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Dear Chair Randolph and Members of the Board, 
 
I live in Lompoc and strongly support adoption of new regulations
that will phase out the sale of highly-polluting gas-powered leaf
blowers and lawn equipment in California beginning in 2024.
 
The use of gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers in particular
causes numerous health problems and exacerbates California's
notoriously poor air quality. California continues to fail to meet
national air quality standards; millions of Californians breathe
unhealthy air everyday.
 
CARB's public health benefit analysis determined that these new
regulations, if adopted, will result in: 

    $8.8 billion in health insurance benefits through 2043
    892 premature deaths avoided
    438 fewer emergency room visits for asthma 
    311 fewer hospitalizations for respiratory and cardiovascular
issues

The California Legislature also appropriated $30 million for your
agency to distribute to small proprietor landscapers to help them
begin to acquire and transition to new, zero emission electric and
manual equipment. This is in addition to subsidies and buy back
programs already led by air districts throughout the state.

This regulation will improve air quality, help to slow the climate
crisis, improve human health, and save lives.

The conclusion here is obvious: Please approve and amend the SORE
regulations per staff recommendation.

Thanks,
Hod Gray