Most Members of South Coast Pollution Board Live Where Air Is Cleaner

"As Southern California continues to battle the nation’s worst smog, most members of a powerful regional panel that enforces air pollution regulations can breathe relatively easily.

Nine of the 13 members of the South Coast Air Quality Management District live close to the ocean in Los Angeles or Orange counties, where ozone, the hallmark pollutant of summer smog, exceeds federal health standards fewer than 10 days a year.

Only two board members, San Bernardino County Supervisor Janice Rutherford and Highland Mayor Larry McCallon, live in Inland county areas hit by the highest number of bad smog days – four to six times those experienced by communities closer to the coast, state records show."

David Danelski reports for the Orange County Register April 3, 2016.