Asbestos Exposure Sites in California
Our records contain 418 asbestos exposure sites in California, though there are certainly more that have not been reported.
Asbestos in California
For decades, California buildings and products have used asbestos. Because of this, many California residents have been exposed to asbestos and are at risk for contracting mesothelioma cancer.
The symptoms of mesothelioma often take decades to appear, so California workers are at risk even if they were exposed to asbestos decades ago. Examples of California asbestos exposure sites include:
- California factories
- Powerplants in California
- Refineries or Chemical Plants in California
Below is a list of 418 known sites of asbestos exposure in California. Asbestos exposure is known to have occurred in at least 140 California cities, though the number is likely even higher.
The California city with the most asbestos exposure sites was Los Angeles, CA, with 49 known sites contaminated by asbestos.
If you know of another California asbestos site, please contact us so that we can update our records.
| Site Name | City |
| 29 Palms Hospital | 29 Palms |
| 29 Palms Marine Base | Hibbing |
| 29 Palms School District | 30 Palms |
| Aerojet | Acusa |
| Aerojet General Aerospace Plant | Sacramento |
| Airsta Naval Shipyard | Alameda |
| Alameda Naval Air Station | Alameda |
| Alameda Naval Base | San Francisco |
| Alameda Shipyard | San Francisco |
| Alcan aka Howmet/Alumax | Riverside |
| Allied Metal Shop | Englewood |
| Alpha Beta Market | California |
| American Brake Shoe | California |
| American Cement Co. | Riverside |
| American Pipe and Construction Co | California |
| American Potash & Chemical | Trona |
| American Standard | California |
| Amex Aluminum Plant | Riverside |
| Anaheim Convention Center | Anaheim |
| Anaheim Stadium | Anaheim |
| ARCO Oil Company | Wilmington |
| ARCO Refinery | Carson |
| ARCO Refinery (Atlantic Richfield Co) | Wilmington |
| ARCO Twin Towers | Los Angeles |
| Arista Shipyard | Alameda |
| Asbestos Roofing Co | San Diego |
| Astancia High School | Los Angeles |
| Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) Refinery | Los Angeles |
| Atlantic Richfield Co. (ARCO) Refinery | Long Beach |
| Atlantic Richfield Corp | California |
| Atlantic Richfield Oil Refinery | Compton |
| Auto Club of Southern California | California |
| Avon Refinery | Martinez |
| Avoset Creamery | Gustine |
| Bank of Newport | Newport Beach |
| Bart Tunnel | Oakland |
| Bechman Instruments | California |
| Bechtel Building | California |
| Bechtel Construction Office | San Francisco |
| Beckman Industries Plant | Fullerton |
| Benton Roofing | San Diego |
| Bethlehem Shipyard | San Pedro |
| Bethlehem Steel | Alameda |
| Bethlehem Steel | Wilmington |
| Bethlehem Steel | Los Angeles |
| Bethlehem Steel | Long Beach |
| Bethlehem Steel Shipyard | San Francisco |
| Boat Support Unit 1 | Coronado |
| Bonita Street Elementary | Los Angeles |
| Braun CF Building | California |
| Brea Chemical Plant | Brea |
| Builder's Emporium | California |
| Bullocks Department Store | California |
| Bunker Hill Plant | Los Angeles |
| Bushnell Way Elementary School | Los Angeles |
| C.F. Braun Building | Alhambra |
| California Federal Savings and Loan | California |
| California Poly Univ. | Pomona |
| California Shipbuilding Company | Long Beach |
| California Shipbuilding Yard aka Calship | Terminal Island |
| Camarillo State Mental Hospital | Camarillo |
| Camp Kearney | San Diego |
| Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base | Camp Pendleton |
| Campbell Machine Shipyard | San Diego |
| Campbell Shipyard | San Diego |
| Candlestick Park Office Building | San Francisco |
| Carlsbad Power Plant | Carlsbad |
| CBC | Point Hueneme |
| Chapman College | California |
| Chevron | El Segundo |
| Children's Hospital | Anaheim |
| Children’s Hospital | Los Angeles |
| City Hall | Los Angeles |
| City of Watsonville | Watsonville |
| Colton Cement | Colton |
| Colton School District | Colton |
| Columbia Steel | Torrance |
| Columbia Steel | Pittsburg |
| Conair Aircraft Plant | San Diego |
| Conoco Philips aka San Francisco Refinery (formerly owned by UNOCAL & TOSCO) | Rodeo |
| Consolidated Aircraft | San Diego |
| Consolidated Aircraft Corp | San Diego |
| Consolidated Lumbar Co | California |
| Consolidated Steel Shipyard | Wilmington |
| Container Corporation of America Paper Mill | Commerce |
| Continental Can Co | Haywood |
| Corona Del Mar High School | Los Angeles |
| Coronado School District | Coronado |
| County General Hospital | Los Angeles |
| Crocker Center | California |
| Crocker Citizens Bank | California |
| Crocker Tower | Los Angeles |
| Crown Zellerbach Paper Mill | Antioch |
| Cushin Shipyard | San Francisco |
| Danza College | Saratoga |
| Department of Water & Power Plant (DWP) | El Segundo |
| Dept of Water and Power | Los Angeles |
| Diamond National Paper Mill | Red Bluff |
| Douglas Aircraft | Long Beach |
| Douglas Aircraft | Santa Monica |
| Douglas Oil Refinery | Paramount |
| Dow Chemical Plant | Pittsburg |
| Dupont Chemical Plant | Antioch |
| Etiwanda Steam Plant | Etiwanda |
| Exxon Oil Refinery | Benicia |
| Exxon Refinery | Benica |
| Fibreboard Paper Mill | Antioch |
| Firestone | Los Angeles |
| Firestone Tire Store | Los Angeles |
| Fleet Maintenance & Assistance | San Diego |
| Fluor Corp | Los Angeles |
| Ford Assembly Plant | Los Angeles |
| Ford Motor Company | Oakland |
| Ford Motor Plant | Milpitas |
| Ford Paint Plant | Milpitas |
| Fullerton College | Fullerton |
| Gallo winery | Modesto |
| Garwood Industries | Richmond |
| General Dynamics Corp. | San Diego |
| General Electric | San Jose |
| General Electric Building | San Jose |
| General Electric Plant | Oakland |
| Georgia Pacific Paper Mill | Samoa |
| Georgia Pacific Pulp | Eureka |
| Golden West Refinery | Santa Fe Springs |
| Goodyear Plant | Los Angeles |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber Plant | Anaheim |
| Goodyear Tire & Rubber Plant | Los Angeles |
| Hamms Brewery | San Francisco |
| Harbor Boat Building Company | Terminal Island |
| Hartford Building | San Francisco |
| Hercules Power Plant | Hercules |
| Hughes Aircraft | California |
| Hunt Canned Foods Plant | Oakland |
| Hunt-Wesson Tomato Cannery | Hayward |
| Hunter Point Power Plant | San Francisco |
| Hunters Point Naval Shipyard | San Francisco |
| Hunters Point Shipyard | San Francisco |
| Huntington Beach Powerhouse | Huntington Beach |
| Industrial Command U.S. Naval Repair Base | San Diego |
| Jackson Roofing | San Pablo |
| Jandy Camps Shipyards | San Diego |
| Johns-Manville Plant | Watson |
| Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical | Oakland |
| Kaiser Cement Gypsum | Lucerne Valley |
| Kaiser Gypsum Plant | Antioch |
| Kaiser Steel Mil | Fontana |
| Kaiser Steel Mill | Fontana |
| Kern Power House | Bakersfield |
| Kerr McGee Chemical Plant | Trona |
| Kimberly Clark | California |
| Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill | Fullerton |
| Lawrence Atomic Radiation Laboratory | Livermore |
| Lockheed Martin Aeronautical | Burbank |
| Lockheed Martin Aircraft Service | Burbank |
| Lockheed Martin Aircraft Terminal | Burbank |
| Long Beach Auditorium | Long Beach |
| Long Beach Naval Shipyard | Long Beach |
| Long Beach Naval Shipyard aka Terminal Island Naval Shipyard | Terminal Island |
| Long Beach Naval Shipyard Steam Plant | Terminal Island |
| Long Beach Naval Station | Long Beach |
| Los Angeles County Hospital | Los Angeles |
| Los Angeles County Jail | Los Angeles |
| Los Angeles Department of Water & Power | Los Angeles |
| Los Angeles Dry Dock and Shipbuilding | Los Angeles |
| Los Angeles Independent School District | Los Angeles |
| Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) | Los Angeles |
| Marc Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo |
| Mare Island Naval Shipyard | Vallejo |
| Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Miramar | San Diego |
| Marine Shipyard | Sausalito |
| McClelland Air Force Base | Sacramento |
| McCloskey Sheet Metal | Long Beach |
| McDonnell Douglas Corp | California |
| Mercy County Hospital | San Diego |
| Mobil Oil Refinery | Torrance |
| Moffett Field Naval Air Station | Sunnyvale |
| Monsanto | Avon |
| Moore Drydock | Oakland |
| Moore Drydock Shipyard | San Francisco |
| Moore Shipyard | Oakland |
| Morro Bay Powerhouse | Morro Bay |
| Moss Landing Powerhouse | Moss Landing |
| National Steel Shipbuilding (NASSCO) aka General Dynamics | San Diego |
| National Steel Shipyard | San Diego |
| Naval Air Station (NAS) | Lemoore |
| Naval Air Station (NAS) North Island | San Diego |
| Naval Housing | San Diego |
| Naval Recruiting Station | San Diego |
| Naval Station (NAVSTA) 32nd Street | San Diego |
| Naval Supply Center | San Diego |
| Naval Training Center (NTC) | San Diego |
| Norris Thermador Plant | Bell |
| North Island Navy | North Island |
| Norton Air Force Base | San Bernardino |
| Nuclear Research lab | Livermore |
| Orange Coast College | Costa Mesa |
| Orange County Jail | Orange |
| Orange Pulp and Paper | Orange |
| Orville Dams | Orville |
| Owens-Corning Fiberglass | Santa Clara |
| Owens-Corning Plant | Santa Clara |
| Oxnard Powerhouse | Oxnard |
| Pabco Manufacturing Plant | Emeryville |
| Pacific Gas & Electric (PG & E) Substation | San Francisco |
| Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) “Pittsburg” Steam Plant | Antioch |
| Pacific Gas & Electric Power Plant | Pittsburg |
| Pacific Power & Light | Morro Bay |
| Pacific Power & Light Company | San Francisco |
| Pacific Telephone Building | San Jose |
| Pal Roofing | El Sobrante |
| Paso de Saratoga Shopping Center | Saratoga |
| Peninsula Hospital | Burlingame |
| Pepperdine University | Malibu |
| Perini Corporation | Marysville |
| PG&E Power Plant | Hunters Point |
| PG&E Substation | Antioch |
| PGE Powerhouse | Morrow Bay |
| Philco Co | California |
| Philco Ford Building | Sunnydale |
| Phillips 66 | Huntington Beach |
| Ping Yang Chinese Senior Housing Facility | San Francisco |
| Point Loma Naval Submarine Base | San Diego |
| Pomona Avenue Elementary School | Costa Mesa |
| Port Nimitz Naval Base | San Diego |
| Procon Inc | Los Angeles |
| Proctor & Gamble Chemical Plant | Sacramento |
| Proctor & Gamble Plant | Long Beach |
| Rainbird Sprinkler | Acusa |
| Ralph M. Parsons Plant | Pasadena |
| Ralph's Stores | California |
| Ray Chemical | Menlo Park |
| Realto School District | Realto |
| Redding Service Station Maintenance | Redding |
| Redlands Community Hospital | Redlands |
| Redondo Beach Steam Plant | Redondo Beach |
| Redondo School District | Redondo |
| Redstone Shipyards | Braswell |
| Rey Junior High School | Los Angeles |
| Richfield Oil Refinery | Long Beach |
| Richmond Kaiser Shipyards (1- 4) | Richmond |
| Richmond Shipyard | Richmond |
| Riverside Community Hospital | Riverside |
| Riverside County Courthouse | Riverside |
| Riverside County Municipal Annex Courthouse | Riverside |
| Riverside General | Riverside |
| Riverside March Hospital | March AFB |
| Riverside School District | Riverside |
| Rocket Dyne | Los Angeles |
| Rogers Roofing | Pannol |
| Roosevelt Base | San Pedro |
| Safeway Stores | Los Angeles |
| San Benito Hospital | San Benito |
| San Bernardino Hospital | San Bernardino |
| San Bernardino School District | San Bernardino |
| San Diego County building | San Diego |
| San Diego Gas & Electric Building | San Diego |
| San Diego Marine Base | San Diego |
| San Diego Military Station | San Diego |
| San Diego Naval Base | San Diego |
| San Diego Naval Shipyard | San Diego |
| San Diego Power Plant | San Diego |
| San Diego Radio School | San Diego |
| San Diego Shipyard | San Diego |
| San Diego State University | San Diego |
| San Francisco ISD | San Francisco |
| San Francisco Naval Shipyard | San Francisco |
| San Francisco Shipyard | San Francisco |
| San Jose State University | San Jose |
| San Juan Caspatrasas School District | San Juan |
| San Pedro Naval Shipyard | San Pedro |
| San Rafael Shipyard | San Francisco |
| Sanford Linear Atomic Accelerator | Palo Alto |
| Santa Ana Register | Santa Ana |
| Santa Clara Fairgrounds | San Jose |
| Santa Monica college | Santa Monica |
| Santa Monica Library | Santa Monica |
| Santa Monica Unified School District | Santa Monica |
| Santa Teresa Medical building | San Jose |
| Schirmer Mechanical | Hibbing |
| Schlitz Brewery | Van Nuys |
| Schoot Paper | Everette |
| Schultz Steel | Southgate |
| Sears & Roebuck | California |
| Sears, Roebuck Building | Los Angeles |
| Shell Chemical Plant | Torrance |
| Shell Oil | Long Beach |
| Shell Oil Refinery | Dominguez |
| Shell Oil Refinery | Richmond |
| Shell Oil Refinery | Martinez |
| Shell Research and Development Building | Emeryville |
| Shell Rfinery | Wilmington |
| Silver Gate Power Plant | San Diego |
| Sinclair Oil Refinery | Pasadena |
| Slowoa Metals | California |
| Snyder Lumber co | Turlock |
| Sonoma Development Center | Eldridge |
| Sonoma State Hospital | Glen Ellen |
| Sonora School | Los Angeles |
| South Bay Chevrolet | California |
| South Bay Power Plant | Chula Vista |
| South California Powerhouse | Redondo Beach |
| South Coast Plaza | California |
| Southern California Edison | Los Alamos |
| Southern California Edison | Redondo Beach |
| Southern California Edison Power Plant | Huntington Beach |
| Southern California heat Treating | Santa Fe Springs |
| Southern California Light | Huntington Beach |
| Southern Construction Company | Pittsburgh |
| Southern Edison Building | Los Angeles |
| Southern Pacific Railroad | Oakland |
| Southern Pacific Railroad | Vallejo |
| Southern Pacific Railroad | San Francisco |
| Southern Pacific Railroad Office Buildings A and B | San Francisco |
| Southwest Marine Shipyard | San Diego |
| Spreckels Sugar Refinery | Manteca |
| Sproutse Reito Variety Store | Modesto |
| Sproutse Reito Variety Store | Turlock |
| Sproutse Reito Variety Store Crows Landing rd | Modesto |
| Sproutse Reito Variety Store Paradise rd | Modesto |
| Sproutse Reito Variety Store Yosemite rd. | Modesto |
| St Judes Hospital | California |
| Standard Oil | El Segundo |
| Standard Oil Building | San Francisco |
| Standard Oil Company | Segundo |
| Standard Oil Station | San Diego |
| Stanford Hospital | Pala Alto |
| Stanford Research Institute | Menlo Park |
| Stanford University | Palo Alto |
| State farm Insurance Building | San Mateo |
| State of the Art Sewage Plant | San Francisco |
| Stauffer Chemical | El Cerrito |
| Stauffer Chemical Plant | Vernon |
| Super Temp | Long Beach |
| Superior Oil | Los Angeles |
| Superior Tank Company | Bakersfield |
| System Development Corp. | Santa Monica |
| Texas Corporation Office Building | Los Angeles |
| The LaPama | San Bonita |
| The Whittier School | Los Angeles |
| Thorpe Insulation Office & Warehouse | Commerce |
| Tidewater Oil Refinery | Avon |
| Tishman Office Building | Los Angeles |
| Tishman Realty & Construction Co | Los Angeles |
| Todd Shipyard | Long Beach |
| Todd Shipyard | San Pedro |
| Tosco Avon Refinery | Martinez |
| Tosco Refinery | Benica |
| Town and Country Hotel | California |
| Travis AFB | Vacaville |
| Treasure Island N. Shipyard | San Francisco |
| Treasure Island Naval | San Francisco |
| Treasure Island Shipyard | Vallejo |
| Trinity Dam | Livingston |
| Turco Chemical Plant | Florence |
| Tustin Hospital | Tustin |
| Twin Towers | Los Angeles |
| U.S. Gypsum | South Gate |
| U.S. Marine Base | San Diego |
| U.S. Marine Base Field Medical School | Camp Pendleton |
| U.S. Naval Base | San Francisco |
| U.S. Naval Base | Vallejo |
| U.S. Naval Hospital | San Diego |
| U.S. Naval Shipyard | Long Beach |
| U.S. Navy Troop Transport Ship | San Diego |
| U.S. Rubber Tire & Synthetic Rubber Plant | Los Angeles |
| U.S. Steel | Pittsburg |
| U.S. Steel Shipyard | San Francisco |
| U.S.S. Cavalier | Long Beach |
| UAMTC | Point Mugu |
| Union 76 Refinery | San Pedro |
| Union Bank Building | California |
| Union Carbide Chemical Plant | Torrance |
| Union Carbide Mine | Bishop |
| Union Oil | Vallego |
| Union Oil Refinery | Wilmington |
| Union Oil Refinery | San Pedro |
| Union Pacific Switchyard | Los Angeles |
| United California Bank | Los Angeles |
| United Engineering | Alameda |
| University Ford | California |
| University of California | Irvine |
| University of California | Santa Barbara |
| University of California | Los Angeles |
| University of California | La Jolla |
| University of California at San Diego | San Diego |
| University of California La Jolla Apartments | La Jolla |
| University of California Medical Center | Los Angeles |
| University of California SF Hospital | San Francisco |
| University of Santa Cruz | Santa Cruz |
| University of Southern California | Los Angeles |
| UNOCAL Oil Refinery | Wilmington |
| US Borax | Boron |
| US Coast Guard | San Pedro |
| US Naval Shipyard | Long Beach |
| US Naval Station | San Diego |
| US Naval Station | Newport |
| Valley Electric | San Diego |
| Valley Electric | San Fernando Valley |
| Valley Electric Steam Plant | Hollywood |
| VAMC | Los Angeles |
| Vandenberg Air Force Base | Lompoc |
| Veterans Hospital | Sylmar |
| Victoria Street Elementary School | Los Angeles |
| Watkins Johnson Building | Palo Alto |
| Wells Fargo Bank Building | California |
| Wells Fargo Bank Building | San Francisco |
| West Roofing | Albany |
| Western Pipe & Steel | San Francisco |
| Western Pipe & Steel Company | Los Angeles |
| Western Pipe & Steel Plant | Los Angeles |
| Western Pipe & Steel Shipyard | San Francisco |
| Western Pipe & Steel Shipyard | San Pedro |
| Willamette Shipyard | Richmond |
| Willis Heating | San Mateo |
| Wilson School | Los Angeles |
| Wood Fruit Cannery | Atwater |
| Wycoff Building | Riverside |
