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The battle over San Diego's Barrio Logan
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Sep 25, 2013
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The battle over San Diego's Barrio Logan
After 30 years, Barrio Logan has a new community plan and the maritime industry is not happy about it.
SAN DIEGO, CA- MAY 1:  A demonstrator walks through the Barrio Logan area during an immigration march on May 1, 2007 at Chican Park in San Diego, California.  Demonstators from around the United States held protest rallies in an effort to send a message to congress to act on immigration reform.  (Photo by Sandy Huffaker/Getty Images)
A demonstrator walks through the Barrio Logan area during an immigration march on May 1, 2007 at Chican Park in San Diego, California.
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After 30 years, Barrio Logan has a new community plan and the maritime industry is not happy about it.

Wedged between the port and the freeway, the San Diego neighborhood of Barrio Logan is a diverse mish-mash of homes, schools, and heavy industry. Its largely Latino population is the result of Mexicans brought over to work the docks during World War II.

But the mix of industry and homes has made the air in Barrio Logan dangerous to breathe; residents are three times more likely to have asthma than in other parts of the city. Now, after 30 years, Barrio Logan has a new community plan and the maritime industry is not happy about it.

From the Fronteras Desk, KPBS' Sandhya Dirks reports on the battle for Barrio Logan.