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02/05/2023

07/30/2022

Add strong language to restrict or ban leaf blowers to our Climate Action Plan (CAP) now - deadline for comments is July 31, 2022. You may connect to the Plan & comments form at: www.cityofsacramento.org/climateaction
Or directly email comments to: [email protected]
no later than this Sunday July 31st.

You may also subscribe to receive updates on the on this website CAP (right side of page/screen, on my iPAD view).

Also note that there is a noon climate change Zoom offered on August 1st. It might be interesting to listen to that & provide feedback as appropriate. And Council to hold a workshop on August 16th at 5pm. Find more (same website as above) here:

Climate Lunch & Learn

Join Office of Climate Action & Sustainability staff for virtual “office hours” on August 1 from 12-1pm. Register.

City Council workshop on carbon neutrality

The Sacramento City Council will hold a workshop to discuss accelerated actions to achieve carbon neutrality. At this meeting, staff will also provide a quarterly update on the City's climate initiatives. The workshop will be held on August 16 at the 5pm Council meeting.

Located in the City Manager’s Office, the Office of Climate Action & Sustainability (OCAS) leads the City of Sacramento’s efforts to address climate change and accelerate City actions to achieve a resilient, carbon zero future. Formed in 2021, OCAS works closely with City departments to plan and...

12/09/2021

# FYI: https://takeayard.com/leaf-blowers-illegal/

04/30/2021

Please ask you state legislators to support Assembly Bill 1346. If approved, the ban would go into effect on Jan. 1, 2024, or as soon as the California Air Resources Board determines it is feasible.

Members of the Assembly Natural Resources Committee this week advanced the proposed law, Assembly Bill 1346. Assemblyman Marc Berman, D-Menlo Park, wrote the bill and described it as an important effort to reduce air pollution.

Read more here:

Should California ban the sale of gas-powered leaf-blowers and lawnmowers?

11/11/2020

While this isn’t much, it’s better than nothing. It bans all leaf blowers, gas and electric, when the Air Quality Index (AQI) is at or above 101 (roughly 30 days of the year):

In a conversation with ABC10, Vice Mayor Jeff Harris said the ordinance was health-focused by tying the ban to air quality.

11/11/2020

Congratulations Sacramento. You’re finally listening...

In a conversation with ABC10, Vice Mayor Jeff Harris said the ordinance was health-focused by tying the ban to air quality.

10/01/2020

As a reminder, it’s 2020, nearly 2021 already!. What are our CA Air Resources Board & air quality management officials doing to protect us? Demand legislation to protect our health by contacting our state legislators who determine what the Air Board & districts do: Reach Governor via: https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov40mail/

6th District Senator Richard Pan
District Office Capitol Office
2251 Florin Road, Suite 156 State Capitol, Room 5114
Sacramento, CA 95822 Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: (916) 262-2904 Phone: (916) 651-4006
Email:
https://sd06.senate.ca.gov/contact/email

7th district Representative McCarthy:
District Office:
915 L Street, Suite 110
Sacramento, CA 95814
Tel: (916) 324-4676
Or at Capitol:
Tel: (916) 319-2007
Email:
https://lcmspubcontact.lc.ca.gov/PublicLCMS/ContactPopup.php?district=AD07

09/28/2020

07/17/2020

Please keep blower dust & gas emissions down - it’s another lung risk that we don’t need in these COVID-19 times.