I like the program but from an environmental standpoint it could be a lot better. I’d like to see the credit amount = 100 X MPG of the new car. So a 45 MPG car would get you a $4500 credit.

Now we’re talking!

Eric ► Beteille at 2:07pm April 20
Maybe don’t start anything new. Just do everything else better and faster. Speedy McCity.

Jon Lynn at 2:31pm April 20
What about a game show, like Hollywood Squares, but with kids? Gary Coleman could host.

Lynn Marie Mierzejewski at 3:00pm April 20 via Facebook Mobile
Honestly, I don’t know. What I do know this that education could really use money like that right now. Especially with 6500 employees getting laid off from LAUSD in the fall.

Mary Ann Cherry at 3:34pm April 20
Extend the DASH lines. Make electric bus lines.

Ryan Ballinger at 5:20pm April 20
solar panel rebates for businesses who install them and can sell back power to dwp?

Prosy Delacruz at 8:31pm April 20
Deliver cheaper utilities using solar panels, wind turbines, a case of marrying mother nature with available technology, just like the examples of Seville, Spain, Australia, and do a partnership with private investors/bankers to grow the seed monies of $30 million. With a project that delivers cheaper utilities to all, it uplifts the economy as … Read Moremore monies are freed up, libraries are cooled cheaply, schools and child care centers are powered cheaply, hospitals are powered cheaply, government buildings are powered cheaply and we demonstrate LA City as a green city.

LA City Convention Center already leads in its green operational practices, give them a shot to greenify the city’s entire building, from head to toe, and translate it to cheaper convention fees for non-profits. LA CIty convention center increases their bookings, and non-profits can thrive as well.

Marcia Schneider at 8:58pm April 20
wonder if there could be a way to save water – switch to grey water in drought times to irrigate residences?

Marcia Schneider at 8:59pm April 20
By the way – go Florida – smart energy grid!

Prosy Delacruz at 9:25pm April 20
Invite DWP to work with small businesses in the food manufacturing area to reduce their utility usage through solar panels, and other engineering means. Food is consumed by folks at least 4 times a day. And, encourage the small businesses to pass the savings by hiring folks. Folks with jobs buy more food…and so on…the multiplier effect…… Read Moregreening their pockets, with green technology in utilities greens the economy with jobs..and so on…

Another is to install solar panels to light up the parks, and by keeping the parks lighted in key parts of Los Angeles reduce gang activities and increase community’s sense of peace.

Another is to do energy projects at key non-profits who own their buildings, by passing the savings on utilities, encourage them to hire folks too…as you reduce utilities cost, the savings is passed on in terms of more jobs.

Dean Hansell at 10:40pm April 20
Eric,

In a city of our size, $37M is not a lot. If there are ways that those monies can be leveraged they will go much further. For example,

1. Can we hire/retain people to do free home/business energy audits that include detailed, user friendly information about where to purchase the items identified…. Read More
2. Can we underwrite a series of green energy expos where vendors and repair people can offer their goods and services and not charge participants. (The green expo at the Convention Center early in the year deterred many from attending due to the admission price.)
3. Have a City hosted web site for persons offering green goods and services.
4. To reduce the number of persons being ripped off by incompetent or unscrupulous energy efficient technicians consider either licensing them or developing a system like Angie’s List where people can post their experiences with people they hire for energy efficiency projects.
Finally, extend bike trails, such as Ballona Creek

Joe Mellis at 12:55am April 21
E,
here’s a few ideas:
1. Free classes at city parks for kids (geared to fun) and adults (geared to saving money) on energy efficiency, recycling, composting for home gardening, simple water conservation, etc.?
2. More shaded areas at bus stops.
3. Solar panels at police & fire stations (maybe a matching funds scene with other entities to make that happen?) … Read More
4. Incentives for small and midsize businesses with the right roof structures to put in rooftop gardens.
5. more and better looking and actually eye catching garbage cans and recycling cans on the streets.

Even when it’s done thinking about public policy, procrastination is still procrastination – it’s back to the books for me.
Keep up the excellent work!

J Victoria Minetta at 8:18am April 21
Since we need to produce a ton of solar cells, why not make them here instead of outsourcing to another country? There are lots of empty warehouses in Watts that could be used to build them with local labor.

Leonardo Chalupowicz at 2:52pm April 22
LETS INSTITUTE THE DASH to help people get around the hood and save gas, energy, the environment!!