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Dear CARB,

Thank you VERY MUCH for your work on the Draft AB32 Scoping Plan
to reduce California's GHGs by 2020.  This is critical work,
especially setting goals for the State to increase renewable
energy and reduce vehicle miles travelled. 

I am grateful to be serving on the Santa Rosa City Council where I
can make local efforts for Climate Recovery.

Please consider these recommendations on behalf of myself, David
Gougler, Stefanie Como and Becky Como (all California  residents)
for inclusion in the Final Scoping Plan:
- The State should auction 100% of permits under the cap.
Polluters should pay for their emissions, not be given free
permits that subsidize coal and prolong the transition to cleaner
energy.  Future generations must be protected!
- The Scoping Plan should specify that some auction revenues will
be used to provide a Dividend to compensate consumers. With food,
gasoline, natural gas, and electricity prices all increasing,
helping consumers deal with food, fuel and electricity costs is a
good use of auction revenues.
- We strongly support CARB's proposal for Carbon Fees on fossil
fuel companies to help fund CARB's implementation of AB32.
 
Carbon Fees should also provide funding sources for clean
technologies, green jobs, energy efficiency programs, and more.