley or Riverside County.

For nearby residents, the dump is an emotional issue.

Father Richard Zanotti, a Sun Valley priest, invited Hahn to the neighborhood and offered these directions: "Just follow all the garbage trucks."

Hahn said he was against expanding the landfill, and received applause when he said that a transfer station there was "probably not the best idea," since the area has borne so much of the burden of taking L.A.'s trash over the years.

Villaraigosa also received warm applause when he promised with a simple "yes" to oppose expanding the dump.

That's either good news, or bad news, for the Antelope Valley. It could mean that they're giving up their plans to send L.A. trash to Palmdale and Lancaster through that proposed transfer station...OR it could mean that all of the San Fernando Valley's trash will be trucked in on smaller garbage trucks, meaning more traffic and even more air pollution for us!!!