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CityNerd | The Wild Contradictions (and Beauty) of Long Beach, CA @CityNerd | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
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Long Beach, California. Home of one of the busiest container ports in the world, expensive housing, a very long beach, and...over 2500 active oil wells. Yes, you heard that right.

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Previous CityNerd Videos Referenced:
- The Scandal of Car Harm: youtu.be/4kSTJnT0tUE
- The Tyranny of San Luis Obispo, California: youtu.be/OvvUSc_7Z6w
- Is Los Angeles Salvageable? youtu.be/ZewK0lOC9T4

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Resources:
- cdn.beta.metro.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/01154124/801_TT_12-10-23-1.pdf
- knock-la.com/long-beach-oil-drilling-climate-change
- conservation.ca.gov/calgem/Pages/SB1137.aspx#:~:text=On%20September%2016%2C%202022%2C%20Governor,feet%20from%20a%20sensitive%20receptor
- ridelbt.com/watertaxis
- taptogo.net/TAPAgencies
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Beach_Oil_Field
- greenpeace.org/usa/big-oil-forces-a-hold-on-california-law-ending-neighborhood-drilling
- sierraclub.org/california/sierra-club-california-opposes-oil-industry-backed-referendum-repeal-senate-bill-1137
- leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1137
- nbcbayarea.com/news/local/california-oil-well-ban-on-hold-voters/3148130
- dailynews.com/2022/09/16/gov-newsom-signs-sb-1137-creating-a-safety-buffer-between-homes-and-oil-wells-in-california

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Images
- Signal Hill oil field panorama, 1923 By The Aerograph Co. - This image is available from the United States Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID pan.6a17401, Public Domain, commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=10822396

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