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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.

Kristy Renken