distribution center

Pacheco notes that the closest Target — on the other side of the freeway — is not a retail store but a massive distribution center.

It cites the state Air Resources Board, which in 2005 estimated an 80% drop-off in pollutant concentrations at approximately 1,000 feet from a distribution center.

The law itself was passed in August 2011 and banned the opening of food pantries, which the city defines as a community distribution center that receives food through donations, food retailers or food banks and distributes them to individuals in need.

Even when packages have arrived from the USDA’s new distribution center, which is operated by the Missouri-based contractor Paris Brothers, some are missing key items.

There was already an avocado distribution center across the street from Pedraza’s home; now there’s an Amazon fulfillment center on the corner that brings “trucks after trucks after trucks,” Pedraza said.