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Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) falls in a cesspool of its own creation.
Many advocates have been pandering to the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD).
There were two meetings held today March 29, 2010. One meeting to discuss the contracts and grants that the BAAQMD doles out without a clear goal. The second to review the many legislative bills in Sacramento that adversely impact the role of the BAAQMD in most cases. It was nauseating to hear the BAAQMD, Board members, most of them gripe about State Auditor, fault some State legislators - while wholly endorsing and praising their dubious role as the lead Air Monitoring agency in San Francisco and the Bay Area.
There were two meetings held today March 29, 2010. One meeting to discuss the contracts and grants that the BAAQMD doles out without a clear goal. The second to review the many legislative bills in Sacramento that adversely impact the role of the BAAQMD in most cases. It was nauseating to hear the BAAQMD, Board members, most of them gripe about State Auditor, fault some State legislators - while wholly endorsing and praising their dubious role as the lead Air Monitoring agency in San Francisco and the Bay Area.
The two meetings held today on March 29, 2010 at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District office on Ellis Street and Van Ness were a joke.
These guys and gals sit round the table and have no clue what so ever about goals and time line. Less about Quality of Life issues and a mind set that is so backward that it defies - logic and more sensibility. how can any change some about with such morons in charge of Quality of Life Issues?
The first meeting was about doling money to propagate Propaganda - also know as Spin in the Media Field. What the BAAQMD thinks is true Public Relations. These guys are so far behind and have mindset that the makes a big deal about FaceBook and Twitter.
These jaded BAAQMD Board members think that these two modes - help the BAAQMD educate and helps the agency to spread the good word about the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. There is little that one can tweet in forty words and if one endorses FaceBook as a tool for quality information - the BAAQMD staff must be sent or some sound orientation.
As a matter of fact the BAAQMD has failed to curtail green gases, dangerous particulates, asbestos friables, you nameit in large measure - the toxic elements that is increasing and making Quality of Life Issues fade away in San Francisco. Respiratory diseases are on the increase and with it heart and other chronic diseases.
The California Air Resource Board is fighting the BAAQMD and rightly so.
For too long the BAAQMD thought is was in charge and did not build a relationship with the State Auditor, the California Air Resource Board, the many legislators that despise regulation because of how some rules and regulations are enforced by the BAAQMD.
Take the case of LENNAR the rogue developer. The BAAQMD with intent did not enforce certain rules and regulations and let the rogue developer slowly poison our children and elders. Over a period of time LENNAR amassed over 380 Notice of Violations (NOVs). Lennar should have been fined $38 million - but they were fined a measly $515,000.
This deal was cut behind close doors and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Board members were not kept in the loop - and heard it for a first time at one of the BAAQMD Board meeting - because the community challenge Mr. Jack Broadbent - and he and the lead counsel spoke the TRUTH - and shocked everyone.
When asked why it took so long to bring Lennar to justice. Mr. Jack Broadbent who works for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District - reveal over two years ago - to the BAAQMD Board and the community that Lennar was indeed fined $515,000. This news came as a shock to all concerned. After all this time - nothing much has been done with the $515,000. The money sits there - the BAAQMD think the community will go away and forget about the fine!
This money has been sitting with the BAAQMD and it is over two years. The BAAQMD could have tested the affected children in the Bayview Hunters Point bordering Parcel - but has chosen not to do so.
It could have provided equipment to filter the air indoors - but has not done so.
It could have help the children and elders in some way but prefers to lie down like a lazy hippo - watching and glaring at the backs of other hippos.
The BAAQMD is a joke and must move its facilities and offices - away from our City and County of San Francisco. Go to San Jose, to some town in Contra Costa, go anywhere but stop making a fool of yourselves in San Francisco.
The first meeting did not go well with some of the Board Members one is particular. The meeting will be continued and I hope better sense prevails.
The second back to back meeting was about Legislative Bills passed in Sacramento.
It does not come as a surprise to me that the Assembly persons and Senators are initiating bills to neutralize all that the BAAQMD stands for.
The BAAQMD takes forever to bring about some good legislation even more years to enforce them. Bills take years to come to fruition and law. In the many years - let us say the last 10 years - the BAAQMD has done a very poor job.
It does a good job hoodwinking the constituents - but, all this will come to a halt. The present Economic will fast track the dying of the BAAQMD - it will a dangerous to look act worse than the worse toxic, contaminated particulate.
No wonder the California Air Resources Board, the California Energy Commission, the California Independent Systems Organization, the California Public Utilities Commission, the many other Regulatory Agencies - look down on the BAAQMD and those employees that work for this entity.
I saw how quick the Board Members who sit on the BAAQMD were prone to attack the California State Auditor.
Bills have a life of ten years and then some how have to be tweaked. In all the time the BAAQMD has not lifted a finger to work with the State Auditor. It would be nice if some one from time to time - informed the better solutions the BAAQMD has to offer and build up a relationship.
It would be nice if the BAAQMD - approached the astute constituency and got their suggestions and forward the suggestions and proposals to the State Auditor for his or her review and action. At the same time building a support system to attain Quality of Life - especially our ever polluting air, land, and water
Again and again the State Assembly Persons and the State Senators initiate bills consulting the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Some do but these are in the minority. However, the BAAQMD sees no need to have a relationship with the other Regulatory Agencies to better the Quality of Life in the Bay Area with sound action and quality solutions.
It would be nice to televise the meetings or post them on the internet so that the world could witness what I am reporting. Imagine these BAAQMD Board Members sitting down and wondering why some Legislators are undoing so many laws that are on the books - governing Air Quality for example and energy.
For example the BAAQMD is always talking about fire places that use wood and wood chips. This linked to the adverse impacts, toxic particulates, Carbon Dioxide and linked to the Carbon Foot Print. It was shocking to hear how some entities with the blessing of the California Air Resource Board - were trying to produce electricity - using large quantities of wood.
If this is NOT a serious joke - I do not know what is. But, again and again about ten bills reviewed vaguely and quickly today - were initiated to kill present laws, regulation, ordinances that help maintain a higher standard of cleaner air.
There are bills being initiated that will help developers and prevent Regulatory Agencies to fine Big Developers.
Factors such as if you fine the Big Developer, how - that would adversely impact the Big Developer and prevent the building of thousands of units. The adverse impacts to the Big Developer - would be considered - even if they broke the law. In other words Big Developers could be fined but work out deals behind close doors - praying ignorance and touting the present dire straits in our economy and the many of thousand of excuses that others cannot afford to offer as an excuse and bring to the fore.
These jokers that sit on the BAAQMD are useless to say the least.
Their mentality is so backward thinks that it makes one puke.
Wasting tax payers money and doing disservice to the many innocent constituents in the Bay Area.
These good for nothing so called Representatives think that the BAAQMD is doing a fine job. Far from it they are wasting thousands of dollars if not millions.
The BAAQMD must collect empirical data and we must be able to get it on a timely bases. Companies such as CISCO already have a system online and a model that monitors the Carbon Foot Print on a timely bases. You can view it neighborhood by neighborhood on line on a site created to monitor the Carbon Foot Print and its adverse impacts.
The BAAQMD has primitive computers. At one time some of us were given access to these ancient computers and it would be impossible to query exceedences in any given week or month. The BAAQMD would permit you to print large volumes of data and then charge you 10 cents or something per page.
In the last ten years nothing much has changed at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District - except that those in charge have made a nest for themselves.
I have been contacted many times by employees working for the BAAQMD - complaining of corrupt and lazy supervisors and more corruption of the worst order.
Time to get rid of the BAAQMD and the waste of tax payers money and precious time.
Francisco Da Costa
Director
Environmental Justice Advocacy
*******************************
*******************************
These guys and gals sit round the table and have no clue what so ever about goals and time line. Less about Quality of Life issues and a mind set that is so backward that it defies - logic and more sensibility. how can any change some about with such morons in charge of Quality of Life Issues?
The first meeting was about doling money to propagate Propaganda - also know as Spin in the Media Field. What the BAAQMD thinks is true Public Relations. These guys are so far behind and have mindset that the makes a big deal about FaceBook and Twitter.
These jaded BAAQMD Board members think that these two modes - help the BAAQMD educate and helps the agency to spread the good word about the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. There is little that one can tweet in forty words and if one endorses FaceBook as a tool for quality information - the BAAQMD staff must be sent or some sound orientation.
As a matter of fact the BAAQMD has failed to curtail green gases, dangerous particulates, asbestos friables, you nameit in large measure - the toxic elements that is increasing and making Quality of Life Issues fade away in San Francisco. Respiratory diseases are on the increase and with it heart and other chronic diseases.
The California Air Resource Board is fighting the BAAQMD and rightly so.
For too long the BAAQMD thought is was in charge and did not build a relationship with the State Auditor, the California Air Resource Board, the many legislators that despise regulation because of how some rules and regulations are enforced by the BAAQMD.
Take the case of LENNAR the rogue developer. The BAAQMD with intent did not enforce certain rules and regulations and let the rogue developer slowly poison our children and elders. Over a period of time LENNAR amassed over 380 Notice of Violations (NOVs). Lennar should have been fined $38 million - but they were fined a measly $515,000.
This deal was cut behind close doors and the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD) Board members were not kept in the loop - and heard it for a first time at one of the BAAQMD Board meeting - because the community challenge Mr. Jack Broadbent - and he and the lead counsel spoke the TRUTH - and shocked everyone.
When asked why it took so long to bring Lennar to justice. Mr. Jack Broadbent who works for the Bay Area Air Quality Management District - reveal over two years ago - to the BAAQMD Board and the community that Lennar was indeed fined $515,000. This news came as a shock to all concerned. After all this time - nothing much has been done with the $515,000. The money sits there - the BAAQMD think the community will go away and forget about the fine!
This money has been sitting with the BAAQMD and it is over two years. The BAAQMD could have tested the affected children in the Bayview Hunters Point bordering Parcel - but has chosen not to do so.
It could have provided equipment to filter the air indoors - but has not done so.
It could have help the children and elders in some way but prefers to lie down like a lazy hippo - watching and glaring at the backs of other hippos.
The BAAQMD is a joke and must move its facilities and offices - away from our City and County of San Francisco. Go to San Jose, to some town in Contra Costa, go anywhere but stop making a fool of yourselves in San Francisco.
The first meeting did not go well with some of the Board Members one is particular. The meeting will be continued and I hope better sense prevails.
The second back to back meeting was about Legislative Bills passed in Sacramento.
It does not come as a surprise to me that the Assembly persons and Senators are initiating bills to neutralize all that the BAAQMD stands for.
The BAAQMD takes forever to bring about some good legislation even more years to enforce them. Bills take years to come to fruition and law. In the many years - let us say the last 10 years - the BAAQMD has done a very poor job.
It does a good job hoodwinking the constituents - but, all this will come to a halt. The present Economic will fast track the dying of the BAAQMD - it will a dangerous to look act worse than the worse toxic, contaminated particulate.
No wonder the California Air Resources Board, the California Energy Commission, the California Independent Systems Organization, the California Public Utilities Commission, the many other Regulatory Agencies - look down on the BAAQMD and those employees that work for this entity.
I saw how quick the Board Members who sit on the BAAQMD were prone to attack the California State Auditor.
Bills have a life of ten years and then some how have to be tweaked. In all the time the BAAQMD has not lifted a finger to work with the State Auditor. It would be nice if some one from time to time - informed the better solutions the BAAQMD has to offer and build up a relationship.
It would be nice if the BAAQMD - approached the astute constituency and got their suggestions and forward the suggestions and proposals to the State Auditor for his or her review and action. At the same time building a support system to attain Quality of Life - especially our ever polluting air, land, and water
Again and again the State Assembly Persons and the State Senators initiate bills consulting the Bay Area Air Quality Management District. Some do but these are in the minority. However, the BAAQMD sees no need to have a relationship with the other Regulatory Agencies to better the Quality of Life in the Bay Area with sound action and quality solutions.
It would be nice to televise the meetings or post them on the internet so that the world could witness what I am reporting. Imagine these BAAQMD Board Members sitting down and wondering why some Legislators are undoing so many laws that are on the books - governing Air Quality for example and energy.
For example the BAAQMD is always talking about fire places that use wood and wood chips. This linked to the adverse impacts, toxic particulates, Carbon Dioxide and linked to the Carbon Foot Print. It was shocking to hear how some entities with the blessing of the California Air Resource Board - were trying to produce electricity - using large quantities of wood.
If this is NOT a serious joke - I do not know what is. But, again and again about ten bills reviewed vaguely and quickly today - were initiated to kill present laws, regulation, ordinances that help maintain a higher standard of cleaner air.
There are bills being initiated that will help developers and prevent Regulatory Agencies to fine Big Developers.
Factors such as if you fine the Big Developer, how - that would adversely impact the Big Developer and prevent the building of thousands of units. The adverse impacts to the Big Developer - would be considered - even if they broke the law. In other words Big Developers could be fined but work out deals behind close doors - praying ignorance and touting the present dire straits in our economy and the many of thousand of excuses that others cannot afford to offer as an excuse and bring to the fore.
These jokers that sit on the BAAQMD are useless to say the least.
Their mentality is so backward thinks that it makes one puke.
Wasting tax payers money and doing disservice to the many innocent constituents in the Bay Area.
These good for nothing so called Representatives think that the BAAQMD is doing a fine job. Far from it they are wasting thousands of dollars if not millions.
The BAAQMD must collect empirical data and we must be able to get it on a timely bases. Companies such as CISCO already have a system online and a model that monitors the Carbon Foot Print on a timely bases. You can view it neighborhood by neighborhood on line on a site created to monitor the Carbon Foot Print and its adverse impacts.
The BAAQMD has primitive computers. At one time some of us were given access to these ancient computers and it would be impossible to query exceedences in any given week or month. The BAAQMD would permit you to print large volumes of data and then charge you 10 cents or something per page.
In the last ten years nothing much has changed at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District - except that those in charge have made a nest for themselves.
I have been contacted many times by employees working for the BAAQMD - complaining of corrupt and lazy supervisors and more corruption of the worst order.
Time to get rid of the BAAQMD and the waste of tax payers money and precious time.
Francisco Da Costa
Director
Environmental Justice Advocacy
*******************************
*******************************
For more information:
http://www.baaqmd.gov
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