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<br />Banuelos, Lynda <br />From:Barbara Johns <ford_674x4s_lady78@yahoo.com> <br />Sent:Wednesday, March 31, 2021 6:30 AM <br />To:eComment <br />Subject:Santa Ana should phase out fossil fuels and fast track clean energy solutions <br />Dear Santa Ana City Council and Mayor Sarmiento, <br /> <br />Fossil fuels pose a threat not only to our planet, but to our community in Santa Ana. Study after study has shown that <br />extracting, transporting, refining, and burning fossil fuels harms environmental and human health – and new evidence <br />shows that toxic air pollution from fossil fuels also makes people more vulnerable to poor outcomes from COVID. <br /> <br />The truth is, fossil fuel expansion is undercutting any other work we do on climate action and public health and safety, <br />locking in decades of reliance on fuels dangerous to Santa Ana and the planet. <br /> <br />I’m writing to you today to ask you to please pass a climate emergency resolution that includes a SAFE commitment and <br />an endorsement of the global call for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty. Passing this resolution will demonstrate your <br />intent to keep our community healthy and safe. You’ll be committing to taking local action to explore policies that stop <br />fossil fuel expansion and speed up the clean energy transition, while joining a powerful call for global action against the <br />climate crisis. <br /> <br />You can learn more about the SAFE Cities movement at https://www.stand.earth/safe and can view a sample climate <br />emergency template with language demonstrating intent to pass SAFE policies and endorse the Fossil Fuel Non- <br />Proliferation Treaty here: https://www.stand.earth/SAFEtemplate. <br /> <br />As a member of the Santa Ana community, I’m asking: Will you show leadership on this critical issue and pledge to pass a <br />resolution that commits our community to explore SAFE policies and endorses the global call for a Fossil Fuel Non- <br />Proliferation Treaty? Together, we can keep Santa Ana and the planet safe from fossil fuels, speed up the shift to clean, <br />renewable energy, and create good, long-term jobs. <br /> <br />Thank you, <br />Barbara Johns, 17109 <br />1 <br /> <br />