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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.

Karen Slevinske