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I am a resident of downtown San Diego, along with 40,000
other people. The cruise ships dock extremely close to our
high-density neighborhood and the pollution caused when the ships
are not connected to shore power is toxic. The ships contaminate
the whole downtown, but are especially dangerous for residents in
the half-mile radius of the terminal, including the high-density
populations in Columbia, Marina and Little Italy Districts, with
high-rise condominiums, apartment complexes and hotels. Over 1400
hotel rooms are across the street from the ships and many
residents, including me, are literally one block from the cruise
ship terminal, a distance of about 800 ft. 

I don't believe CARB is considering the proximity of the ships to
the residential population in its rule making. A one size fits all
scenario for rule-making does not work since the health and welfare
of thousands of people is being put at risk. The San Diego cruise
ship terminal is very different than LA's and should be treated
differently. 

1. I am pleased that ships in fleets will be required to connect to
shore power Jan 1, 2021. I want ALL cruise ships to meet this
requirement, no exceptions, at the San Diego cruise ship terminal.
Cruise lines already had years to convert their ships. If they want
to dock in San Diego they should not pollute the neighborhood and
people's lungs and homes. 

2. Maintain the current timeframe standards, or make them tougher,
to connect to shore power. One hour after the ship docks to berth
is acceptable. Changing this connection time to 2 hours after Ready
to Work, in our situation, is unacceptable. Vessels and the Port
need to make sure that the connections are maintained and labor is
available to connect in one hour. Please do not lower standards to
more than two hours to connect to shore power. 

3. San Diego's Port Authority allows cruise ships to re-engage
their engines 1/2 hour before leaving the berth. I want that to
continue. A one hour timeframe to pollute, is not necessary. Every
hour the cruise ships are allowed to pollute downtown puts our
health at increased risk.

4. In order for the Port of San Diego to meet the
connection requirements already proposed, it needs money to build
the additional infrastructure to provide a second connection to
shore power. Please provide the resources to make this happen
before Jan 1, 2021.

I have attached two pictures. One shows the current cruise ship
across from my balcony and the other is a 2018 picture showing how
close the downtown residences and hotels are to a cruise ship. This
picture is before the Savina condo was completed. 

Sincerely, 
Janet Rogers