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Dear Chair Randolph and Members of the Board, 
 
I am a California resident, grew up in Upland CA in the 60s & 70's
and I have difficulty breathing because of the smog, smudge pots
burning oil to keep the citrus trees from frost damage. I doesn't
have to be this way for children only if we STOP polluting the air
with gas-powered landscape equipment!! Lawn mowers, leaf blowers,
and the trucks that haul this equipment from neighborhood to
neighborhood

I support the adoption of new regulations that will phase out the
sale of highly-polluting gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn
equipment in California beginning in 2024.
 
The use of gas-powered leaf blowers and lawn mowers in particular
causes numerous health problems, and greatly contributes to
California's notoriously poor air quality. 

California continues to fail to meet national air quality
standards, which means that millions of Californians like myself
breathe unhealthy air everyday.
 
CARB's public health benefit analysis determined that these new
regulations, if adopted, will result in: 
$8.8 billion in health insurance benefits through 2043
892 premature deaths avoided
438 fewer emergency room visits for asthma 
311 fewer hospitalizations for respiratory and cardiovascular
issues

The California Legislature also appropriated $30 million for your
agency to distribute to small proprietor landscapers to help them
begin to acquire and transition to new, zero emission electric and
manual equipment. This is in addition to subsidies and buy back
programs already led by air districts throughout the state.

This regulation will improve air quality, help to slow the climate
crisis, improve human health, and save lives.

Please approve and amend the SORE regulations per the staff
recommendation.

Thank you for your consideration
Carmela Vignocchi