CLAIM: City Council members are not attending the SCAQMD meetings.

FACT:

City council members and city staff have attended nearly every meeting held by SCAQMD in relation to air quality concerns in the City since the first town hall meeting on the matter in 2016. Meetings that have had council members or city staff representation include:

• SCAQMD Town Hall Meeting on August 16, 2016
• 2nd Working Group & Public Consultation Meeting for Proposed Rule 1430 on September 14, 2016
• 3rd Working Group & Public Consultation Meeting for Proposed Rule 1430 on October 26, 2016
• SCAQMD Town Hall Meeting on November 9, 2016
• 4th Working Group & Public Consultation Meeting for Proposed Rule 1430 on December 1, 2016
• SCAQMD Regular Governing Board Meeting December 2, 2016
• SCAQMD Town Hall Meeting on December 12, 2016
• SCAQMD Hearing Board Meeting on December 14, 2016
• SCAQMD Hearing Board Meeting (on Aerocraft/Anaplex) on December 16, 2016
• County of Los Angeles Board of Supervisors Meeting on December 20, 2016
• SCAQMD Continued Hearing Board Meeting (on Anaplex) on January 10, 2017
• 5th Working Group & Public Consultation Meeting for Proposed Rule 1430 on January 11, 2017
• Public Workshop for Rule 1430 on January 19, 2017
• Public Consultation Meeting for Proposed Rule 1430 on January 25, 2017
• 6th Working Group & Public Consultation Meeting for Proposed Rule 1430 on February 1, 2017
• SCAQMD Hearing Board Meeting on February 2, 2017