AB 1058 Anti-SUV bill clone passes in CA

Hegh Hewitt | 2002/07/01 | Hugh Hewitt

[ZGuy]

John Campbell (R) just announced on the Hugh Hewitt show that the democrats in Sacramento have pulled a fast one. Bill 1058 which has been written about on several posts originally failed. The democrats took a bill on Friday night which dealt with an unrelated subject and gutted out the language. They then inserted the exact language of 1058 and the senate passed it Friday. This (Monday) afternoon the house got the bill. The democrats had to hold a hearing and every office in the capital was available but they chose to hold the "hearings" in the smallest office in the building - the only one which had no TV cameras, no radio, no cameras, and no space for reporters or the public to attend. They then passed a vote making this bill exempt from the 3-day waiting period required by law for public input. The democrats just passed the bill in the last 45 minutes and it now goes to the governor's desk. No republicans voted for the bill in either chamber. One highlight - (Dennis?) Cardoza - the democrat running for Condit's seat voted for the bill in the central valley. He's toast.

[AshleyTodd]

I hear things aren't so grand out in Florida either, what with the folks not being able to read a ballot and all.

[Squantos]

Well thats your choice.......scuse me it was "your" choice if you live in the Peoples Republic of Kali......... now you don't get to make such decisions for yourself anymore.

[AshleyTodd]

Of course, as soon as I come up with the money, I'm buying a Hummer. Or a Cessna 177. Or both... (grin)

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Then you'll have to deal with all those who are jealous! ;-)

[ZGuy]

I'm doing my best to represent Freeperdom : I take out the SUV as my SPORTS car, but for pure enjoyment I drive my F350 Crew Cab DIESEL. The best part is I am not subject to any California smog checks. Yuk yuk yuk.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Crew Cab DIESEL. The best part is I am not subject to any California smog checks. Yuk yuk yuk.

HAR! WAY TO GO!!!!

[Slewfoot]

I'm sure you/they don't expect me to cram my large frame (6'4"/285#) and the remainder of my family into an econobox, do you?

NO. MARTA

[okie01]

Sounds ok to me. But, then, SUVs are on my list of "Things that don't need to be."

Several other "things that don't need to be", but are:

Hot fudge sundaes
Cheeseburgers
Ice
Nikes
First class
Bass boats
Snoopy

You got a problem with those, too?

[cinFLA]

AB 1058, as it passed the Assembly:


(1) Required the State Air Resources Board to develop and adopt, by January


1, 2004, regulations that achieve the maximum feasible and cost-effective reduction of carbon dioxide emitted by passenger vehicles, light-duty trucks, and any other vehicle type whose primary use or purpose is noncommercial personal transportation, and prohibited those regulations from taking effect prior to January 1, 2005.


(2) Required the state board, by January 1, 2004, to provide a report to the Legislature summarizing the content of those regulations.


(1) With regard to (1) above, the Senate amendments require the state board to develop and adopt those regulations no later than January 1, 2005, and prohibit the regulations from taking effect prior to January 1, 2006. The Senate amendments require the regulations to cover, in addition to carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, hydroflurocarbons, perflurocarbons, and sulfur hexafluoride. The Senate amendments limit the overall applicability of the regulations to vehicles that are manufactured in the 2009 model year, or any model year thereafter.


(2) With regard to (2) above, the Senate amendments require the state board to provide the report to the Legislature by January 1, 2005, and additionally require that report to include the specific actions taken by the state board in developing and adopting the regulations and analyses of the impact of the regulations on specified communities in the state and the economic and public health impacts of the state board's actions.


(3) The Senate amendments additionally require the state board, in providing compliance flexibility, to ensure that any alternative method of compliance achieves the equivalent or greater reduction in emissions of greenhouse gases as the emission standards contained in the regulations, and prohibit the state board from imposing any mandatory trip reduction measure or land use restriction.

[Chemist_Geek]

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Then you'll have to deal with all those who are jealous!
;-)

In all seriousness, I believe that a significant number of the "grass roots" of the anti-SUV movement are subconsciously motivated by jealousy. The anti-General Aviation mob is strongly motivated by the same...

[AshleyTodd]

In all seriousness, I believe that a significant number of the "grass roots" of the anti-SUV movement are subconsciously motivated by jealousy. The anti-General Aviation mob is strongly motivated by the same.

I don't know anything about the anti-General Aviation mob, but I'm sure jealousy could be motivating them, just as it does the anti-SUV movement, the "I hate Rush" crowd, etc., etc., etc.

[okie01]

"I see too many SUV drivers who apparently believe that their behemoth gives them an inalienable right to drive as rudely as possible while on the city roads."

I submit that, if you put these same drivers in 1964 Nash Metropolitan, they would be every bit as rude and annoying.

It's not the vehicle, it's the driver...

[oyez]

I'm not ready to drive the tin can crap the obstructionist enviros are selling. They all think we are shorter than 5'6", weigh less than 130 lbs, have no children and no other pasengers and do not have to drive more than ten miles to a particular destination.

[Brad’s Gramma]

I know a couple libs (DIE-HARD, too) who drive really, really OLD vehicles. Don't THEY cause more emission problems than the newer cars??????

[zoyd]

Cal Worthington is probably pretty pissed right now.

As he should be.

[spectre]

Do you happen to know what it costs to renew annual tags in CA on a 35k SUV?

[Brad’s Gramma]

Nope. Sorry. Gramps had (do NOT laugh) an Alero and it was $203 this year. It was a lease, we turned the lemon car in and are now looking for....an SUV for me.

[zoyd]

Do you happen to know what it costs to renew annual tags in CA on a 35k SUV?

Well, it's gonna cost a lot more next year than it did last year, I can tell you that. They nuked the reduced registration fees (because Gray-Out can't make his budget).

[Brad’s Gramma]

.......AND....this makes me so mad, that if we had the $$, I'd buy a Suburban or something equally big just to be ornery.

[spectre]

Looks to me like you better get that big puppy real soon and save yourself $3500 or so :>)

[RJL]

I hope this legislation does away with limos in California too, what's good for the regular guy is good for the politicians and rich folks.