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The Coalition for Clean Air needs your help to pass two important bills that will help clean up California’s air. One will get more dirty, older cars off the road and the other will get lead out of aviation fuel. Both will mean better health for our most underserved communities and a better future for all Californians. Contact your representatives today and tell them to pass AB 2401 and SB 1193!
Click here to find out the name of your Senator and Assemblymember.
After entering your address, it will show you your representatives’ websites. After clicking on the link, click the Contact button usually located at the top right. You will be directed to your Legislator’s contact form. Fill out the form and feel free to use the template letters below as the main message. Make sure you send the information on AB 2401 to your Senator and SB 1193 to your Assemblymember.
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AB 2401 Template Letter:
Dear Senator,
I am contacting you today to urge you to vote Aye on AB 2401 by Assemblymember Ting. I am concerned about the effects air pollution has on my family, my community, and myself. Californians breathe the smoggiest air in the nation which results in our most vulnerable Californians living shorter and sicker lives. AB 2401 would rectify this situation by guiding the California Air Resources Board to update the Clean Cars 4 All Program to ensure its continued effectiveness in removing the most polluting vehicles off our roads.
Since its enactment nine years ago, the Clean Cars 4 All Program has continued to be a source of hope for Californians such as myself by giving over 13,000 households access to a clean vehicles that they would not be able to afford otherwise. At the same time, the program has been successful at scrapping polluting cars and removing air pollution from our communities, allowing Californians a chance to breathe clean air and not worry about seeing themselves or family members being hospitalized due to complications from asthma or other cardiovascular diseases. However, with the recent budget cuts our state is facing, it is more important than ever to ensure programs are achieving their goals as efficiently as possible. As such, AB 2401 proposes for CARB to update the Clean Cars 4 All guidelines to ensure the program is being implemented all across the state and that the incentives reach our most vulnerable communities to encourage them to switch out their most polluting cars.
If enacted, AB 2401 would help save thousands of lives from the often fatal health effects of air pollution. I urge you to vote in support of this bill to protect our air and create a better future for my community and all of California.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]
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SB 1193 Template Letter:
Dear Assemblymember,
I am contacting you today to urge you to vote Aye on SB 1193 by Senator Menjivar. I am concerned about the effects air pollution has on my family, my community, and myself. Californians breathe the smoggiest air in the nation which results in our most vulnerable Californians living shorter and sicker lives. SB 1193 would rectify this situation by prohibiting airport operators from using lead aviation fuel starting in 2031.
Lead pollution continues to plague hundreds of thousands of Californians like me, leading to reproductive problems, high blood pressure, kidney disease, digestive problems, nerve disorders, and memory and concentration problems. This pollutant is especially harmful to our children, causing significant developmental, cognitive, and behavioral problems. Children living in near-airport communities are more susceptible to this type of pollution as a recent study found that children who lived less than a mile away from an airport had 21% higher lead levels in their blood compared to children who lived further away.
Thankfully, SB 1193 holds the solution to protecting the children of California from the harmful effects of lead pollution. By banning the use of leaded aviation fuel, we can reduce the amount of lead exposure facing our most vulnerable communities and ensure that children grow up safely and happily. We have already succeeded in transitioning away from using leaded gasoline and it makes sense to extend the same community protections to aviation fuel as well. I urge you to vote in support of this bill to protect our air and create a better future for my community and all of California.
Sincerely,
[Your Name Here]