ACTION ALERT: Oppose SCAQMD Proposed Amended Rules 1111 & 1121
Southern California’s cost-of-living crisis is crushing working families and small businesses. With record-breaking taxes and massive increases in housing and electricity costs, leading to the highest poverty rate in the country. California’s cost of living is 42% higher than the national average, even higher in some of our local Southern California communities.
GET THE FACTS
The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) is proposing amendments to existing rules (1111 and 1121) that would impose an expected annual tax of $306 million on homeowners, renters, schools, and small businesses – an average of $1,510 per household!
Unless defeated, Proposed Amended Rules (PAR) 1111 and 1121 would be the costliest rulemaking SCAQMD has ever undertaken.
📖 Read the Fact Sheet HERE.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
The SCAQMD Governing Board will vote on Proposed Amended Rules 1111 and 1121 on June 6, 2025, at 9:00 AM. We need your voice to persuade the Board to oppose these costly proposed rules. This meeting is our final chance to make our voices heard!
💻 Join the meeting virtually HERE.
Your support has been crucial in our fight to protect the cost of living from getting even higher – but we need to keep the momentum going! See the ways you can help below:
TAKE ACTION
- Submit a Letter as an Impacted Resident – Utilize the "Take Action" feature on the Cost of Living Council website to submit a letter to the Board as a resident impacted by these rules. If you live in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, or San Bernardino counties, this will directly affect you as a resident.
- Submit a Letter on Behalf of Your Business or Organization – Download and customize the template opposition letter, urging the Board to OPPOSE PAR 1111 & 1121 on behalf of your business or organization.
- Spread the Word – Help raise awareness by sharing with your family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues! Download and customize our sample newsletter to engage your networks.
📬 Share this with your network of family, friends, neighbors, colleagues, and others. Encourage them to submit individual letters!
🦾 Join us and help oppose these costly new rules: Join Us!
Say NO to Rules 1111 and 1121
- Higher costs for homeowners, renters, and small businesses
- Skyrocketing energy bills
- Costly retrofit and electric panel upgrade necessary for older properties
- Adds strain to aging electrical grid and infrastructure
- Puts public safety and health at risk due to fire and impacts on electrical grid
ℹ️ For more information, visit https://www.WeCantAffordThis.com/
