Protestors are expected to rally Saturday morning outside City Hall, demanding a halt to SpaceX’s planned relocation of its rocket retrieval program to Long Beach.
Organizers with 50501 Long Beach and SoCal Uprising warned the program will pollute coastal waters and benefit Elon Musk, who has come under increasing scrutiny over his political role in the Trump administration’s downsizing of the federal government .
“We are calling on the City and Port of Long Beach to reject SpaceX’s growing presence due to the environmental, economic, and ethical costs it imposes on residents,” Toni Engberg with the protest group 50501 Long Beach said in an emailed statement. “While the aerospace industry brings economic benefits, we cannot ignore the unchecked power of Elon Musk—an unelected billionaire who profits from government contracts while spreading transphobic rhetoric and enabling corruption at the highest levels.”…