Flint Happened There. Now It’s Los Angeles: The Ongoing Lead and Toxic Chemical Crisis in LA’s Drinking Water

When residents of Watts, one of Los Angeles’s most historically marginalized neighborhoods, learned that samples of their drinking water contained elevated levels of lead, it triggered a unanimous 10-0 vote by the Los Angeles City Council demanding an immediate investigation by the Department of Water and Power (LADWP) and the city’s Housing Authority.