Hi Folks,

Bad news on the door step. . .

CA
Smog Bill

Phone
#'s and e-mails are in red

Oppose
SB 435 – Stop Smog Checks

for California
Motorcycles

Reach the
Transportation Committee Chairman at:

Senate Transportation
& Housing Committee

Chairman Alan Lowenthal

2032 Capitol Building,
Sacramento, CA 95814

Fax: (916) 445-2209

Chair’s
Office Telephone: (916) 651-4027 Chair’s e-mail:

senator.lowenthal@sen.ca.gov

 

Call &
Fax Your Letter to Each of the Other Senate Transportation & Housing

Committee Members & Tell Them To

Vote NO on SB 435:

 

Committee Member Fax Number Capitol Phone E-mail

Senator Robert Huff (R–Glendora)

(Vice Chair) (916) 324-0922 (916) 651-4029 senator.huff@sen.ca.gov

 

Senator Roy Ashburn (R–Bakersfield) (916) 322-3304 (916) 651-4018

senator.ashburn@sen.ca.gov

 

Senator Mark DeSaulnier (D–Walnut Creek) (916) 445-2527 (916)
651-4007

senator.desaulnier@sen.ca.gov

 

Senator Tom Harman (R–Costa Mesa)
(916) 445-9263 (916) 651-4035

senator.harman@sen.ca.gov

 

Senator Dennis Hollingsworth (R-Temecula) (916) 447-9008 (916)
651-4036

senator.hollingsworth@sen.ca.gov

 

Senator Christine Kehoe (D–San Diego) (916) 327-2188 (916) 651-4039

senator.kehoe@sen.ca.gov

 

Senator Jenny Oropeza (D–Redondo
Beach) (916) 323-6056
(916) 651-4028

senator.oropeza@sen.ca.gov

 

S e n a t o r Fran Pavley (D–S. Monica)

(Author SB 435) (916) 324-4823 (916) 651-4023 senator.pavley@sen.ca.gov

 

Senator Joe Simitian (D–Palo Alto) (916) 323-4529 (916) 651-4011

senator.simitian@sen.ca.gov

 

Senator Lois Wolk (D–Vacaville) (916) 323-2304 (916) 651-4005

senator.wolk@sen.ca.gov

 

Vote No on SB 435

B e c a u s e :

 

•
Motorcycles do not contribute enough pollution

to warrant being included in a smog check

program.

• Motorcycles constitute less than 3% of the total

number of motor vehicles in California
and travel

less than 25%, on average, compared to cars and

trucks.

• Motorcycles, because of their low mileage usage

and much higher gas mileage than cars and trucks,

represent only 1.5% of the total for all mobile

source emissions.

• Motorcycle smog checks are an unnecessary

intrusion into motorcycle riders’ lives.

• California motorcycle engine emission
standards

were lowered drastically in 2008 making California

motorcycles already the cleanest in the nation.

• There is no evidence that motorcycles that have

been modified for performance or gas economy

reasons emit any more emissions than stock ones.

• The cost to implement and conduct a motorcycle

smog check program will cost California
more than

the value of the emissions it’s estimated to save.

• A smog check program for motorcycles will

discourage new motorcycle purchases and

encourage owners, who use their motorcycles

infrequently, to stop using them.

• Motorcycle smog checks were eliminated in

one Arizona
county after it was proven that the

program did not reduce emissions enough to

continue the program.

• If motorcycles have to be returned to stock

condition, finding original parts for older bikes

will be impossible because historically, not enough

spare parts were made when they were built.

The
simplest way to Address your letters to the Committee Members is like this:

Honorable
____________________,

State Senate, State Capitol

Sacramento, CA 95814

On February
26, 2009, state Senator Fran Pavley (D–Santa Monica) introduced SB 435 that
authorizes

the inclusion of model year 2000 and newer motorcycles in California’s smog check program starting in
2012.

This is the most infamous and wide-reaching assault on California motorcycists since the Helmet Law
in 1992.

No other state, or municipality in the country, save one county in Arizona has such a
draconian

requirement for checking the engine emissions from motorcycles. This bill, as
introduced, contains

NO details

about the program, only the authorization for it to begin in 2012. Those
details will be left to the regulators at

the California
Air Resources Board (CARB) and the Bureau of Auto Repair (BAR).

M o t o rcycle owners will undoubtedly have to replace any non-stock emissions
parts that were installed to

i m p rove performance and fuel economy, such as carburetors, fuel injection,
charcoal canisters, air cleaners, and

non-catalytic convertors or c o n v e rt o r exhaust systems if catalysts came
as original equipment when purchased new.

This program will probably work just as the Smog Check Program works forall
other m o t o r vehicles. To re - re g i s t e r

y o u r m o t o rcycle after 2 0 11, you will need to provide proof of passing
a smog check, or you won’t be able to re - re g i s t e r it.

 

What Can Be Done to Stop SB 435?

— Write,
Fax, Call & E-mail the Chairman and Members of the

Senate Transportation Committee, T o d a y , Telling Them to Vote NO
on SB 435 Using the
Contact Numbers and

Talking Points Below! Calling
and Faxing remain the most effective way of telling legislators what you want.

ABATEPAC, the
Political Action Arm of ABATE of California,
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