Posted on 11/04/2010 8:40:02 PM PDT by GVnana
Calif.'s Little-Noticed Prop 26 Squeaks Through in Dead of Night
By COLIN SULLIVAN of Greenwire
Published: November 3, 2010
The same California voters who rejected a proposition yesterday that would have suspended the state's climate change law also approved a separate ballot referendum that could undermine how cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are implemented by changing the definition of environmental fees.
Proposition 26, which passed officially early this morning, will tighten how the state constitution defines taxes and regulatory fees. It has been called the "evil twin" of Proposition 23 by environmental activists who fear it would inhibit the state's ability to regulate carbon emissions.
Proposition 23 would have delayed the state's climate law, A.B. 32, until unemployment dropped to 5.5 percent for a full year. The measure was roundly rejected, with more than 60 percent of the electorate voting against it (ClimateWire, Nov. 3).
But the same voters either did not see a connection between Prop 26 and climate policy or did not care. They voted to approve Prop 26, which will require a two-thirds supermajority vote in the state Legislature for many fees and new taxes.
An analysis released last week by the law school at University of California, Los Angeles, found that Prop 26 could "erect significant barriers" to many environmental programs in California, including A.B. 32 (Greenwire, Oct. 27). This despite claims by the "Yes on 26" campaign (and supporters like Chevron Corp.) that the measure would simply make it more difficult to increase taxes.
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Not only that, often they have “dueling propositions” where voting yes on one will cancel a yes vote on another. It’s gotten a bit out of hand.
The Left was so obsessed with stopping the threat to their precious climate change scam, they let one slip through their fingers.
Heh
Cal’s No on Prop 23, which would have suspended its Green Power Law, is not what it is cracked up to be. Tom Steyer, who donated $5 million to No On 23, is a hedge fund manager for CalPERS public pension fund. His firm, Farallon Capital Management, invests for CalPERS in stocks with dirty coal, nukes, oil and gas companies in TEXAS!!
Additionally, Farallon invests in Yingli Green Energy Company which scrapped plans to build a solar panel manufacturing plant in TEXAS or ARIZONA and instead will build in China - thus outsourcing potential jobs from California to China.
My guess as to why Steyer does not want Cal’s Green Power Law suspended is that the Law embargoes cheap coal and hydro power thus resulting in eliminating competition for higher priced oil and gas power. So CalPERs and Farallon investments will reap a windfall if Green Power is not suspended.
If I can embargo or blockade Walmart from my community then Macy’s or JC Penney or Safeway Grocery Stores can raise their prices. That is what Green Power is all about - inflating oil and gas prices (along with Green Power) by eliminating competition.
After inflating electricity prices, cash strapped cities in Cal will likely siphon the windfall they realize from Utility User Taxes into their General Funds to meet pension fund deficits. So pension fund deficits will be paid off by inflated electricity rates is my guess.
The last time California tried this was 2001 when it embargoed old polluting oil power plants along the coast and shifted to cleaner natural gas plants to meet Federal EPA air quality mandates. It was called the California Energy Crisis.
This is all documented here: http://www.calwatchdog.com/2010/10/28/prop-23-foe-profits-from-dirty-coal/
Thanks ,....very interesting!
“Cal’s No on Prop 23, which would have suspended its Green Power Law, is not what it is cracked up to be.”
If by that you mean, the No-On-23 supporters are not about “saving mother earth”, well of course! Very little of the econuts activities is about the environment.
I put the econuts in three categories:
1. The narcissists, who regard their sensibilities and wishes to be superior and thus to take precedents over yours and mine. For them a “natural” river is superior to an artificial lake, plowing with a mule superior to a tractor, zero pollution and starving superior to a little pollution and eating, etc. These are the activists in the Sierra Club, earth first, Greenpeace, etc.
2. The useful idiots. These are the masses that are taken in by the fearmongering of the narcissists and do their bidding.
3. The profiteers (the ones that you point out) who are always on the lookout for easy megabucks. I would put Algore in this camp.
And even government scientists, who continuously mistake atmospheric temperature for biospheric heat content, are admitting that atmospheric temps are dropping. Exactly what would be expected after the water vapor released into the atmosphere from the El Nino has worked its way back into its normal oceanic liquid state.
“Any controversial political issue that comes up usually ends up as a proposition in California because the democrats in the State Senate and Assembly don’t want to vote and have it go on record. They might have to actually defend their job.”
That’s right. On the mark you be. (A little Yoda there)
It’s SOP for the Dem Legislature to kick the major decisions off onto the populace than to do their jobs.
Wondering what the “H” we need them for!?
It’s what happens when you’re high on drugs. Nothing you do makes the least amount of good sense.
It's telling us the people who stole the election were too dumb to be consistent. heheh.
Living in the soviet republic of Ca., the voters are simply dumb and entitlement elitists plus welfare mentalists, are simply out of control and stupid when it comes to the farce of carbon, global warming, enviro madness. We are doomed in this state though it is beautiful , filled with great features all except the Dem leaders, unions, CTA, and dumbed down voters. Oh well, our home is paid for, cars too and we have some investments that so far the Left hasn’t seized.
Now *that* was a good idea!
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