Garden Grove Hazmat incident - as per @grok
The Chemical is:
Methyl methacrylate , also known as MMA. It’s leaking from a 34,000-gallon tank at the GKN Aerospace facility on Western Avenue in Garden Grove. The chemical is flammable, toxic, and heavier than air, which is why they’ve got evacuations and hazmat crews working on it. No injuries reported so far, but stay clear of the area and follow local emergency updates.
@GovPressOffice@CAgovernor Ask Californians… not a priority project, just another way to launder money without anyway to keep track of Cost vs Benefit.
Just another project on the books that will never benefit Taxpayers or the environment….. 🤔
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@Jen111222
**Salton Sea “fix” efforts in a nutshell:**
- **Time**: Serious state-led work since 2003 (after the Quantification Settlement Agreement reduced inflows, accelerating the lake’s shrinkage). That’s ~23 years of planning, pilots, and incremental habitat/dust control projects. Full restoration remains elusive; current focus is the 10-Year Salton Sea Management Program (2018–2028) aiming for ~30,000 acres of habitat and dust suppression.
- **Governors involved**: At least **4** California governors have driven initiatives:
- Gray Davis (signed the 2003 Salton Sea Restoration Act)
- Arnold Schwarzenegger (oversaw the ambitious but costly 2007 plan)
- Jerry Brown (created task force, advanced the current management program)
- Gavin Newsom (prioritized it heavily, secured major funding, accelerated projects, and in 2026 launched the new Salton Sea Conservancy for long-term maintenance)
- **Money**: **Hundreds of millions** invested so far. California has committed **over $500 million** in state funding (mostly voter-approved bonds + General Fund), with nearly all authorized ~$590M for the management program spent or committed. Federal contributions include ~$250M from the Inflation Reduction Act. Additional recent state funding (e.g., $160M+ via Prop 4 in 2024, plus annual budgets) and local contributions bring the total higher. A full-scale fix was once estimated at $8–9 billion—progress is real (thousands of acres of new habitat now in place or underway, with major milestones like pond filling in 2025), but challenges like cost and complexity persist.
Bottom line: Decades of bipartisan effort and big dollars have delivered partial wins on dust control and wildlife habitat, with fresh momentum under the new Conservancy. Still a long way from “saving” the Sea entirely.
Sources: Official CA Salton Sea Management Program reports, state budgets, and governor announcements.
@GavinNewsom@Bush1086 Gavin, Californian’s demand you get an immediate Mental Health Assessment. There is a reason you can’t find truth & waste time looking for monsters under your bed. Go look in the mirror if you want to see the reason for your failure… 🤔
@MarkWarner The Pope is just a man chosen by men and is burdened by his lack of world experience. We can’t expect any more from this representative of the Catholic Church until he travels to the countries of which he offers advice… 🤔
@TheFive please make @HaroldFordJr and @JessicaTarlov watch themselves and realize that they are trying to cover too many subjects without clearly explaining one.
Their attempts to counter everything Trump leaves them appearing desperate. Focus on one main topic & be factual or FoX should replace them both…. 🤔
Yes, the Santa Susana Field Lab hosted the 1959 partial meltdown of the Sodium Reactor Experiment—the first in a U.S. commercial nuclear plant. Experts estimate it released up to 300x more radiation than Three Mile Island, with gases vented into the air over LA. The Atomic Energy Commission kept it secret for 20 years, so it's barely known despite the site's ongoing contamination and cancer cluster concerns.
American moved into a home in Ventura County, California
In her lease was an acknowledged she was moving next to the Santa Susana Field Laboratory
Just 1 year after moving in, her daughter gets aggressive cancer. Over 100 other people in the neighborhood have cancer too
She thought it was strange at the time to have to sign that acknowledgment, the Real Estate agent said it was no big deal, now she realizes it was a huge deal
“A year after we moved in, my daughter was diagnosed with an incredibly rare and aggressive form of cancer, and it turns out she's one of a hundred children in our community who've had cancer.”
“They know about the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, and they're still building homes next to it. It's just about money — I do know that it's hurting our community and none of our kids deserve to get cancer. Boeing should do the complete cleanup. That's the bottom line.”
I looked more into this, within roughly 10–15 miles of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, the 100 people referenced are getting many rare types like certain leukemias, brain cancers, retinoblastoma, and thyroid cancers
The groups worried about this argue these rates far exceed national averages and show a troubling pattern tied to proximity to the site
@TomSteyer Your ICE rant may attract uneducated voters - you know, the illegal Aliens you love so much, but when it comes to border states, especially, the Feds win hands down. Look it up Steyer… 🤔
@katieporterca This is what the desperate resort to… throwing insults at each other rather than communicating their solutions to our States out of control problems… 🤔
When he travels to aggressor countries and involves himself in the reality of the peace process, Perhaps he will exchange his impeccable White attire for something closer to what Jesus wore as a working man. He needs to get his hands dirty and work with countries to drive out Evil…