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Recent air monitoring in the Lebec area indicates that air quality
here is now worse than it is in downtown Los Angeles.  Arvin, to
our north, has the worst air in the country.  Our middle school is
located next to I-5, and our high school within 1/2 mile.  Our kids
are subjected to pollution 9 months out of the year, every day. 
Tejon Ranch has air quality monitors and data which they refuse to
share with the public.  I smell dairy odors every night in Frazier
Park- never before in my 35 years here!

Its time for ARB to come up with immediate solutions and responses
to these issues, including:
-Demand that Tejon Ranch release its data to the public and post
it live online.
-Come up with funding to move our schools to different locations.
-Get rid of the dairies, composting and sludge that create air
quality and odor problems, and address them as a quality of life
issue, order Kern County to stop approving ANY dairy permits.
-Put monitoring data from TXI and National Cement online and
enforce the law on BOTH of these operations.
OUR smog is not of our doing, but that of the San Joaquin Valley,
vehicles on I-5 and operations such as TXI in Lockwood Valley and
National Cement in the Antelope Valley.  We used to have the
cleanest, clearest air in So. Calif.  I expect you to put it back
to that status with immediate action on all of the above, and
fully apprise the public with current Tejon Ranch data, the
re-installation of an air monitor in our region that is owned by
the public, not developers and by enforcing on air quality
violations at TXI and National Cement.  Your response to our
region having the worst air in the US has been abysmal and
overly-optimistic, with faulty statistics.