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The Road to Clean Air
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Message from the board chair 3
Organizational snapshot 4
VOCs in consumer & cleaning products 5
Chemical products in our homes and workplaces are one
of the largest sources of smog-forming VOC emissions.
Ports & freight transportation 9
An estimated 3,700 Californians die prematurely each year
due to pollution from ports and freight transportation.
San Joaquin Valley air pollution 13
Four cities in the San Joaquin Valley are among the top
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10 worst polluted areas in the United States.
California’s climate crisis 17
Many Californians are unfairly burdened by harmful air
quality and chronic illness because of their zip code.
Vehicles & transportation 21
Motor vehicles and other mobile sources account for
44% of our CO 2
emissions from fossil fuels.
Clean energy for California 25
One-fourth of our state’s greenhouse gas emissions
come from the production of electricity.
Event highlights 27
Financials
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Supporters 29
Ways to give 30
CCA board & staff 31
Page 8: The Coalition
for Clean Air (CCA)
works with regulatory
agencies to reduce toxic
ingredients in products
used by workers
and consumers.
Page 16: CCA won
the first-ever “clean air
commuter” rule in the
San Joaquin Valley.
Page 24: President
Obama proposed
greenhouse gas limits
based on California
legislation won
by CCA.
Coalition for Clean Air
2009 Annual Report

Message from
the board chair
To our contributors,
colleagues and friends:
This annual report—our first
ever—highlights the 2009
activities of Coalition for
Clean Air (CCA) and some
of the milestones achieved
in our bold vision of clean,
healthy air in California.
The road to clean air is a
long one, and the steps along the way require major
investments of time, talent and resources. CCA is
proud of these accomplishments and looks forward
to continued success.
We saw many of our investments pay off in 2009.
More than seven years after CCA co-sponsored the
“Clean Cars Law” (Pavley, AB 1493), the Obama
administration announced a national emission
standard that follows California’s lead. This action
will put cleaner cars on the nation’s roads, cutting
global warming pollution from vehicles by 30
percent and saving 1.8 billion barrels of oil.
This historic White House announcement came on
the heels of a long-awaited waiver granted by the
United States Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA), authorizing California to implement
the Clean Cars Law. As part of this landmark
agreement, the automakers dropped their lawsuits
against California and other states, ending a
painful and expensive seven-year battle between the
industry, regulators and environmental advocates
such as CCA.
2009 was also the inaugural year of the
groundbreaking Clean Trucks Program at the Ports
of Los Angeles and Long Beach. In the first year
alone, the program reduced more than 30 tons of
air pollution and provided more than $44 million
in clean truck purchase investments. In December
the U.S. EPA gave an award to CCA and the
innovative stakeholder partnership which shaped
the Ports’ program.
Despite the Clean Trucks Program’s tremendous
success, keeping it alive has been an uphill battle
for CCA and its allies. Shortly after the program’s
adoption, CCA joined the Ports in defending it
against an American Trucking Association lawsuit
in federal court. Still in litigation, we are working
concurrently with federal legislators to protect
the program from future attack. The health and
lives of the 2 million-plus port-adjacent residents
depend on the long-term success of the Clean
Trucks Program.
To prepare us for what lies ahead, CCA took
significant steps to become more agile, effective and
resourceful. With the completion of our three-year
strategic plan in 2009, we lay the groundwork and
set focused, ambitious goals for the coming years.
We look forward to engaging our partners in this
endeavor, and we’ll be calling upon you for input,
advice, suggestions and support.
As we look forward to our 40 th anniversary
celebration in 2011, we remember that CCA was
started and sustained by concerned citizens like
you. Thank you for the investment you’ve made in
our organization over the years. Only together can
we move forward on the road to clean air.
Sincerely,
Erik Neandross
CCA board chair
“
Time and
again, [CCA has]
helped to prevent
backsliding and
promote effective
regulations when
special interests
were lined up to
take advantage of the political process.
CCA is one of the main reasons why
California consistently leads the nation
in promoting innovative technologies
to improve air quality. ”
— Mary Nichols, California Air
Resources Board chairman
and 2009 California Air Quality
Awards honoree
Coalition for Clean Air
2009 Annual Report

California’s only statewide
organization advocating
exclusively for clean air
Our mission
The Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) is committed
to restoring clean, healthy air to all of California
and strengthening the environmental movement by
promoting broad-based community involvement,
advocating responsible public policy and providing
technical expertise.
Our history
In 1970 a small group of concerned citizens
gathered together on Saturday mornings to
discuss the future of Southern California’s air
quality and the overall state of the environment.
What transpired from their meetings was the
birth of the Coalition for Clean Air.
Since then, CCA has grown into a statewide
organization—with offices in Los Angeles,
Sacramento and Fresno—all working to restore
California’s most precious natural resource: the
air we breathe!
Our approach
CCA’s advocacy and outreach efforts target the
most damaging pollution sources in California
where opportunities exist to achieve substantial
improvement in the next five years.
We have won many significant air quality victories
because of our innovative model of collaboration.
Not only do we work within state and federal
legislative and regulatory avenues, but we also
work with businesses to adopt new technologies,
empower our allies and educate the general public
to address California’s air pollution crisis. Our
unique collaborative model brings new voices to
the movement, makes CCA a powerful force in
the environmental community and allows us to
win more policy changes faster.
In 2009 CCA worked with more than 45
community organizations to achieve our air
quality victories. These organizations—including
NAACP, SEIU 1877 Janitors’ Union, El Centro
Regional Medical Center and Greenlining
Institute—represent a wide range of interests but
share our goal of protecting California’s air and
public health.
In addition, CCA is engaged in more than
15 advocacy coalitions in the state, such as
Environmental Health Legislative Working
Group (EHLWG), Central Valley Air Quality
Coalition (CVAQ ), Coalition for Green and
Safe Ports, Green California, Californians for a
Healthy and Green Economy (CHANGE), Clean
Cars Coalition, Diesel Rule Coalition and Green
LA Coalition.
Our victories
For 39 years, CCA’s work has paved the way
for air policy nationally and worldwide. Our
victories include:
Won a complete phaseout
of the toxic chemical
perchloroethylene (“perc”)
from dry cleaning, making
California the first state in the
nation to adopt such legislation
Obtained the agreement of a
Port of Los Angeles terminal
to commit nearly 75% of ships
to plug in to an electrical dock
outlet instead of running their
engines—the world’s first case
of container ships “plugging in”
Persuaded the governor to
spend $50 million on cleaner
school buses
Sponsored and helped pass the
“Pavley” bill (AB 1493)—the
first law in the nation to address
greenhouse gases, especially
carbon dioxide, emitted in auto
exhaust—providing a model for
the U.S. EPA’s first national
emission standards for cars
Spearheaded California’s
original Smog Check program,
which reduces 100 tons of
automobile pollution daily
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VOCs in consumer &
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Eliminating air-polluting chemicals from your products
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Facts
What are VOCs?
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Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are chemical
ingredients that have the ability to vaporize in
the air. They often have an odor and exist in solid,
liquid or gaseous forms. VOCs used in everyday
products—including paint thinners, household
cleaners and nail polish—pollute our air and
contribute to the formation of smog.
VOCs and our health
• Exposure to VOCs in any form can seriously
endanger our health, causing cancer, asthma,
headaches, dizziness, visual disorders,
memory impairment, nausea/vomiting,
reproductive harm and long-term damage to
the liver, kidneys and central nervous system.
• Incidences of asthma attacks have been
linked to exposure to chemicals found in
cleaning products.
VOCs and our environment
• Consumer products will be the second
largest source of VOC emissions in 2010
and the leading source by 2020, according
to estimates by the California Air
Resources Board.
• Many VOCs linger for hours after their
application and can result in indoor levels
1,000 times more than outdoor levels.
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VOCs combine with other pollutants to create
ground-level ozone, a potent greenhouse gas
that harms human health and contributes to
smog and global warming.
VOCs in schools
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According to the U.S. EPA, half of the
nation’s schools have poor indoor air quality.
Poor indoor air quality has been shown to
reduce students’ academic achievement and
test scores.
• VOCs: an environmental
justice issue
Teachers and custodians experience a higher
incidence of asthma compared to the general
workforce, according to the National Institute
for Occupational Safety and Health.
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CCA and
concerned
consumers are
paving the way
for a wide variety
of consumer and
industrial products
to be regulated,
limiting the toxic
chemicals that
contaminate our air and harm workers
like me and consumers like you. ”
— Heriberta Sandoval, grocery
store janitor
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Employees such as janitors and nail salon
technicians are on the front lines of exposure
to the hazardous emissions and other toxic
chemicals in these products.
• Many who work with VOC-laden products
are members of ethnic minority populations
that often have limited access to health care
services or proper information on the harmful
effects of these products.
• 8 out of 10 nail salon workers in California
are Vietnamese-Americans. A study of
these workers found that more than half
had experienced a health problem related to
high-level solvent exposure, such as difficulty
breathing, skin irritation or asthma.
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The Coalition for Clean Air is calling for
requirements that manufacturers remove all
toxic chemicals from consumer products,
ensuring that the health and safety of workers
and consumers take precedence over profits.
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The Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) is
Solutions Nail salons: greener shades
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“
One day my son came home from
school complaining of the strong
smell of the bathrooms. He said,
‘Mommy, I do not want to go in there
because it gives me a headache.’
He ended up not wanting to go
to school because the fumes kept
making him sick.
California’s schools need to provide
safe havens for students and workers,
but too many are tainted by toxic
cleaning chemicals which pollute the
air and can lead to illnesses. ”
—
Martha Cota, community
outreach liaison, Long Beach
Alliance for Children with Asthma
leading a multi-level campaign to reduce
dangerous, smog-forming
ingredients in cleaning and
personal care products.
Our primary targets are:
Schools: raising
the grade
• CCA is educating PTAs across Los Angeles
and garnering support for our efforts to
convince the Los Angeles Unified School
District to mandate the use of green cleaners
in area schools.
• We are targeting state and local regulatory
agencies to require the use of safer cleaners
in schools.
Cleaning products: smogfree
homes
• By targeting local and state regulatory
agencies, CCA advocates for manufacturers to
reduce harmful toxics from cleaning supplies.
• We encourage consumers to purchase or
make their own green cleaners in order to
reduce their exposure to
harmful chemicals.
• We offer a green cleaning
kit as a gift to our members,
and we post cleanser recipes
on our website.
• We are coordinating efforts with nail salon
workers to make their workplaces safe by
enacting statewide policy.
“ I started
working as
a manicurist
in 1990. After
two years of
working, I was
diagnosed
with thyroid
problems.
Soon after, I
was diagnosed
with asthma and lung problems. In
2002, I was diagnosed with
breast cancer.
Today, I am fortunate to tell people
about my story in hopes that the
appropriate government agencies
can help make our workplace safer,
and that toxic chemicals in all nail
care products will be removed and be
replaced by safer ones. ”
— Lam Le, Oakland manicurist,
speaking at the California
Healthy Nail Salon Collaborative
Legislative Hearing with Senator
Carol Migden
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Results
Barring air toxics
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The advocacy efforts of the Coalition for Clean
Air (CCA) led the the South Coast Air Quality
Management District (SCAQMD) to ban the use
of dimethyl carbonate (DMC)—a known volatile
organic compound (VOC) and developmental
toxin—in a wide variety of industrial, janitorial and
consumer cleaning products. Despite serious health
concerns and a lack of health impact research,
DMC was being promoted as an alternative to
similar chemicals currently regulated.
CCA mobilized the environmental community and
urged the SCAQMD to delay the allowed use of
DMC until the Office of Environmental Health
Hazard Assessment performs a more thorough
evaluation of all the toxicity data available.
Cutting smog
The SCAQMD also voted to limit the amounts of
VOCs in consumer and industrial products. This
rule was a success for air quality and public health
in Southern California, as it promises to reduce
dangerous emissions.
The California Air Resources Board followed suit by
capping VOC emissions and reducing the use of three
dangerous chemicals—perchloroethylene, methylene
chloride and trichloroethylene—in multipurpose
solvents and paint thinners.
“Precedent-setting regulations such as these will
supply consumers with the safer products they
demand,” said Luis Cabrales, CCA’s deputy
director of campaigns. “Our long-term goal is to
see other states adopt similar VOC guidelines
on consumer products to protect workers and
consumers nationwide.”
Currently, multipurpose solvents and paint
thinners evaporate and emit up to 98% percent
of their dangerous content into the air. By 2013,
these emissions will be capped at 3%. This
regulation will result in one of the state’s largest
reductions of VOCs from consumer products
when fully implemented in 2014.
Deputy Director of Campaigns Luis
Cabrales, who spearheads CCA’s work on
toxics, is interviewed by Spanish language
television network Azteca América
“ When I
first started
working [as a
car washer],
I began to
notice personal
health impacts:
the spilled
degreasing
soap ate a hole
through my shirt and burned my
torso; the fumes from inhaling the
air fresheners make it hard for me
to breathe; and I continuously have
itchy eyes and rashes on my hands
from the products I use daily.
Thanks to organizations such
as CCA...the SCAQMD has
committed to reducing almost
10 tons of airborne chemicals
per day, protecting the health of
millions of consumers. ”
— Eduardo Gonzalez,
member, Carwash Workers
Organizing Committee of
the United Steelwokers
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Ports & freight
transport
Cleaning up the ships, trucks and trains that deliver pollution
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Facts
The ships, trucks and trains that make up our
ports and freight transportation system are largely
powered by diesel fuel, which is hazardous to
human health.
Every year, 3,700 Californians die
prematurely due to pollution from ports and
freight transportation.
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The Californians who live
near ports, rail yards and along
traffic corridors are subsidizing
the goods movement sector with
their health. ”
— California Air Resources Board
(CARB) Draft Goods Movement
Emission Reduction Plan, 2006
The components of
diesel pollution
When a diesel engine burns fuel, it emits a
complex cocktail of harmful pollutants, including:
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Particulate matter (PM, or soot)
Nitrogen oxides (NO x
)—a major
component of smog
Sulfur oxides (SO x
)—found in acid rain
More than 40 toxic air contaminants, such as
benzene, arsenic and formaldehyde
Diesel pollution & our health
Diesel causes 84% of cancer risk from air pollution
in the South Coast air basin.
Breathing diesel pollution can cause severe health
problems, including:
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Asthma
Cancer
Heart attack
Stroke
Premature death
California estimates that diesel pollution from
ports and freight transportation leads to:
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2,830 additional hospital admissions
360,000 sick days for workers
1.1 million missed school days for children
Since 1990, diesel exhaust has been listed
as a known carcinogen under California’s
Proposition 65. In 1998, CARB listed diesel as a
toxic air contaminant.
Global trade, local impacts
• The Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach
together make up the largest port complex in
the western hemisphere and the fifth largest in
the world.
• More than 40% of products entering the
country come through California’s ports.
• Trucks account for the largest source of
deadly soot in our state.
• The movement of products is currently
responsible for roughly 30% of smog-forming
emissions and 75% of soot in California.
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Solutions
Paving the way for
cleaner transport
Putting the brakes on
speeding ships
The freight transportation system is a vast one,
and advocating for its clean future requires a
multipronged approach.
What do children living with asthma have in
common with whales along the California coast?
More than one might think—they are both
threatened by speeding ships. Speeding ships waste
fuel and spew toxic air pollutants that increase the
risk of cancer, asthma and premature death.
Speeding ships also pose a danger to the sea and
its inhabitants. In recent years, California has
experienced a dramatic increase in whale deaths
linked to collisions with large ocean-going vessels.
Studies indicate that slowing a ship to 10-12 knots
can significantly reduce both its chance of striking
a whale and its contribution to air pollution.
The Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) is demanding
that ships ease up on the gas pedal. The California
Air Resources Board (CARB) is considering
setting a speed limit for ships off the coast of
California. A strong rule would protect marine
life, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and prevent
coastal communities from inhaling up to 3
million pounds of CO 2
currently emitted into the
atmosphere each day.
A speed limit for all traffic at 40nm at the five major
ports in California would reduce CO 2
emissions from
speeding ships by more than 25% by 2012. A full coastal
approach can accomplish greater emission reductions.
This whale, a juvenile about 25 to 30 feet long,
may have been hit by a boat’s propeller, evident
from a large gash at the midline. Photo by
Marcus Emerson / The Union-Tribune
2012 CO 2
emissions from CA ships
6,000
5,500
5,000
4,500
4,000
3,500
3,000
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0
5,790
4,290
tons/day
Without speed
limit
With speed limit
for all traffic
• In 2008 CARB adopted one of the most
important rules of the past 10 years: the heavyduty
diesel truck rule, which reduces emissions
from California’s largest source of diesel
pollution. One year later, the rule is under
attack by industry, and CARB is considering
modifications to account for California’s
present economic climate. CCA is working
to ensure that the modified rule continues to
effectively regulate the millions of diesel trucks
crisscrossing our highways and contaminating
our air.
• CCA helped break an impasse between
state and local agencies, enabling more
than 400 port trucks to use bond funding
to convert to cleaner liquefied natural gas
(LNG) technology.
• CCA’s Dr. Shankar Prasad co-chaired
a work group as part of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
National Environmental Justice Advisory
Council. Over the course of two years,
the group authored A Report of Advice and
Recommendations on reducing air pollution
from ports and freight transportation. The
report will be used by the EPA and other
state regulators to achieve substantial and fair
emission reductions throughout the nation.
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Results
The Clean Trucks Program:
victory and opposition
In October the Coalition for Clean Air (CCA)
and our partners celebrated the one-year
anniversary of the adoption of the Clean Trucks
Program by the Ports of Los Angeles and Long
Beach. Since the program’s rollout, thousands
of the dirtiest diesel trucks have been taken out
of service and replaced by cleaner counterparts.
The emissions reduced in the first year alone were
equivalent to the amount produced by 200,000
automobiles on Southern California’s highways.
This success has not come without litigious
opposition from the American Trucking
Associations, and in April, the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals issued a preliminary injunction
against portions of the Clean Trucks Program.
One enjoined element is central to the
sustainability of a program to clean up port trucks:
a Port of Los Angeles requirement that trucking
firms employ their drivers. This provision is
widely supported by CCA and a broad coalition of
environmental organizations because companies,
not low-wage drivers, should be responsible for the
ongoing maintenance and turnover of a clean fleet.
Clean air coming to
port-adjacent schools
With the help of our partners at Natural Resources
Defense Council (NRDC) and other community
groups, we achieved an important agreement to
help protect the health of children, teachers and
school employees working and studying in close
proximity to the Port of Los Angeles. Two years
in the making, this agreement launches a program
to install state-of-the-art air filtration systems in
schools located near the port.
Children are among the most vulnerable to the
dangers of air pollution. Childhood asthma rates
in communities adjacent to the Ports of Los
Angeles and Long Beach are staggering at 21.9%,
compared to 15.6% for the Los Angeles region
and 14.2% nationally.
With $6 million provided from a settlement over
a port expansion project known as TraPac, the
South Coast Air Quality Management District
will administer a comprehensive five-year school
air filtration program for the harbor area. While
air filters in schools are not the answer to our air
pollution problem, they offer a proven way to
dramatically improve indoor air quality.
“
Our port
communities,
particularly our
children, have suffered
far too long from the
negative effects of port
pollution. We know that
there are [more than 1
million] school absences statewide each
year due to cargo-related pollution.
Hopefully, this air filtration program
in schools will help keep our children
healthier. This is exactly the type of
project the community benefits money
was intended for. ”
— Los Angeles Councilwoman
Janice Hahn
CCA is aiding the defense of the Clean Trucks
Program in federal court. Simultaneously, we
are working with federal legislators to protect
this program and ensure the ability of ports
across the country to adopt similar long-term
clean air strategies.
CCA Interim Executive Director Martin Schlageter
speaks alongside Los Angeles Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa (left) and Long Beach Mayor Bob Foster
(right) at a press conference for clean trucks at the Port
of Los Angeles Photo. by Emilio Flores/La Opinión.
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San Joaquin Valley
air pollution
Protecting Central Californians from the dirtiest air in the country
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The dirty truth
• Of the top 10 most air-polluted
cities in the United States, four are in
the San Joaquin Valley: Bakersfield,
Visalia-Porterville, Fresno-Madera and
Hanford-Corcoran.
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Facts
Breathing bad air in the Valley costs
each resident an average of $1,600
annually in health-related expenses and
translates into an estimated $6.2 billion
price tag for the region.
Asthma afflicts 1 in 3 children in Fresno
County and 1 in 5 throughout the Valley.
• Pollution sources within the 8-
county region emitted approximately
5,000 tons of air pollutants per
day in 2006, threatening public
heath, impacting air quality and
contributing to climate change.
Causes of Valley pollution
Agricultural operations
Agricultural operations represent a
significant portion of the Valley’s smog,
particulate and climate change emissions;
yet, until recently, these operations were
exempt from doing their fair share to reduce
pollution. Such sources include diesel
and gas-fueled tractors, irrigation pumps,
pesticide chemical spraying and large,
confined animal facilities. Dairy cows
surpass cars as the region’s largest source of
smog-forming emissions.
Passenger cars and trucks
Cars are the second largest source of
smog-forming emissions in the region
and contribute to the pollution that fuels
climate change.
Diesel trucks
With truck-filled Interstate 5 and Highway
99 bisecting the region, diesel trucks
represent nearly half of the nitrogen oxides
emitted in the region.
CCA’s work in the San
Joaquin Valley
• Garnering support for statewide clean
air policies throughout the Valley
• Serving as a resource for Valley
businesses on best practices and where
to access incentive funding and grants
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Working to reduce air pollution from
agriculture operations, including diesel
tractors and pesticide chemical spraying
Ensuring the Valley’s most vulnerable
residents are protected and benefited
by California’s efforts to tackle
climate change
CCA successes in the San
Joaquin Valley
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Secured improved, strengthened federal
Clean Air Act implementaion plans for
the region
Helped adopt a first-of-its-kind
statewide policy to reduce pollution
from diesel trucks, a significant source
of the Valley’s air pollution
• Advocated to achieve unprecedented
appointments for a much-needed doctor
and scientist on the local air district
governing board
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Advocates
Q&A with our Valley team
Policy Director Nidia Bautista and San
Joaquin Valley Campaign and Outreach
Associate Laura Fultz Stout speak about
the issues and challenges of air quality
work in this unique region.
Nidia Bautista: This translates to high levels of
asthma and a number of other health problems
for residents, such as elevated incidences of cancer
and premature death. Much more work needs to
be done to improve the Valley’s air quality and
to educate its denizens on the effects that air
pollution has on their health.
CCA: What are the biggest roadblocks you
encounter in the Valley?
Nidia Bautista
Laura Fultz Stout
NB: One of the toughest challenges we face is
the misperception that clean air policies are antibusiness
and financially burdensome. Opponents
often cite the depressed economy as reason not to
adopt clean air policies. They fail to acknowledge
the job creation, improved health of the
community, and reduction in government costs
that result from clean air policies.
Laura Fultz Stout coordinated an agricultural
equipment tour for the Central Valley Air Quality
Coalition Watchdog Committee. The pictured
sulfur applicator can minimize the amount of
sulfur that goes into the atmosphere by blowing an
accurate amount to the target tree or vine.
Coalition for Clean Air: Why is the San Joaquin
Valley such a crucial area for air pollution advocacy?
Laura Fultz Stout: The Valley is listed by the
EPA as one of the top 10 worst polluted areas of
the nation in ozone and PM 2.5. To some, this
region of California represents an increasingly
failed geography—a place of rising poverty and
environmental and aesthetic ugliness. Due to the
low cost of land in the Valley, many pollution
sources—such as dairy industry, bio-waste sludge,
biomass power plants, natural gas power plants
and ethanol plants—move into the Valley.
LFS: The lack of health-protective rules costs each
Valley resident more than $1,600 a year in health
and related economic costs.
CCA: How do your tactics in the Valley differ from
those one might use elsewhere?
NB: The tactics in the Valley, more so than
elsewhere, require involvement at all levels. This
includes building relationships with policymakers,
ensuring local voices are heard throughout the
decision-making process, and working in coalition
with environmental, industry and community
groups that recognize the value of clean air.
CCA: How is Valley pollution important to
you personally?
LFS: Valley air pollution is very personal to me
because it affects my quality of life. Every day, I
check the Air Quality Index and decide what
activities I will or won’t do. In the winter, when
PM 2.5 is high due to wood burning, I stay inside
with the house fan on or escape to the coast for a
long weekend. When ozone is bad in the summer,
I call my three sisters to alert them not to let
their children play outside. All of my 20 family
members, including five young nephews, suffer
from moderate to severe breathing disorders. And
a number of my friends have moved away to cities
with better air quality.
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Results
CCA wins first-ever “clean air
commuter” rule in the Valley
In December the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution
Control District voted 9-2 to adopt its first clean
air commuter rule, or ETRIP, which requires
Valley-based employers with more than 100
employees to reduce individual car trips made by
their workers. Cars are currently the second largest
source of smog-forming emissions in the region,
so it is clear that employers should promote clean
air commuting options to their employees.
“It’s the first clean air commute rule of its kind in
the region,” said Fresno resident and Coalition
for Clean Air (CCA) Campaign and Outreach
Associate Laura Fultz Stout. “This is a positive
step to clear the air.”
The ruling came on the heels of a report released
by the CCA—Getting to work: your clean air
commute (see page 23)—which highlights proven
programs that can help workers improve their
commutes while leaving their automobiles at home.
With the adoption of this rule, employers can
turn to CCA’s report to find many innovative and
effective programs worthy of implementing among
their employees.
CCA strongly advocated for the inclusion of a
parking cash-out program, which pays workers
instead of parking lots. Based on the December
ruling, this important provision will likely be
included in the third phase of the rule.
Clean air commutes such as carpooling boost
employee health and performance, save
companies money and improve air quality.
CCA’s 1 st Industrial and
Agricultural Energy Forum
More than 80 individuals attended the
Industrial and Agricultural Energy Forum,
held in September at the CSU Fresno Business
Auditorium. This free event was organized
by CCA and co-sponsored by the Economic
Development Corporation serving Fresno
County and the San Joaquin Valley Clean Energy
Organization, with breakfast provided by A-C
Electric Company.
The two-hour forum featured a panel of seven
speakers who presented on energy-saving solutions,
renewable energy, business grants, rebates and
tax incentives. Two business case studies were
presented, demonstrating energy efficiency for
large-scale industries and solar energy for farms.
Participants were able to interact with the diverse
speaker panel and energy vendors, as well as
receive valuable cost-saving information.
Participants at the Industrial and
Agricultural Energy Forum interacted with
speakers and received cost-saving information.
“
I commend the Coalition for Clean
Air for organizing this valuable event. In
a short amount of time, I learned about
realistic solutions that will save money
while improving the Central Valley’s air
quality. I am going to share this wealth
of knowledge with my fellow Supervisors
and Committees I sit on. I hope the
Coalition will organize more forums like
this in the future,
as Valley businesses
are in need of
this information. ”
— Vice Chairman
Judy Case, Fresno
County Board of
Supervisors
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Equal protection for communities burdened by climate change
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California’s climate crisis
California has some of the nation’s worst
air pollution, and most of it starts right
in our own neighborhoods. A majority of
greenhouse gas emissions come from local
sources such as refineries, power plants and
various modes of transportation.
Scientists have reported that California is
already experiencing the effects of climate crisis:
increased episodes of extreme heat, air pollution,
drought, floods, and violent and unpredictable
weather, all of which contribute to the incidence
and spread of disease.
strengthen them. California’s landmark Global
Warming Solutions Act of 2006—AB 32—promised
to protect such communities; yet these very
communities are still waiting for AB 32’s promises to
be fulfilled.
Investing in protection
Many Californians can recall the heat waves of 2006.
Emergency rooms across the state were inundated
with as many as 23 times the usual number of patients.
Unfortunately, there were nearly 150 preventable
deaths during that time. This experience has taught us
that we must be prepared for incidents of this nature.
This means investing in cooling centers, transportation
to these safe havens, and emergency prevention and
preparedness among others.
“
No other state in the country
experiences air pollution quite like
California. Our state’s cities and
counties have the unfortunate
distinction of consistently
appearing on top ten lists for the
nation’s worst air pollution. ”
—
Nidia Bautista, Coalition for
Clean Air policy director,
“Climate benefits, community
safeguards can come
together,” Capitol Weekly
Overburdened communities
While we take steps to reduce the effects of
climate change, California will continue to
experience the impacts for decades to come. Those
with limited resources will be hardest hit and least
able to defend themselves.
Many Californians are already unfairly burdened
by harmful air quality and chronic respiratory
illness simply because of their neighborhood.
We estimate that the majority of the 4.6 million
Californians earning income below the federal
poverty level live in neighborhoods facing
threats associated with the climate crisis, such as
increased air pollution, heat waves, droughts and
job loss.
Statewide solutions must not overlook these
communities, but rather move to protect and
The effects of California’s summer 2006 heat wave
140
615
2,537
16,166
1,182
Heat-related deaths
(10-12 is typical)
Excess deaths from
all causes
Heat-related
emergency room
visits (400 is typical)
Excess emergency
room visits
Excess hospital
admissions
Deaths due to
heat by county
1
5
10
Average maximum
temperature (˚F)
High: 121
Low: 54
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AB 1405: protecting
California’s most
vulnerable neighborhoods
The AB 32 scoping plan, which was adopted by
the California Air Resources Board in 2008,
details a multipronged approach to reducing
greenhouse gas emissions. Included in the plan is
a cap-and-trade program, which would cover 85%
of California’s largest emission sources—including
electricity generation, large industrial sources and
transportation fuels.
The only problem is that a cap-and-trade
system could actually increase the pollution
already disproportionately burdening lowincome
communities.
The Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) is an official
sponsor of a critical bill, AB 1405, which
identifies the need for equal protection from
California’s climate crisis. The bill calls for a
“Community Benefits Fund,” which would
require a portion of the revenues generated
from the implementation of AB 32 to help
neighborhoods that have suffered the most from
air pollution and will struggle the most with the
consequences of climate change.
Throughout much of the year, CCA testified
and encouraged a diverse array of colleagues
to provide public comment in support of the
Community Benefits Fund. In December,
the Economic and Allocation Advisory
Committee—a new California Environmental
Protection Agency panel created by the
governor— released a report on the design of
a cap-and-trade system to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions. Many of the report’s
recommendations, including the Community
Benefits Fund, were proposed and advocated
by CCA.
This inclusion strengthens AB 1405, which
has already successfully moved through
all its committees and the Assembly. The
Senate is slated to vote on AB 1405 in 2010.
Meanwhile, CCA will continue to advocate the
strengthening of these recommendations and
ensure the incorporation of strong policies that
protect our communities.
COMMUNITY BENEFITS fund
CCA recommendations include:
Emissions reduction programs
replacement of gross polluters
energy effificiency upgrades
upgrades to polluting equipment
Preparing for floods and fires
emergency plans and preparedness
evacuation: transportation, housing, security
Preempting effects of heat waves
cooling centers in low-income communities
illness recognition and treatment
Improving quality of life
transit improvement and subsidy
job training and mandatory hiring
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Executive Fellow Shankar
Prasad, M.B.B.S.
Dr. Prasad came to the
Coalition for Clean Air (CCA)
in 2008, bringing with him
invaluable experience as the
deputy secretary for science
and environmental justice at
the California Environmental
Protection Agency and as a
health effects officer at the
South Coast Air Quality Management District.
In his time with our organization, he has helped
build a climate change program that aims to
secure equal protection for all Californians.
As part of the implementation plan for AB
32—California’s landmark Global Warming
Solutions Act of 2006—Dr. Prasad co-authored
a white paper and helped persuade the California
Air Resources Board to identify California’s most
polluted communities. This critical inclusion
ensures the protection of communities that bear
the greatest burden of air pollution. Taking it
one step further, CCA has since co-sponsored
legislation—AB 1405—which will strengthen
these overburdened communities by allocating
financial resources to those who are least able to
cope with the effects of the climate crisis.
Dr. Prasad’s advocacy efforts are helping to
advance sound policies in California that will set
the bar for climate change legislation worldwide.
The AB 1405 coalition
CCA’s efforts on AB 1405 are shared by
the prominent co-authors and sponsors of
the bill, as well as a continuously growing
coalition of environmental, social justice,
public health and faith-based groups.
Primary co-authors
Assemblymembers Kevin de León, Mike Eng
and V. Manuel Perez
Additional co-authors
Assemblymember Carter
Senators Pavley, Price and Romero
Latino Caucus (priority bill):
Assemblymembers Arambula, Caballero,
Coto, Fuentes, Hernandez, Mendoza, Salas,
Saldaña and Solorio
Co-sponsors
Coalition for Clean Air
California State NAACP
Center on Race, Poverty and the Environment
Environmental Working Group
Greenlining Institute
CCA coordinated a press event for AB 1405
Community Benefits Fund with Assemblymember
Kevin de León and community advocates.
“
When the air quality is poor, it is
difficult for my 11-year-old son Israel to
breathe. He suffers from asthma and has
to use his inhaler. There are many children
at my son’s school who, like Israel, have
trouble breathing when it is hot and a layer
of filthy, brown smog envelops our entire
neighborhood.
Climate change is a global crisis that we
feel on a community level. I want to help
create a community that is a safe haven—
one where polluters pay for the smoke
they emit into the air, making my family,
my community, suffer from illnesses.
We need to make our neighborhoods
healthier and cleaner by supporting
the representatives who are trying
to strengthen our communities and
protect them from the climate crisis.
California must take steps to invest in the
neighborhoods that have suffered the
most from air pollution and will continue
to struggle with the consequences of the
climate crisis. ”
—
Anna Mota, president of Los
Angeles-based group Volunteer
Parents Work Together
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Vehicles &
transportation
Cleaning up California’s commutes
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Every commute counts
The time is now to rethink how we transport
ourselves. The highway networks in our major
cities are bursting at the seams, and millions
of dollars are wasted each year as commuters
sit in traffic. Gas prices hinder a national
economic recovery.
The average American contributes to the creation
of an estimated 10 tons of CO 2
per year. With
about 300 million people living in America today,
that adds up to more than 3 billion tons annually.
If every person could reduce their personal
CO 2
emissions by just half a ton per year, they
would prevent the creation of 150 million tons
of pollution. When combined, the changes each
individual traveler makes can help stop thousands
of tons of CO 2
from entering the atmosphere.
Impacts on our health
• A study by the South Coast Air Quality
Management District (SCAQMD) showed
that motor vehicles and other mobile sources
accounted for about 90% of the cancer risk
associated with air pollution.
• Children who live within 1,500 feet of
streets carrying 20,000 vehicles per day
have a six-fold increased risk for cancer,
including leukemia.
How we get around
Cars
• Passenger vehicles emit an estimated 25% of
the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the
United States.
• Every gallon of gas burned releases about 20
pounds of CO 2
into the atmosphere.
• The average fuel efficiency for a 2008
passenger car was 27 mpg/city, while a hybrid
car reached 45 mpg/city.
Airplanes
• Aircraft produce 13% of the world’s
transportation-related CO 2
pollution, as well
as additional air toxics that contribute to local
pollution problems.
• Aviation-related GHG levels are not currently
regulated under any mandatory framework,
and they are expected to increase.
Transit
• Mass transit is the most fuel-efficient form
of passenger travel, and our transit systems
increasingly employ cleaner fuels.
• A full airplane or single-occupancy car
traveling the same number of miles will emit
twice as much CO 2
per passenger as a city bus
and 3 times as much as a commuter train.
Sources of global warming
pollution in California
Misc. 4%
Passenger
vehicles
29%
Agriculture 6%
Industrial
12%
CO 2
emissions per passenger
grams per mile
Air 209.5
Passenger car 200.4
Two-wheelers 133.6
City bus 107.5
Rail 73.4
Maritime 69.4
Commercial/residential
fuel 6%
All other
transportation
21%
Electric
power
22%
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CCA releases clean
commuting report
With 4 million people driving to work each day,
Los Angeles is infamous for its traffic problems.
But a clean air commute is easier than one might
think, even in the capital of cars.
In July the Coalition for Clean Air (CCA)
released Getting to work: Your clean air commute.
This report highlights proven programs for cleaner
commuting throughout the Los Angeles area and
demonstrates the benefits for workers, employers
and the environment.
CCA staff released the report and its findings in a
special meeting of the Los Angeles City Council
Committee on Jobs, Business Growth and Tax
Reform. Led by Councilmember Greig Smith, the
committee advanced a motion to consider a set of
strategies to encourage employers throughout Los
Angeles to offer clean air commuter options.
A few months later, CCA won the first-ever “clean
air commuter” rule, or ETRIP, in the San Joaquin
Valley (see page 16). The San Joaquin Valley Air
Pollution Control District voted 9-2 to require
Valley-based employers with more than 100
employees to reduce individual car trips made
by their workers. With the adoption of this rule,
employers can turn to CCA’s commute report
to find many innovative and effective programs
worthy of implementing among their employees.
Commute report author Joe Linton with Los
Angeles City Councilmember Greig Smith
CCA makes clean commuting an easy
choice for its employees by providing annual
transit passes and indoor bicycle parking.
UPS showcases CNG trucks
In conjunction with CCA’s A Toast to Clearing
the Air event in Sacramento, UPS announced
the deployment of 300 new certified natural gas
(CNG) trucks to be used in California.
Los Angeles unveils hybrid taxi cabs
CCA staff joined Los Angeles Councilwoman
Wendy Greuel at a press conference for the
launch of hybrid cabs, a step toward reducing
pollution and improving the air quality in the
city of Los Angeles.
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Obama proposes national
limits on greenhouse gas
pollution from automobiles
In September the Obama administration released
details of its proposed national tailpipe emission
standards that would increase fuel economy and
reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from
passenger cars and light trucks.
The proposed standards will raise fuel efficiency for
all vehicles to 35.5 miles per gallon by 2016—an
eight-mpg increase from previous standards.
“That is the equivalent of taking 58 million cars off
the road for an entire year,” said President Obama
at a White House press conference in May 2009.
According to the Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) and U.S. Transportation
Department, the new standards would cut global
warming pollution from vehicles by 30%.
The new standards will also save 1.8 billion barrels
of oil, which is more than the United States
imported from Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Libya and
Nigeria last year alone. This will help reduce the
nation’s dependency on foreign oil while saving
drivers money at the pump.
A longtime advocate for tougher automobile
emission standards, CCA was one of the original
co-sponsors of the 2002 California Clean Cars
Law (AB 1493, Pavley), which required automobile
manufacturers to reduce global warming pollution
from their new vehicles. In 2009 Obama
announced his intention to adopt a nationwide rule
modeled after AB 1493.
CCA appluaded the news that the Obama
administration would move forward with this
landmark plan. It could not have happened
without the leadership of California and the 13
other states that adopted the Clean Cars Law. The
announcement was directly linked to the historic
right of states to adopt their own air pollution
standards. As Congress struggles to pass a federal
climate and energy bill, this rule moves the
country forward.
2002: CCA sponsored
and helped pass the
“Pavley” bill (AB 1493)
in California. It was
the first law in the
nation to address
GHGs emitted in auto
exhaust, and it served
as a model for the U.S.
EPA’s 2009 standards.
CCA averts budget cuts from
vehicle technology plan
Passed in 2007, AB 118 (Núñez) established
an advisory committee to help determine fund
allocation for developing and deploying clean
transportation technologies and fuels to assist
in meeting California’s GHG reduction targets
under AB 32. CCA was honored to have staff
representation on this committee, which spent the
subsequent year finalizing a plan to fund a variety
of alternative fuel projects.
CCA celebrates this exciting step for our growing
clean energy economy, the jobs it will create and
the air quality improvements it will foster. The
proposed national standards will bring consumers
the cars we demand while reducing harmful
GHG emissions.
2009: CCA staff joins EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson
at the White House press conference, where President
Obama outlined the new emissions standards.
In 2009 the legislature proposed eliminating
part of the plan: a $40 million hydrogen
infrastructure allocation which would have
met the fueling demand of 50,000 vehicles
by 2017. Through phone calls and meetings
with legislators, testimony at committee
hearings, letters of support with our allies, and
conversations with key stakeholders, CCA
played a critical role in successfully persuading
the legislature to restore this funding for
hydrogen infrastructure development.
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The case against coal
In an average year, a typical coal plant generates:
• 3.7 million tons of CO 2
—equivalent to
cutting down 161 million trees
• 10,000 tons of SO 2
, which causes acid rain
• 500 tons of small airborne particles, which
can cause chronic bronchitis, aggravated
asthma and premature death
• 10,200 tons of NO x
—equivalent to half a
million late-model cars
• 220 tons of smog-forming hydrocarbons
• Hundreds of pounds of other hazardous
chemicals, such as mercury, arsenic and lead
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The powers that be
Almost a quarter of California’s greenhouse
gas emissions comes from the production of
electricity. Two of the most polluting energy
sources—coal and natural gas—comprise
66% our energy production. Both of these,
particularly coal, emit high amounts of
greenhouse gas and toxic air pollution that
cause smog, acid rain and global warming.
By investing in renewable energy, our state can
drastically reduce its contribution to global
pollution. Currently, only 9% of California’s
energy comes from renewable sources.
Given our abundant natural resources—and
our pioneering technology for harnessing
them—California is a prime location for
the production of renewable power. Wind,
solar, geothermal and biomass-generated
energy have enormous potential to cut our
dependence on polluting sources.
“
We have a
choice to make.
We can remain
one of the world’s
leading importers
of foreign oil, or
we can make the
investments that
would allow us to
become the world’s leading exporter of
renewable energy. We can let climate
change go unchecked, or we can help
stop it. We can let the jobs of tomorrow
be created abroad, or we can create
those jobs right here in America and lay
the foundation for lasting prosperity. ”
—
President Barack Obama
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Clean energy, green jobs
The renewable energy sector holds six times the
potential for job creation than that of fossil fuels.
Californians could see an average increase of
16,000 new jobs per year if we obtained 30% of our
electricity from renewable sources by 2020.
Los Angeles is one of our nation’s leading
metropolitan areas for “green-collar” jobs, and
the Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) is working to
further the city’s investment in clean energy. CCA
figures prominently in the Los Angeles Apollo
Alliance, a coalition of labor, environmental,
business and community leaders promoting
investment in a green economy and providing green
job training for low-income workers. Spurred by
the Alliance’s Green Retrofit Workforce Initiative,
the Los Angeles City Council unanimously
adopted an ordinance to retrofit city buildings and
connect low-income communities to the hundreds
of newly created jobs.
In 2009 CCA supported Measure B, an initiative
to install 400 megawatts of solar panels around
Los Angeles. Though the measure was defeated by
a narrow margin, supporters—including Mayor
Antonio Villaraigosa and a broad coalition of
environmental, health and labor organizations—
continue to push for solar power to achieve Los
Angeles’ clean energy goals.
Prominent in the Measure B effort was the
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
(IBEW), who honored CCA in 2008 for
exceptional efforts and dedication in promoting the
use of electrical power to reduce port pollution.
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California renewables
In September Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
signed an executive order requiring that
California draw 33% of its electricity from
renewable sources, such as solar and wind power,
by 2020. CCA is calling for this target to be
codified further into law.
L.A. leaves coal in the dust
In 2009 Los Angeles Mayor Antonio
Villaraigosa announced an ambitious plan to end
the city’s dependence on coal-powered energy.
The robust plan aims to eliminate the purchase
of coal power and create more than 1,300
megawatts of solar energy—enough to power
845,000 homes—by 2020.
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
(LADWP) is the nation’s largest municipal utility,
and it currently generates 76% of its energy from
fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas. Under the
new plan, 40% of the city’s electricity will come
from renewable sources.
IBEW’s Kevin
Norton presented
the Electrical
Industry Award
to CCA’s Senior
Campaign Associate
Candice Kim.
Power to the people
I support the renewable energy goals set forth by Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa. The
proposed plan is for Los Angeles to obtain 40 percent of its energy from renewable resources,
eliminating the purchase of dirty coal by 2020. The Coalition for Clean Air is pushing for a
clearer investment plan and timeline for the achievement of more than 1,300 megawatts of
solar energy by 2020. Solar energy projects that will achieve this goal include: utility-built solar
panels placed on city-owned facilities, customer rebates, a program for buying power from
rooftop solar installations, a way for residents to invest in “virtual” shares of solar projects and
large scale solar facilities such as the one currently being proposed in Niland.
When I first heard of the proposal for the Niland facility, I had immediately thought of my
neighbors. At that moment, I realized solar energy is much more than power; it is about
people—the people in my hometown, the people who live near
coal-generated energy plants in Utah and Arizona (where the LADWP
purchases dirty power), and the people of Los Angeles who flip a
switch to turn on the light. We are all connected through the actions or
inactions of the LADWP.
Therefore we must be unified in pursuing solar energy projects and
eliminating Los Angeles’ shameful addiction to coal. Whether we
speak up for solar power or remain silent, it isn’t just the people of Los
Angeles—but many communities beyond—who stand to lose or gain.
Speak up in support of plans for clean energy and reduce our
dependence on dirty coal.
Monique Lopez heads up CCA’s solar power work
and blogged about a potential LADWP solar
facility in her hometown of Niland, California.
Solar energy projects outlined in the plan include
utility-built solar panels placed on city-owned
facilities; large-scale solar plants in California;
customer rebates; a program for buying power from
rooftop solar installations; and a way for residents
to invest in “virtual” shares of solar projects.
CCA mobilized a coalition of hundreds of
community members to testify at LADWP
workshops, and we worked with more than a
dozen local and national organizations to develop
united policy recommendations and show support
for the plan.
Los Angeles’ decision to move away from coal
carries impacts beyond the city limits. The largest
single source of LADWP power is a coal-fired
power plant in Utah. Years of CCA advocacy led
in 2009 to the termination of a plan to expand this
facility, after Los Angeles refused to underwrite it.
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Event highlights
In 2009 the Coalition for Clean Air (CCA)
conducted more than 20 advocate trainings,
presented at more than 25 conferences worldwide,
and hosted three fundraising events.
CCA continued its event series, A Toast to
Clearing the Air. Senate President pro Tem
Darrell Steinberg welcomed 140 political,
business, environmental and civic leaders to
our first reception in Sacramento. The second
annual Toast in Fresno, with featured guest
Dee Dee D’Adamo of the California Air
Resources Board, drew more than 85 guests.
More than 300 people attended the 2009
California Air Quality Awards, where CCA
honored California’s leading women working
to improve air quality. Awardees included
California Air Resources Board Chairman
Mary Nichols, United States Labor Secretary
Hilda Solis, Barbara Finlayson-Pitts, Ph.D.,
Nell Newman, Wendy James and the late
Assemblymember Nell Soto.
CCA organized the Industrial and
Agricultural Energy Forum, where
more than 80 individuals learned about
energy-saving solutions, renewable energy,
business grants, rebates and tax incentives.
The Clean Air Round Table, an annual,
daylong strategy session organized by CCA,
drew participants from environmental
organizations across the country.
Warner Bros. employee volunteers stuffed
1,000 green cleaning kits as part of their
IMPACT giving program. CCA uses the kits
to educate parents on the harmful effects of
cleaning products used in schools.
CCA organized
the annual, two-day
Environmental Health
Legislative Working
Group conference, which
provides training and
networking for air quality
and other environmental
health advocates.
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2008-09 audited
Financials
Visit the Coalition for Clean Air website
to view our latest Form 990.
How we utilize your support
Operating support and revenue of $1,612,523 was
used to pay for current operations during fiscal
year July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009. Of this amount,
contributions from individuals and organizations
accounted for $265,440, or 16%. Foundation grants
provided $1,324,697, or 82%. Restricted operating
support and revenue from foundation grants
of $1,278,530 represents multi-year grants and
pledges for use in future years. Investment and
other revenue contributed 2%.
Expenditures on program and supporting
services totaled $1,766,240 in the 2008-09 fiscal
year. We realized a net loss of $153,717 during
the fiscal year, due largely to the economic
downturn and a significant decrease in individual
and corporate giving. This loss was absorbed by a
previous cash surplus.
Expenses
$1,766,240 Revenue
$1,612,523
Insurance
$18,124
1%
Printing &
postage
$22,223
1%
Office
supplies
$18,356
1%
Outreach
$15,558
1%
Depreciation
$24,302
1%
Office
expense
$26,365
2%
Rent &
utilities
$194,848
11%
Telephone
$35,284
2%
Salaries &
benefits
$1,057,839
60%
Conference
& training
$36,569
2%
Fundraising
$43,131
2%
Travel &
parking
$129,381
7%
Legal &
professional
$45,354
3%
Consultants
$98,906
6%
Other
revenue
$9,099
1%
Investment
income
$13,287
1%
Contributions
$265,440
16%
Grants
$1,324,697
82%
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Supporters
The Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) thanks the following
individuals, organizations, companies and foundations for
their critical support of our work in 2009:
$50,000 and above
The California Wellness Foundation
The Energy Foundation
The Marijan and Ingrid Markul Trust
Richard and Rhoda Goldman Fund
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
$25,000 - $49,999
Marisla Foundation • Renewable Energy
Accountability Project • Warner Bros.
Entertainment, Inc.
$10,000 - $24,999
As You Sow Foundation • Pacific Gas & Electric
Company • Sempra Energy • William C.
Bannerman Foundation
$5,000 - $9,999
Ed Begley, Jr. • Central Valley Air Quality Coalition
• Clean Energy Fuels • Environment Now • The
Gas Company • Gladstein, Neandross & Associates
• Daryl-Lynn Johnson Roberts • Jamie B. Knapp •
Walt Disney Studios • Waste Management • Zolla
Family Foundation
$1,000 - $4,999
Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. • Anne Bloom
• Russell Brown • California Emissions
Testing • California Fuel Cell Partnership •
California Teamsters Public Affairs Council
• Citizens for Fire Safety Institute • City
of Burbank Water and Power • City of Los
Angeles • Direct Energy • Diverse Strategies
for Organizing • Electronic Recyclers of
America • Fox Entertainment Group •
Granite Construction Company • Green
Conversion Systems, LLC • Victor Griego
• Hydrogen Energy International, LLC •
Keesal, Young & Logan • Los Angeles County
Metropolitan Transportation Authority •
Majorie Klayman • Manatt, Phelps & Phillips
• Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw • NBC
Universal • Nissan North America, Inc. •
Paramount Pictures • Ralph B. Perry III •
Dr. James Pitts, Jr. and Dr. Barbara Finlayson-
Pitts • Progressive Strategy Partners • Public
Health Institute • Remy, Thomas, Moose
and Manley, LLP • Rhino Entertainment •
Sacramento Municipal Utility District • Shell
Oil Company • Bernard Jack Smith and Anne
Shen Smith • Hal and Elizabeth Snyder • The
Better World Group, Inc. • The International
Council on Clean Transportation • United
Parcel Service • Valley Clean Air Now •
Velocity Vehicle Group • Verizon Wireless •
Peter Weiner
$500 - $999
A-C Electric • Kelli A. Caswell • Craton Equity
Partners • Timothy P. Dillon, Esq. • Granville
Homes • Peter and Sid Greenwald • Diana
Ingram • Seth Jacobson • Nell Newman • Felix
Oduyemi • Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker
• Worley Parsons • Gary Polakovic • Rypos,
Inc. • Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality
Management District • Dina Silver • Swimmer
Family Foundation
$100 - $499
Mark Abramowitz • Adams Broadwell Joseph & Cardozo
• Arnold and Ruth Albert • Carolyn Alexander • Robert
Alworth • Amigos de los Rios • Anderson Pursley
Insurance Services, Inc. • Richard and Lorraine Anderson
• Anonymous • Honorable Juan Arambula and Amy
Arambula • Asthma Anology Foundation • Chuck and
Sally Beaty • Better Place, Inc. • Mike Budzik • Eric
Cahill • California State Parks Foundation • Todd
Campbell • Patricia Castellanos • Cater Communications
• Jessica Chu • Louis and Irma Colen • Crossroads
Trading Company • Joanna De Haven Underwood • Roger
and Fran Diamond • Valerie Dillman • Drew and Vicki
Dusebout • Ward Elliot • Garold and Joyce Faber • GWF
Power • Margot Feuer • Honorable Michael Feuer and
Gail Feuer • Jason Frand • Jeff Gasparitsch • Gary Gero •
Barbara Goldenberg • Janine S. Hamner • Allison Holdorff
• Mike Jackson • Jerry and Terri Kohl Family Foundation
• Will Johnson • Lillian Kawasaki • Kensington Group
• Katharine L. King • Leslie Kirkendall • Stuart Klabin
• Joel Lewenstein • Adi Liberman • Yvette Martinez •
Jeff Massey and Cori Traub • Shannon McCully • David
Mesna • Jon Mikels • Stephanie Milano • Dr. John G.
Miller • Alison Morgan • Chris Muniz • Erik Neandross
• Jeffrey Norris • Paschal Roth • Amisha Patel •
Honorable Fran Pavley • Planet Green • Port of Hueneme
• Dr. Shankar Prasad • Pure Green Corporation • Carl
and Estelle Reiner • RHA, Inc. • Sara Rose • Wendy Sue
Rosen • Jay J. Ross • Rachel Salcido • Deidre Sanders •
Shane Que Hee • Al Sattler • Meyer Shwarzstein • Marie
P. Simovich • Solar City • Sven Thesen • Union Pacific •
Randall von Wedel • Watson Wyatt Worldwide • Michael
Weber • Henry Wedaa • V. John White • Worksafe •
Dennis Zane • Ziegler Associates
CCA recognizes the generous contributions made
possible by:
Corporate employee giving programs
AT&T • Earth Share of California • Edison
International • Sempra Energy* • Starbucks
Foundation • The Gas Company* • Pacific Gas &
Electric Company • United Way • United Health
Group • Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. • Wells
Fargo Community Support Campaign *matched gifts
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Ways to give
The Coalition for Clean Air (CCA) relies on
the generous support of people like you to fund
our vital work. There are many ways you can
give to ensure a future of clean, healthy air in
California. We encourage you to consider the
following options:
Membership
When you join CCA, you will be welcomed into
a family of passionate individuals concerned with
the future of our most precious natural resource:
the air we breathe. With your membership, you’ll
receive our periodic newsletter and discounts to
CCA events. New members will also receive a
special tote bag.
Monthly giving
Our monthly giving is paperless and provides a
stable flow of support for our work to restore clean,
healthy air to California. When you give to CCA,
you have the option to sign up for our monthly
giving program.
Gifts in honor/memory
Honor your friends, family or the memory of
a loved one with a contribution to CCA. We
will send a personalized acknowledgment to the
individual or family being honored.
Workplace giving
Workplace giving programs empower
employees to give to the charity of their
choice, often through automatic payroll
deductions. Many employers even match
individual gifts, doubling or tripling
your impact with every contribution. Be
sure to check with your human resources
department about the details of your
workplace giving program.
Stock gifts
Giving stock that has been held longer
than one year allows you to avoid paying
any capital gains tax that would otherwise be due.
Furthermore, you can claim a charitable income
tax deduction for the fair market value of the stock
on the date it was transferred—not just what it was
worth when you acquired it.
Planned giving
Remember us in your will. Leaving a legacy
gift to CCA is an excellent way to ensure your
commitment to clean air.
In-kind donations
CCA welcomes in-kind gifts—such as printing,
media, design and catering—for our programs
and events. These budget-relieving donations help
ensure our money is spent where it is needed most.
“
I have supported
CCA for more than
20 years, simply
because they
achieve clean air for
our state through
fast and effective
solutions. ”
— Ed Begley, Jr., environmental activist,
actor and CCA board member
Event sponsorships
& tickets
CCA hosts a variety of fundraising events each
year, from our annual awards luncheon to our
regional A Toast to Clearing the Air reception
series. Becoming an event sponsor is a great
way to support CCA’s work while gaining
community-wide recognition for your company
or organization.
More information
For questions about giving or sponsorship
opportunities, please contact:
Liz Ernst
liz@coalitionforcleanair.org
(213) 630-1192 x109
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Board of directors
Staff
www.coalitionforcleanair.org
Contact
Headquarters
811 West 7 th Street
Suite 1100
Los Angeles, CA 90017
(213) 630-1192
Sacramento
1107 9 th Street
Suite 830
Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 498-1560
San Joaquin Valley
1140 North Van Ness Avenue
Suite 104
Fresno, CA 93728
(559) 486-3279
Officers
Erik Neandross
board chair
Hal Snyder
treasurer
Committee chairs
Jamie Knapp
nominating and
governance chair
Felix Oduyemi
audit chair
Directors
Patricia Alvarez-Sahagun
Ed Begley, Jr. Victor Griego, Jr.
Yvette Martinez Marcia McQuern
Gary Polakovic Deidre Sanders
Former board members who served
during the 2008-09 fiscal year
Anne Bloom
Sid Greenwald
John S. Shegerian
Todd Campbell
vice chair
Diana Ingram
secretary
Bruce MacRae
development chair
Peter Weiner
campaigns chair
Jennie Carréon-Lacey
Edward Rendon
Anne Shen Smith
Martin Schlageter
interim executive director
Nidia Bautista
policy director
Luis R. Cabrales
deputy director of campaigns
Amanda Dudley
development associate
Liz Ernst
development director
Laura Fultz Stout
San Joaquin Valley campaign and
outreach associate
Monica Howe
communications and design director
Candice Kim
senior campaign associate
Monique Lopez
campaign associate
Michael A. Michner
controller
Shankar B. Prasad, M.B.B.S.
executive fellow
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