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Dear CARB Board members:

Thank you for your hard work so far envisioning a plan to
implement the Global Warming Solutions Act.

I have a few requests that I believe will make this plan even
stronger. I hope you will consider them during your meeting.

- Please auction off all emission allowances. Program revenues
should go toward GHG reduction programs, such as clean
technologies, green jobs, and aid for low-income consumers and
small businesses to reduce their utility bills. 

- Please work to reduce the role of offsets in the Plan. Providing
too many offsets encourages continuing emissions in low-income
neighborhoods and in defenseless habitats, and weakens the demand
for clean energy technology innovation. Limiting offsets will
create more clean-energy jobs, stimulating our state's economy.

- Please increase the targets for local governments to reduce
emissions caused by poorly planned growth that drives up vehicle
miles traveled. 

- Please require businesses to recycle their materials. 

Thank you very much for your attention to this very critical
matter.