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To the board members of CARB. The Newsom Administration has
proposed passenger boat regulations that require new engines and
technology that is not feasible from a safety, financial or
operational standpoint.

By the boards own own admission, the proposed regulations will
likely remove passenger boats made of wood and fiberglass from
service. This would apply to over 80% of all boats! If boat owners
can't afford to spend millions of dollars for new metal boats or
you can't or won't pay twice as much for boat tickets to pay for
the new boats, boat owners will be forced out of business.

I am requesting board members to consider that as boats go out of
business millions of Californians will be denied access to the open
sea and significant economic harm will come to coastal communities
that depend on outdoor tourism. Please know this means me and my
family may not able to harvest your own food and to enjoy all the
splendors of the sea!