California residents fight against policies that incentivize pollution

California residents fight against policies that incentivize pollution

When Cathy Moreno first moved to Planada, California, with her parents in 1988, she thought to herself, where on Earth am I? The town of 3,000 just ten miles east of her hometown of Merced felt like a world away. Moreno’s mom told her to take a walk around the neighborhood to clear her head and get acquainted with her new surroundings. Moreno went for a jog. “All of a sudden I smell homemade tortillas cooking on someone’s stove,” she said. The u…