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Qy�NSA NTo� City Council Meeting - Submit <br /> Submitted On: <br /> your written public comment Dec 4, 2023, 11:57AM PS <br /> 'ANSI"Q 40� City of Pleasanton <br /> ull Name <br /> mail (this entry is disclosable <br /> F included) <br /> :ity Council Meeting Date December 05, 2023 <br /> ,genda Item Number 16 <br /> :omments I support the ban on gas-powered leaf blowers to take effect June <br /> 2024. <br /> In October 2023, Environment America Research and Policy Center <br /> along with Cal PIRG published a report, "Lawn Care Goes Electric." <br /> The report's appendix listed Alameda County as #17 of top 100 US <br /> counties for carbon dioxide emissions from lawn and garden <br /> equipment. <br /> More than 200 US cities have restrictions on gas-powered lawn <br /> equipment. Locally, this includes Lafayette, Alameda, Palo Alto, <br /> Oakland, San Rafael, Novato, Fairfax, American Canyon, Sonoma, IN <br /> Valley, Berkeley, Piedmont, among others. <br /> By enacting this ordinance, Pleasanton is putting the health and <br /> welfare of people at the forefront by ensuring residents are not <br /> exposed to the harmful noise and emissions of gas-powered leaf <br /> blowers. Thank you. <br />