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Dear California Air Resource Board,

I am writing regarding your plan to reduce the pollutants that
will be allowed in our air here in California.  The quality of our
air is so vital to our quality of life.  I find the air here in Los
Angeles to be poor and we must do something about it! 

I urge the CARB Board to adopt a strong global warming scoping
plan for California to both slow global warming and achieve
immediate reductions in smog and other dangerous air pollutants
that cause illness and death.

Communities throughout California are already facing a public
health crisis from air pollution, experiencing 18,000 premature
deaths yearly, 350,000 asthma attacks, over 4 million missed school
days from children suffering asthma attacks or other respiratory
problems, thousands of hospitalizations and emergency room visits,
and stunted lung development in children.  

I urge the California  Air Resources Board  to adopt a very strong
plan to combat global warming in California and to set the standard
for national and international action. I also urge the state air
board to include a stronger focus on measures to reduce emissions
from driving  that contribute the largest percentage of greenhouse
gases  in California.  We should impose a pollution tax on all
vehicles.  The more pollution they emit, the larger fee that should
be paid.  That makes the polluters pay, and provides incentives to
purchase the cleanest vehicles possible.  Please don't allow
'classic' or old vehicles a free pass to pollute.  When I drive
behind older vehicles I can just smell the pollution and it makes
me sick.  If someone wants to keep an older vehicle they should
have to retrofit it to meet current emission standards.  The plan
should also include a strong goal and additional regulatory
measures for reducing pollution from industrial sources such as
petroleum refineries and cement manufacturing facilities.

Thank you for your consideration of my concerns to strengthen
these key strategies in the AB 32 draft scoping plan.