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From: Laura Brown <br />To: GRP -City Council <br />Subject: Please pass All -Electric Reach Codes! <br />Date: Monday, September 21, 2020 11:25:16 AM <br />Good morning Councilmembers, <br />You've heard from me quite a few times on this topic, so here's a quick summary of what I <br />want to say: Please move forward with passing the Reach Codes as discussed at the last <br />council meeting -- the all -electric option with the exceptions. <br />I've seen some recent pushback from community members lately who are concerned about <br />having to give up their gas cooktops. I have some passionate cooks in my family who swear <br />they could never go without gas, so I understand the concern. However, new induction <br />cooktops (an electric option!) are actually better than gas cooking -- see this <br />article: https://www.reviewed.com/ovens/features/induction-101-better-cooking-through- <br />science <br />As the article notes, induction is also safer than gas. The price of induction cooktops is already <br />dropping. <br />Beyond the fact that induction is an option for those willing to spend the money on it, and that <br />electric stoves are on average much safer than gas cooktops, as you all know the Reach Codes <br />apply to new construction only. I believe this needs to be emphasized as some of my <br />neighbors seem to think the city is going to force them to replace their cooktops immediately. <br />The most important part of passing All -Electric Reach Codes, however, is building a more <br />sustainable foundation for the future. We are SO lucky in the Bay Area and California as a <br />whole to have access to clean energy like wind and solar. We need to take advantage of this by <br />making electricity the standard for new construction. <br />Please pass all -electric reach codes. It's one step of many we desperately need to take to have a <br />livable planet in the future. <br />Thank you, <br />Laura Brown, 94061 <br />