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I am currently in my third year of graduate school at UC Merced. I
have seen the impacts of the air quality here on children, which
makes me afraid to settle here and raise a family. I would rather
live and work somewhere where the combination of a) Diesel truck
emissions b) polluted air from the bay area ports and c) the
geography of the valley do not contribute to multiple bad air days!
I am frustrated as a resident of the Valley (I've lived in Fresno
and Merced since I was a child) that lawmakers still have not done
their best to protect our air! Obviously car makers and diesel
truck makers do NOT have our best interests in mind. PLEASE put the
PEOPLE first-- the Central Valley needs to attract an educated
workforce, and it's not fair to those who do not have as many
choices to force them to breathe polluted air. 
Thank you for your time,
Beth Hernandez