Air Pollution in LA: Lit Review

The South Coast Air Quality Management District (SCAQMD) is the government authority responsible for monitoring and reducing air pollution in Southern California. As Randall Lane documents the efforts of the SCAQMD, the agency is sometimes more concerned with particulars rather than with the broader issue of reducing air pollution (Lane 239).

Lane specifically reviews the implementation of Regulation 15, which mandated that employers having more than 100 workers would reduce the number of cars driven to their workplaces or face severe financial penalties. Fines could reach as much as $50,000 per day, and any challenges to rulings were appealed to the SCAQMD. Because of the difficulty in having the agency which imposed the fine overturn the fine, many companies s

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as been more effective than legislation. The Northridge earthquake of 1994 resulted in major transportation arteries being shut down, and employees (and employers) were forced to find alternative ways to conduct business. For many, the answer was telecommuting, a method of "commuting" in which workers perform there tasks outside of their employer's office. In the aftermath of the Northridge earthquake, telecommuting centers were set up which provided computers and modem access as well as other types of office equipment; rent ranged from $200 per month for a cubicle with one computer to $400 per month for an office with several computers (Grove 1). Companies can realize significant benefit from telecommuting, particularly when employees "commute" from home rather than from a centralized location. Productivity increases an average of 12 percent per person, there is a reduction in turnover and less sick leave is used. The City of Los Angeles found that it saved $8,000 annually for each employee who worked at home (Grove 7). Telecommuting carries with it some problems, however, many of which stem from company's trying to manage telecommuters in the same way that traditional workers are managed. Telecommuting forces managers to
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Approximate Word count = 1522
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page)