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. • •C :ek:12/14/59 -7 RE S OLUTI ON NO. 2933 RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA TO PLACE BEFORE THE BUDGET SESSION OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE LEGISLATURE AS A SPECIAL SUBJECT, THE PROBLEM OF CONTROLLING MOTOR VEHICLE EXHAUSTS WHEREAS, there exists in the San Francisco Bay Area a special problem of atmospheric purity which is distinct from that found in the remainder of the State; and, WHEREAS, the cities and counties of the San Francisco Bay Area have, in the creation of the Bay Area Air Pollution Control District, embarked upon a program of seeking practical and feasible control of air pollution in this region; and, WHEREAS, the Bay Area Air Pollution Control District repre- sents the cities and counties of this region in the membership of its Board of Directors; and, WHEREAS, an investigation of the problems of air pollution control discloses that a correct and feasible solution to these problems requires an intimate knowledge of local topography, local meterological conditions, types of industrialization, po;ulation, density and dispersal, local economic progress, firection and rate of population expansion, and many other fac- tors of which local people are most likely to have an intimate knowledge; and, WHEREAS, an investigation of the problems of air pollution control discloses that one of the major sources of air pollution in the San Francisco Bay Area is the large number of moving vehicles of all types, which vehicles may have their origin or destination in areas outside of the District; and, WHEREAS, it is most feasible for local agencies to investi- gate and control local sources of air pollution within the Bay Area Air Pollution Control District; and, WHEREAS, it is most feasible for state -wide regulation to investigate and control air pollution originating from vehicles;