From: Office of the City Attorney

Maureen R. Siegel

Chief, Criminal Division

To:

1.Ý Chair, Public Safety Committee

2.Ý General Manager, Dept. of Building & Safety

3.Ý Director, Dept. of Public Works,
Bureau of Street Services

4.Ý Chief, Los Angeles Police Department

Regarding: L.A. blower ban ordinance in full effect.

Date: March 1, 2001

From: John R. Froines , PhD

Professor of Toxicology

Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, UCLA School of Public Health

To:Hon. Cindy Miscikowski, LA City Councilmember

Regarding:Ý Hazards associated with the use of leafblowers.

Date: December 16, 1997

From: The Fund For The Environment

To: Zero Air Pollution

Regarding:Ý Endorsement of implementation and enforcement of blower ban.Ý Suggestions.

Date: January 7, 1998

From: American Lung Association, San Francisco & San Mateo Counties

To: Menlo Park, CA, ban advocate.Ý

Regarding:Ý Commend efforts on behalf of a ban on gas blowers.

Date: September 18, 1998

From: Hon. Cindy Miscikowski

Los Angeles City Council Member

To: Director, Bureau of Street Services

Date: March 30, 2001

From: Clara Szego Roberts

Professor Emeritus of Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, UCLA

To: Hon. Cindy Miscikowski, LA City Councilmember

Regarding:Ý Public health menace of the dust pollution.Ý Unfortunate delay of implementation of the L.A. gas blower ban.

Date: July 21, 1997

From: Clara Szego Roberts

Professor Emeritus of Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology, UCLA

To: Hon. Cindy Miscikowski, LA City Councilmember

Regarding:Ý Supports banning all blowers.

Date: February 6, 1998

From: Harmon D. Wilson

President, Triple Crown Landscape Co., Fountain Valley, CA

Regarding:Ý Power vacuum cleaned faster, was cleaner.Ý Damage caused by blowers.

Date: April 6, 1998