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I urge the CARB Board to adopt a strong PLAN  to reduce the effects
of global-warming in California and achieve
immediate REDUCTIONS in smog and other dangerous air pollutants
that cause illness and death.

We, here in California, are already facing a public health crisis
from air pollution. Because of our dirty air, California is
annually experiencing over 18,000 premature deaths, 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.  Non-smokers, like myself, are being
diagnosed with lung diseases that cannot be cured.
I, for one, am suffering from severe case of bronchiectesis and
silicosis--probably due to the particulates in the air from freeway
traffic and CALTRANS construction on Interstate 405 for 4 years!!!
More and more elderly, infants and children, and other adults are
suffering from chronic diseases;low income-communities are most at
risk for these health hazards.

As the daughter of Dr. Stafford Warren, the first Dean of the UCLA
Medical School and a former member of the California Air Resources
Board, I URGE YOU to adopt a strong plan to combat global warming
in California and to set the standard
for national and international action. I ALSO URGE THE STATE AIR
RESOURCES BOARD to include STRONGER MEASURES TO REDUCE AIR
POLLUTION FROM VEHICLES, PETROLEUM REFINIERIES, CEMENT
MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, POWER PLANTS, AND TRUCKS SERVING PORT
FACILITIES. The plan should include a much more aggressive
statewide goal for reducing POLLUTION AND PROMOTING progressive
action by local governments. 

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

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