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Comment 23 for Public Workshops on Investment of Cap-and-Trade Auction Proceeds to Benefit Disadvantaged Communities (sb-535-guidance-ws) - 1st Workshop.


First Name: Andrew
Last Name: Alden
Email Address: geology@andrew-alden.com
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Subject: Earthquake vulnerability of disadvantaged communities
Comment:
I urge CalEPA and the Air Resources Board to consider vulnerability
to earthquake effects as a criterion for disadvantaged communities.
Major earthquakes do most of their damage through fires and the
destruction of residential structures of unreinforced masonry and
soft-story designs, effects that disproportionately afflict the
disadvantaged. Sustained funding of the statewide earthquake
early-warning system from cap-and-trade money would benefit most
Californians, but it would especially help disadvantaged
communities by reaching a population that is served predominantly
by smartphone. This population is already threatened by pollution
from ambient and industrial sources that would be greatly increased
during and after major earthquakes. The earthquake threat is well
characterized and the benefits of early warning are clear: reduced
casualties from building failures and fires. The time has come for
California to act in accordance with its geological nature.

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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2014-09-11 19:04:27



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