I suppose Joe Arpaio can enforce the laws of religious dogma in Arizona.

This is a civil rights violation. Moving the regional EPA office to Pheonix, Arizona is due to the fact San Francisco is a sanctuary city and has a strong LGBT community.

November 3, 2017
By Lily Altaven

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt (click here) discussed moving the agency's regional headquarters from San Francisco to Phoenix during a meeting with metro Phoenix officials in May. 

GPEC President and CEO Chris Camacho said the Phoenix-area team pitched the idea.

Meeting notes distributed by GPEC to attendees of the meeting state:

"In order to mitigate the $30 million annual lease cost to the agency, Administrator Pruitt stated the intention of moving EPA's region 9 headquarters from San Francisco to Greater Phoenix, following due diligence of cost feasibility."...

There is nothing wrong with the Hawthrone Plaza building. It is modern in it's presentation and is a sound structure that has provided valuable service to the USA EPA. There is no justifiable reason to move the office to Pheonix. It is costly and will increase the cost of those traveling within the region to the regional office.


Regional 9 is comprised of California, Nevada, Arizona, Hawaii and Guam.

There really is not debate, San Francisco is a centrally located city with all the accommodations any EPA and it's citizens would need. The job of the EPA is not about politics, at least it isn't supposed to be, but to solve the problems of the people; all the people.

Hawthorne Plaza (click here) received the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® Gold for Existing Buildings (version 2.0) certification in May 2009 and received LEED Platinum for Existing Buildings (version 2009) in August 2014.

EPA also renovated its office space and achieved LEED Platinum for Commercial

Interiors (version 2009) certification in November 2016.

The building has received the ENERGY STAR® annually since 2008, most recently in 2016 with a score of 97.