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Home My WebLink Aboutcc - Sansone (Reach Code) 8/23/2019 Tonikian, Victoria From:CityClerk Sent:Friday, August 23, 2019 3:49 PM To:Matt Sansone Cc:Betz, Ryan; Read, Chris Subject:RE: Natural gas ban Dear Mr. Sansone, Thank you for taking the time to contact the City Council on this topic. This is a policy related issue for the City Council’s consideration that is scheduled to be heard at the regularly scheduled City Council meeting on rd September 3. Your message has been provided directly to them. If you have any questions, please contact the Administration Department at (805) 781-7589. Sincerely, Victoria Tonikian Administrative Assistant II City Administration City Clerk's Office 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E vtonikia@slocity.org T 805.781.7105 slocity.org From: Matt Sansone < Sent: Friday, August 23, 2019 11:42 AM To: E-mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org> Subject: Natural gas ban Members of the Council - Our community has made impressive strides in environmental policy, and we are much further along than we once were in controlling our impact on renewables. The City's recent move against using natural gas is a bridge too far and throws the burden of cost directly on the consumer. On the basis of cost to heat, natural gas is far cheaper than electricity - there is no comparison. The consumer ends up carrying that cost indefinitely, and the electrical demand generated by heating (air and water), cooking, and (increasingly) recharging methods of transportation will rapidly outstrip the ability for a property to self generate with panels. The potential workaround there is to add more electrical storage capacity to each property - but are banks of lithium batteries really going to turn out to be such a great strategy in the future? This proposal is well-intentioned, but short sighted and should be immediately removed from the table. 1 Matt Sansone REALTOR® DRE #01956847 Matt@MattSansone.com 805.704.4040 COMPASS DRE #01854124 1015 Nipomo St. Suite #100 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 All information herein deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Fair Housing, Equal Opportunity. This e-mail transmission is intended only for the use of the person to whom it is addressed and may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify the sender immediately via e-mail. Thank you in advance. 2 1 Tonikian, Victoria From:Matt Sansone < Sent:Friday, August 23, 2019 9:05 PM To:Christianson, Carlyn Cc:E-mail Council Website Subject:Re: Natural gas ban Thank you for the response, Carlyn. ‘Ban’ is the wrong word ‐ forgive me. The news cycle has largely left out that developers and builders may pay an additional fee to install natural gas. This will not happen in low income homes. This will not happen in mid‐priced homes. This will only happen at the custom and spec tier ‐ in other words, the people who can better afford to pay the dramatically higher price of living in an all‐electric home will be the only ones (in new housing) who don’t have to. This proposal is an outright assault on affordability for a working class that is already marginalized and struggling in San Luis Obispo County. Stop making it more expensive for the people whose best interests you are supposed to represent. Matt Sansone REALTOR® BRE #01956847 Matt@MattSansone.com 805.704.4040 Follow us on Facebook to stay up to date! Central Coast Realty Group BRE #01854124 1015 Nipomo St. Suite #100 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 2 All information herein deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Fair Housing, Equal Opportunity. This e‐mail transmission is intended only for the use of the person to whom it is addressed and may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify the sender immediately via e‐mail. Thank you in advance. On Aug 23, 2019, at 1:07 PM, Christianson, Carlyn <cchristi@slocity.org> wrote: HI‐Thanks for writing the Council. There seems to be some misunderstanding of what is being proposed. There is no ban on natural gas housing, there are just incentives to use electric, since the city will have 100% zero carbon electric power starting in January 2020, and as a city leader, I believe it is crucial for local governments to take steps to deal with climate change issues after 35 years of data‐driven warnings‐‐is I would respectfully say that this hardly "hasty" action. Time is running out. Thanks again for writing, Carlyn Carlyn Christianson Council Member To help protect your priv acy, Microsoft Office prevented automatic download of this picture from the Internet.City of San Luis Obispo Office of the City Council 990 Palm Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401-3249 E cchristianson@slocity.org T 805.781.7122 C 805.550.9320 slocity.org From: Matt Sansone <matt@mattsansone.com> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2019 11:42:21 AM To: E‐mail Council Website <emailcouncil@slocity.org> Subject: Natural gas ban Members of the Council ‐ Our community has made impressive strides in environmental policy, and we are much further along than we once were in controlling our impact on renewables. The City's recent move against using natural gas is a bridge too far and throws the burden of cost directly on the consumer. On the basis of cost to heat, natural gas is far cheaper than electricity ‐ there is no comparison. The consumer ends up carrying that cost indefinitely, and the electrical demand generated by heating (air and water), cooking, and (increasingly) recharging methods of transportation will rapidly outstrip the ability for a property to self generate with panels. The potential workaround there is to add more electrical storage capacity to each property ‐ but are banks of lithium batteries really going to turn out to be such a great strategy in the future? 3 This proposal is well‐intentioned, but short sighted and should be immediately removed from the table. Matt Sansone REALTOR® DRE #01956847 Matt@MattSansone.com 805.704.4040 COMPASS DRE #01854124 1015 Nipomo St. Suite #100 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 All information herein deemed reliable, but not guaranteed. Fair Housing, Equal Opportunity. This e-mail transmission is intended only for the use of the person to whom it is addressed and may be privileged, confidential, and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, please delete this message and notify the sender immediately via e-mail. Thank you in advance.