The Leonard Story

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The

Leonard

Story

July 07, 2009

I worked at Downey Studios in June of 2002 on the DareDevil Production, and also

in November 2004 on The Island. I became ill while working at Downey Studios.

One Doctor by the name Melvin Belafsky stated in his report that I have short

term memory loss. Another Doctor by the name of Garb stated this in his

report " IMPRESSION: Rhinitis, Reactive Airway Dysfunction. This appears to be

related to airborne contaminants that were at the Downey Syudios. The patient

brought an air quality report for my review that found a number of molds. " I

also had a Blood Test done that shows that I have Aflatoxin Abs – IgG Aflatoxins

result is 2419 and is Flagged High, IgM Aflatoxins result is 2225 and is Flagged

High, Trichthecene Abs – IgM Trichothecene result is 2146 and is Flagged High,

Satratoxin Abs – IgG Satratoxins result is 2412 and is Flagged High, IgM

Satratoxins result is 1835 and is Flagged High, Thyroid Peroxidase (TPO) Ab

result is 1.29 and is Flagged High, T- and B-Lymphocyte/Nat Killer,

Hypersensiti.Pneumonitis IgG – Micropolyspora faeni result is 8 Flagged Alert,

Stachybotrys Chartarum, Interleukin-2 (IL-2), ELISA, Homocyst (e) ine,

Serum/Plasma – Homocyst (e) ine, P/S result is 1.2.2 and is Flagged High, Fungus

(Mycology) Culture.

Downey Studios is located at 12214 Lakewood Boulevard, Downey, California 90242,

formally known as NASA/Boeing Downey Site – Space Systems Facility.

Here is a report that best tells the story of the property;

Downey audio report by Adolfo Guzman – 89.3 KPCC Radio Reporter

And

Jerry Blackburn

(can be heard on my web site at http://letsintroduceourselves.us/wordpress/ )

(? Speaker) A page in Southern California Aerospace History turned last month,

NASA transferred it over to the City, the plant in Downey, that turned out, the

Apollo Space Craft, and parts of the Space Shuttle. The 160 acre site will be

the new home for a complex of movie sound studios, stores, a hospital, and a

museum, focusing on the sites role of air and space exploration, KPCC Adolfo

Guzman – , took a tour of the site.

(Adolfo Guzman – ) 80 years ago the site was a caster bean farm next to

orange groves, but since than the plant, owned by NASA, since the 1960's has

seen everything from Barn Stormmer to Space Shuttles, and housed companies from

North American Aviation to Rockwell, and Boeing, in fact doing the Rockwell era

the Apollo Command Modular was assembled here.

(Jerry Blackburn) The one that looks like a big Hershey kiss. That was the

Vehicle that came in here…

(Adolfo Guzman – ) Jerry Blackburn had top secret clearance at the plant.

(Jerry Blackburn) It came in, in pieces and components as set assemblies and

then it would go…

(Adolfo Guzman – ) …Assembly line was flooded with lights and Engineers

walking around in so called bunny suits to avoid contamination. He said the

space race made workers fill anything was possible. But today the electricity is

shut off in the Cabinets room and things aren't as clean and well lighted as

they use to be.

(Jerry Blackburn) When, …when I look at this room, …mentally I can see the days

when,..a.. their were people all over the place and hardware, …and… bright

lights from the ceiling and so forth, and so now its, its like visiting a… maybe

a home that you had live in all your childhood, and now its vacant and you walk

through and you can smell the,..you know the dust and the mold….

(? Speaker) 7, 6, 5, we have main engine start 3, 2, 1, lift off…..

(Adolfo Guzman – ) Blackburn remembers most of the Space Shuttle Launches

too. That's because parts of the Discovery were assembled here, after the Apollo

program was cancelled.

(? Speaker) Tower clear the Vehicle now turning around to the proper…

(Adolfo Guzman – ) Blackburn's retired now but he's researching the plants

history for a new museum that will be at the site. He points to one of the

oldest buildings a 1929 brick structure designed by the Architect of Hoover Dam

and the Santa Anita Race Track.

(Jerry Blackburn) This area you see here where the trees are along the fence

here back in the early Aircraft days they used to have a small stage and a

boxing ring there and the story that I was told by some of the old aircraft

employees is that doing lunch hour they used to come out here and have boxing

matches I don't know if they were using that to resolve management differences

or if it was just the sport and the fun of it…

(Adolfo Guzman – ) Jerry Blackburn says the depression was tough on early

aircraft builder in southern California, only at the beginning of World War II

did The Vultee Aircraft Corporation then based at the site benefit from

President lin Roosevelt Pledge.

(President lin Roosevelt) The United States must build Planes …and Tanks

…and Guns …and Ships, to the up most limit …of our national capacity. We must

raise our sites all …along …the production line.

(Adolfo Guzman – ) And in deed the Downey plant was the first to employ

Rosie the " Riveter " and other female aircraft workers. The war ended and things

slowed at the facility, even as housing grow up around it. But President

Kennedy's call to put a man on the moon got the plants assembly line rolling

again at full steam.

(Jerry Blackburn) Right about here, on this spot,… is where Regan came in

and spoke to all of the employees in the facility….

(Adolfo Guzman – ) Doing that speech a Rockwell worker asked if the

President was going to increase the space budget. (?unknown person) didn't give

a definite yes. The plant closed four years ago after Boeing moved operations to

Huntington Beach. Today the site is not entirely empty, film crews build sets

here and shoots scenes for films such as Terminator III and Catch Me If You Can.

(Jerry Blackburn) With people back on the site doing things and creating things

especially something new and different which it should be, we've had our time

from the Aerospace side, now it's time for…

(Adolfo Guzman – ) So far he found photographs signed by Astronauts, Video

tapes, models and reams of reports, while it was open Blackburn says most people

even those living across the street didn't know what went on here, but soon he

ads, their learn once and for all how significant that work was. In Downey

Adolfo Guzman – 89.3 KPCC.

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Here is where you can read one of the Environmental Impact Reports;

http://www.downeyca.org/business/downeylanding/DowneyLandingEIR_full.pdf

Here is a short summary of the case I am in;

Case Number: VC046716

BARRY BERNSON VS. CITY OF DOWNEY

Filing Date: 05/26/2006

Case Type: Toxic Tort/Environmental (General Jurisdiction)

Status: Pending

Story written by,

Leonard

July 07, 2009