Not sure I disagree with Sen. Juan Vargas on his senate bill 833. It looks as if that bill stopped a landfill in Gregory Canyon.
http://www.savegregorycanyon.org/
The other Vargas bill 469 requires a economic impact report when a big box retailer want to move into a town. I would imagine the local florist, tire shop, nursury and grocerty stores are not unhappy with Vargas.
On 469 though, it will just end up being more paperwork. If a city council is so inclined to bring in a Walmart, they will just cook the study in favor of Walmart so this one seems an exercise in futility.
...as for local governement vs. the state legislature, nobody should think the governmental problems in California are limited only to the legislature. Local government has its share of bad government too.
The wal marts here in my area, have smaller stores surrounding them, that are all doing well... and would not survive in a small center without wal mart..Var gas just got a bunch of loot from the unions again yesterday.and as a union whore,he would try and block a non union store, .. unions are killing California..The economy is so bad in california, people flock to the super walmarts.to get lower prices the one near me u can hardly find a place to park,
That's always been the aim and the effect it had here in San Diego and other places it's been tried. Vargas knows precisely what he's doing and that's protecting union jobs and forcing higher food prices.
See what Mickey "The Bat" Kasparian of the local UFCW 135 says about SB469.