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SoCal Connected
'Who Approved That?,' 'Super Soil,' and 'Oil Activist'
Season 8
Episode 915
As developments continue to pop up all over L.A., some residents are questioning who approves them. SoCal Connected takes a deep dive into L.A.'s housing and asks if the single family home is an endangered species.
It's considered some of the richest super soil in California. Get a close look at the idyllic Apricot Farms, where cutting-edge environmental practices and old school farming techniques are producing some of the purest produce around.
Meet the Los Angeles teenager who took on the oil industry, city hall and the Catholic Church to curb urban oil drilling in her neighborhood - and won.
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As new developments pop up all over L.A., many are asking, 'Who approved that?'