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•	We have just started to see money from California’s climate
protection programs come to our communities to reduce pollution and
help our underserved communities; we support these programs and
want to see expanded investment.
•	We agree with the Governor’s 5 pillars of climate action.
•	We support the themes in the draft paper, especially:
a.	Investing  in disadvantaged communities – go higher than the 10%
and 25% minimums required by law, because these are the
neighborhoods most hurt by pollution and with the least resources –
and providing them technical assistance to apply for funding;
b.	Integrated projects in disadvantaged communities to support
local climate action, similar to the Senate’s budget proposal  –
projects designed by local residents who understand community
needs;
c.	Reducing short-lived climate pollutants, like the black carbon
in diesel exhaust that damages our health and also rapidly warms
the planet.
•	Clean up our transportation system and give us more safe and
reliable transportation choices by expanding funding for:
a.	Replacing older gross-polluting vehicles with hybrids and
electric cars;
b.	Improved bus service and bike and pedestrian access;
c.	Van-pools for farmworkers;
d.	Cleaner trucks and other freight equipment to reduce diesel
emissions from goods movement.
•	Clean up our air and reduce our home energy costs by funding:
a.	Solar for low-income families;
b.	Weatherization, insulation, and energy efficiency improvements;
c.	Cleaner, more efficient heating systems to replace inefficient
fireplaces and woodstoves.