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Comment 60 for Public Workshops on Investment of Cap-and-Trade Auction Proceeds to Benefit Disadvantaged Communities (sb-535-guidance-ws) - 1st Workshop.
First Name: Laurie
Last Name: Broedling
Email Address: lbroedling@earthlink.net
Affiliation: Tree San Diego
Subject: CARB’s discussion draft for Investments to Benefit Disadvantaged Communities
Comment:
Tree San Diego, the urban forestry non-profit for the San Diego County region, strongly supports the comments submitted by the California Urban Forestry Council and California ReLeaf. In addition we would particularly like to note the need for an approach to benefiting disadvantaged communities based on current conditions. The drought is paramount on the minds of people in our region. Water is increasingly expensive, and the communities least able to pay for it are the disadvantaged ones. Factoring the water issue into decisions about grant requirements for urban forestry is critical to the success of urban forestry in our region and all of Southern California. Examples include projects for flood control and for stormwater mitigation which are outside DACs but impact them; projects supporting existing mature tree care which uses less water and provides strong GHG reductions.
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted: 2014-09-15 13:06:52
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