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As a citizen of California and parent, I strongly support
California's efforts to reduce air pollutants and greenhouse gases
from motor vehicles and urge the State of California to continue
its national and international leadership in promoting clean
vehicle policies and technologies. Without strong action to reduce
emissions, global warming will exacerbate our existing air
pollution-related public health crisis. We are deeply concerned
about the poor health outcomes caused by air pollution that is
driven largely by transportation emissions in California. Along
with triggering asthma attacks, exposure to vehicle pollution
contributes to new asthma cases, impairs lung function and
development and contributes to respiratory and cardiac illnesses
and even premature deaths. Global warming will add to these burdens
as higher temperatures lead to reduced air quality, more intense
heat waves, increased wildfire smoke exposure and other public
health challenges. We are especially concerned about low-income
communities and other vulnerable populations including seniors,
children and infants and those already suffering from lung, heart
and other chronic diseases. We support the leadership of the State
of California in its ongoing efforts to implement policies and
programs that reduce greenhouse gas emissions while also advancing
public health, air quality and environmental goals. We urge the
California Air Resources Board to move forward this year to protect
public health by enhancing California's Low Emission Vehicle (LEV)
criteria pollutant and greenhouse gas regulations to reduce
emissions from all new motor vehicles and by strengthening the
state's Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program. We believe that the
strongest possible motor vehicle emission standards are critically
important for the health of California residents and, as other
states and the federal government adopt California vehicle
standards, for the health of all Americans.