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I am an industrial supplier to commercial cleaning industry
(pressure washers, floor scrubbers, detergents, sanitizers,
disinfectants servicing (municipalities / office parks / retail
/residential customers) in the greater Los Angeles area for the
last 20 years.
I proudly come from the Anaheim community located in Orange and
Riverside county. I employ 12 workers and we take great pride in
the service we provide the community.
Within the last year, we partnered with County of Orange, CALTRANS,
City of LA, multiple municipalities, food plants, construction
companies, transportation, transit, etc, to provide 
 gas powered pressure washers to clean and sanitize everything from
schools, food plants, transit buses, bus stops, homeless
encampments, CalTrans vehicles, public property, and the most
efficient tool we use is an internal combustion powered pressure
washer. Beyond this we have x of crews working daily. The mandate
of no internal combustion engines being considered would eliminate
the jobs of nearly all of our staff.
We care deeply about a clean environment for both the health of our
neighbors and beauty of our community. (where applicable) We have
participated in water recovery / water treatment as well as propane
burner usage in accordance with all state and local regulations.
Elimination of these cleaning devices will decrease public safety,
decrease the ability to clean and sanitize, and keep California as
the jewel of a state we all love. Banning these small engines
eliminates any acceptable solution for portable pressure washing.
Thousands of cleaning companies, municipal staffs, transit workers,
port workers, state employees will be left with no cleaning
solution for hard to clean surfaces away from a major electrical
source. There is no battery to run a pressure washer. That
technology may come some day, but in the meantime, you have put the
horse behind the buggy. You are cutting off your nose to spite
yourself. Do you want excess dirt and bacteria filling the outside
areas of restaurants? Do you want sidewalks crusted with spoiled
food and bacteria at public event centers such as a football or
baseball stadium?  Do you want the building you work at to have
uncleaned entrances? Please, take a moment and ask yourself if this
is the right thing to do. You are creating a human health and
economic crisis with this ruling. I beg you to use just a bit of
common sense. It is easy to hand down decisions from the halls of
government. Call your state agencies and municipalities. Call the
schools. Call the event centers. Call the universities. Call the
churches. Ask if they can keep their employees, students, visitors,
and fans safe without the gas powered pressure washer. I know the
answer. Do you?