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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 
travelled. 
   -          Please require businesses to recycle their
materials. 
   We have a chance to make California even better as we address
one of the 
worst crises our planet has ever faced. Strong CARB policies will
help our 
state's residents realize some of the benefits we will receive by
taking on 
global warming pollution: reduced air pollution, more clean-energy
jobs, less 
waste and healthier communities. 
    
   Thanks again for your work on behalf of clean air for
California. 
 
Martha Henze