ACTION ALERT: Send This Email to Keep 400 Jobs in LA County

The California Air Resources Board will vote TOMORROW on where to relocate 400 jobs that are currently in LA County.  Their staff has recommended they keep the jobs in LA County by moving them to Cal Poly Pomona, but there's a competing proposal gathering steam to move these jobs to the University of California, Riverside. Can you please do these two things right now to help keep these 400 jobs in LA County? 1. Click here to email the California Air Resources Board. Urge them to:

Support your own staff’s recommendation to select Cal Poly Pomona as the relocation site for the proposed Southern California Consolidation Project.  As your staff notes:The proximity to the Los Angeles area minimizes the disruption to ARB staff, allows greater flexibility on where staff chooses to live, provides more flexibility for spouse/partner employment, and may facilitate recruitment and retention of staff in the future. The close proximity to the South Coast AQMD would encourage better coordination on a variety of policy and technical issues. Approximately 85% of employees preferred the Pomona site – over Riverside - for a possible relocation facility, citing the shorter commute distance, time, and impacts on personal life and work. With major air quality challenges facing our region, it is vital for you to minimize disruption for your staff and improve coordination with the South Coast AQMD. As your staff notes, the Cal Poly Pomona site is far superior to the proposed alternative.

2. Click here to download letter language to put on your letterhead and then email to COTB@arb.ca.gov.