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Dear Chairman Nichols,


I encourage the California Air Resources Board to support public
health by establishing the most ambitious regional greenhouse gas
reduction targets possible under SB375. 　

Strong targets will signal the need restrain urban sprawl and
create sustainable higher density communities throughout California
where residents have healthier, physically active walking, biking
or transit alternatives to driving. 　

Improving California’s land use and transportation planning
processes to reduce our dependency on driving offers a wide range
of benefits to our communities. Along with reducing our
contributions to catastrophic climate change, promoting active
transportation and the use of public transportation will reduce air
pollution-related illnesses, inactivity-related illnesses such as
obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and depression, deaths
and injuries from automobile crashes, as well as social isolation,
poverty, and interpersonal violence.　

Please continue to support public health in all these ways by
establishing strong regional greenhouse gas targets.