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Mary D. Nichols, Chair
California Air Resources Board
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
 
RE: Southern California Consolidation Project’s Site Location
 
Chair Nichols:
 
Please accept this letter as my strongest recommendation for ARB’s
Southern California Consolidation Project to be relocated within
the City of Pomona.  As an advocate for our ARB employee’s families
in Covina and the greater San Gabriel Valley moving these 400
employees and their families 40-50 more miles away would not only
cause a negative economic effect to our region, but would place
stress between families to uproot their lives.  Less time with
family, more time in their cars and in traffic, and possible lower
morale.

As much as 400 jobs will be lost within the San Gabriel Valley to
Riverside County which will directly affected the vast majority of
those who live in the region and within Covina.  With skilled labor
force along with the economic development components around 400
jobs such as housing, retail, spousal jobs need to remain in LA
County.  

For these reasons, I strongly encourage ARB to adopt the Staff
Report recommendation; it makes economic and operational sense from
multiple angles and it is consistent with the will of your
employees.  I look forward to hearing the results of the March 17th
Board meeting and sincerely hope that ARB will remain in LA County.
 If you need additional information, please contact myself oat
626-214-8586
 
Sincerely,

Jorge Marquez
Covina City Councilmember