Physicians for Social Responsibility - LA Connects Communities and Care Professionals to Champion Public Health and Environmental Justice

Our Vision

No matter our zip code, race, gender, or job, all Angelenos deserve to live in healthy communities and free from environmental harm. PSR-LA amplifies the voices of public health professionals to protect human health from threats like climate emergency, nuclear destruction, toxic pollution, and extractive economies.

Our path to a healthy planet is to:

  • End environmental racism. 

  • Build just futures beyond fossil fuels.

  • Abolish nuclear weapons. 

  • Create healthy and green economies for all.

Make Nukes History

Today, 78 years after the dawn of the atomic age depicted in the film Oppenheimer, over 13,000 nuclear weapons exist on the planet — 90% of which are possessed by the United States or Russia. We must end nuclear weapons before they end us.

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PSR-LA Achieves Results for Environmental Justice

Ban all oil drilling in Los Angeles

After more than a decade of grassroots organizing across LA with the STAND coalition, our call for #NoDrillingWhereWereLiving pushed the City and the County of Los Angeles to end the environmental racism of urban oil drilling in Black and Brown communities.

Prevent neighborhood oil drilling across California

PSR-LA is proud to have stood with community partners to pass SB 1137 banning new oil drilling near sensitive sites like schools, homes, and hospitals. We will continue to educate Californians about the dangers of drilling, and build our movement for climate justice.

Develop California’s first neighborhood-based
Just Transition plan

Working together with small businesses and residents, PSR-LA has developed a plan to convert dirty dry cleaners to clean chemicals, and protect our air while uplifting our local economy in South Los Angeles.

Win Support for
Nuclear Abolition

PSR-LA spearheaded efforts that prompted the City of Los Angeles and the State of California to adopt resolutions advocating for worldwide nuclear disarmament. Our leadership has inspired similar actions across the U.S. Together with local communities and elected officials in Southern California and beyond, PSR-LA is building power and political will to abolish nuclear weapons for a safer, more just world.

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