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Chairwoman Mary D. Nichols

Honorable Chairwoman Nichols,

I am the President of North County Watch a 501c3 organization in
San Luis Obispo County.  We are an all volunteer organization
advocating for sustainable land use policy.

The issue of Vehicles Miles Traveled is dear to our heart. 
Dreadful, sprawling low density subdivisions are being regulary
applied for and approved in San Luis Obispo County.  Our county is
over 3,000 square miles – primarily agriculture and rural – plenty
of land to be inappropriately gobbled up by sprawling mini
ranchette subdivisions.  

Our NCW Board strongly urge you and the Board to adopt the most
stringent CO2 standards for land use.  Please give our local APCD
all the tools it needs to positively effect changes in local land
use approvals.  Declining air quality standards caused by mobile
sources directly affect our local businesses, as they then are
required to compensate for declining air quality.  

CARB should raise the land use target in AB 32 Scoping Plan from 5
million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (MMT) to 11-14 MMT.

Thank you and your Board for your consideration of our request.

Susan Harvey
President
North County Watch
P.O. Box 455
Templeton, CA 93465