Watch the water? Watch CA?
https://dailycaller.com/2019/03/19/snowball-california-water/
Simply put, the government of California is out of control. In total, the state added 1,016 new laws to the books in 2019, including a silly straw ban, intrusive requirements for childrens menus and yet another minimum wage increase. At virtually every level of Californians lives, state policymakers are ready to step in and interfere. From the cradle to the grave.
Now it seems the new governor, Gavin Newsom, is anxious to make his own contribution to the ever-expanding role of government in our lives by taxing some of our most basic necessities in an unprecedented power grab.
In his ineffable wisdom, the newly elected governor has proposed a statewide tax on, of all things, Californias drinking water. Newsom plans to dedicate the new tax revenues to programs to help communities clean up contaminated water sites. Improving the quality of drinking water may be a worthy goal, but the water tax proposal is a case study in the failures of progressive policymaking.