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Arevalo, Evelyn From: Tomas Souza de Castro < Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2025 11:28 AM To: eComment Subject: Fwd: Please Oppose the Anti-Electrification Resolution Attention: This email originated from outside of City of Santa Ana.Use caution when opening attachments or links. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Dominic Bendinelli< Date: Fri, Feb 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM �� Subject: Please Oppose the Anti-Electrification Resolution To: <vamezcua@santa-ana.org>, <tphan@santa-ana.org>, <bvazquez@santa-ana.org>, <jessielopez@santa- ana org>, <pbacerra@santa-ana.org>, <-ryanhernandez@santa-ana.org>, <dpenaloza@santa-ana.org> Dear Mayor Amezcua and Councilmembers, My name is Dominic Bendinelli and I urge you to please oppose the resolution on Agenda Item 18 of the upcoming regular city council meeting. Santa Ana is one of the most impacted cities in our County by air pollution and we deserve to have clean air! SCAQMD rules 1111 and 1112 would help us and the entire region lower our household emissions and create the conditions for electric appliances to reduce even further in price. Today's rebates and incentives from the federal level, the state, SCAQMD and other jurisdictions (like our lucky neighboring cities who have OCPA marketplace access) continue bringing down the cost associated with electrification. By electrifying gas appliances such as furnaces and water heaters, the city can reduce residents' exposure to toxic NOx emissions that result in asthma, lung cancer, and cardiovascular diseases. I moved to Orange County and got involved in fighting for a healthier environment because of these very emissions. My mother-in- law was diagnosed with Lung Cancer in April 2023 in a case attributed to air pollution like the toxic NOx emissions that come from in-home gas appliances. I moved here shortly after to care for her, but unfortunately she succumbed to her illness in August of that same year. My mission is to try and save as many people as I can from a similar fate and so now I am dedicated to cutting air pollution in as many forms as possible. We are lucky to live in a time when technology has provided us such efficient electric machines that make the switch incredibly easy. A heat pump water heater for example can heat the same amount of water as a gas water pump using three times less energy! The SCAQMD rules give us a five year gap until effect to ensure education, incentives and planning are well in place before implementation for those who wish to wait. Please do not oppose the SCAQMD rules, they will ensure cleaner air for our current and future residents. Thank you, Dominic Bendinelli i