from the League of Women Voters
One of California’s greatest policy challenges – air quality – will be the topic of a free public forum Saturday, May 11, 2013, from 8:30-11 a.m. The Sierra Club, Sustainable World of All Saints Pasadena and the League of Women Voters Pasadena Area are joining hands to sponsor the forum at All Saints’ Sweetland Hall, 132 N. Euclid Ave., Pasadena.
While California is leading the way in air-quality policy, 95 percent of Californians still live in areas that fail the national and state standards for clean air.
Representatives from the port of Los Angeles, Pasadena Water and Power and California Air Resources Board will discuss the critical role and economic cost to transportation and energy industries in meeting those standards.
They also will address how air-quality policies affect business, the economy and consumers. Specifically:
● What policies govern the electric sector and what effect do they have on electric bills.
●How air-quality policies affect the movement of goods and in turn the economy.
LaRonda Bowen, ombudsman for the California Air Resources Board (CARB), will describe the state’s air quality policies, the data that support the policies and ways to measure improvement. Shari Thomas, assistant general manager of Pasadena Water and Power, will discuss policies governing electricity, how the local utility is complying and what it means to rate payers. Teresa Pisano, environmental mitigation coordinator for the Port of Los Angeles, will talk about the port’s specific policies and effects on the movement and pricing of goods. Felicia Williams, former chair of the Environmental Advisory Commission for the city of Pasadena, will moderate.
A continental breakfast will be served. Free parking is available in the church lot at the corner of Euclid Avenue and Walnut Street. Further information is available by calling. 626-798-0965.
