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"And equally important, we're making sure that we have programs that aren't just for the wealthiest of our residents, but everybody, so there's solar equity throughout Los Angeles."

"We experienced a fire the size of Denver that destroyed over a billion and a half dollars worth of homes and killed people," he told The Hollywood Reporter before the Los Angeles premiere of documentary Paris to Pittsburgh at the Museum of Contemporary Art. "We have communities of color and low-income communities near the port of L.A. that have cancer and asthma rates that are higher than other places."

Participating employers, service providers and colleges include: CalTrans, LA County Sherriff’s Department, SoCalGas, National Park Service, Allied Universal Security Services, FedEx, Department of Rehabilitation, Department of Public Social Services, GRID Alternatives, LA Trade Technical College, LA City College, Cal State University Dominguez Hills, and Glendale Community College, among others.

A dramatic fall in solar panel manufacturing costs — from $101 per watt in 1975 to just $0.48 in 2016 — has been central to these efforts to reach low-income families and offset cuts in government funding for the industry, suggests Julian Foley, vice president of communications at GRID Alternatives.