October 14 at 7:00 p.m.

Show your support for the L.A. County Stormwater Permit!

"...will make trash pollution reduction limits mandatory in L.A. County! The City of Bellflower has not only appealed the Permit, but they are suing the state of California and the EPA. They are also using scare tactics to try to get people on their side. We need a mass crowd to show
them what a mistake they are making by opposing the Permit.

Please call 310 453-0395 x 104 and let us know if you plan to show up...

Speaking Points for the Clean Water Alliance Bellflower City Council Meeting

If BELLFLOWER resident, say you are a resident

"I am here today to support the Los Angeles Municipal Stormwater Permit that has been recently adopted by the Regional Water Board and is up on appeal to the State Water Board. I also support the trash reduction limits in the Permit.

"...I want to encourage...City Council to re-think its opposition...

"...I am discouraged/disheartened/appalled/outraged that this City Council is using city money to oppose environmental protections that will clean up the water.

(BACKGROUND NOTE TO SPEAKERS: BELLFLOWER is part of "the Coalition for Practical Regulation" a group of cities that has paid for a fancy website, lobbyists, lawyers-- all working to derail the Los Angeles Municipal Stormwater Permit and trash reductions.

"The Los Angeles Municipal Stormwater Permit and trash reductions are necessary: Pollution in the water is bad for public health and for our local businesses

(NOTE TO SPEAKERS: Please tell the Council your personal experience about getting sick from the water, or your belief that your business is integrally connected to the coastal economy, etc.)

· These protections are cost effective. Our city can--and should--afford to support these protections. Why does the Bellflower City Council have to be part of lawsuits and efforts to discredit these protections?

(BACKGROUND NOTE TO SPEAKERS: Other cities like Ventura and Long Beach have similar Municipal Stormwater Permit requirements, and those Permits have not significantly raised rates, or cost jobs. The "Let's Talk Trash" document also details the fact that there is a lot of unreliability in the budget projections of Bellflower for compliance with the Permit and the
trash limits. For example, the City of Bellflower estimates that the cost of compliance per household is about $4, which is about 39% higher than the cost estimated by US EPA. )

· These protections are achievable: the trash reduction limits are flexible and phased in over fourteen years, there is no compliance until the fifth year, there are mandatory points of reconsideration of the trash limits. Even the trash limit of "zero" has a generous margin of error based upon the size of storms, and technology. These are not the draconian provisions that the City of Bellflower is painting them to be. These protections will result in cleaner water, and less trash on the street."

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