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Excerpt: “Moment in History”: Bay Area Officials Move Ahead With Natural Gas Water Heater Ban, With a Few Changes
VX News here republishes a San Francisco Chronicle article by [reporter name] on the Bay Area Air District board’s November 4 vote to delay its ban on natural gas water heater installations to January 2028. The amendments add exemptions for lower-income owners and homes with space or electrical constraints, which could cover about half of Bay Area households. They also defer compliance for multifamily and deed-restricted affordable housing to 2033. Supervisor Shamann Walton cast the lone vote against the amended rule.