California “anti-motorist” Bill

[DMerryman]

California Assembly Bill 1058
(CO2 emission reduction,...HUH!)

The other 49 states, they'll be in your neighborhood soon!

Attached is some info that I was just made aware of. How do "these people" get laws passed??? No one asked my oppinion on this matter! It appears that a 10 cent per mile tax will be levied against me and my family for owning a pick up. I'm HOT! I'm 6'5" tall and my sons are even taller. How in the world do they expect me to get in a Honda Civic, oh thats right, I can walk!!! No,...They will fine us 10 cents per mile..
Doug M. Note how they state how they will give us the "freedom" to get cars/trucks without all the pollution. Let's talk about the freedom they will taking away from us! Well I'll be looking to move. I've had it with California!!


California Senate Passes AB 1058 to Clean Up Global Warming Pollution from Cars


SACRAMENTO (May 2, 2002) -- The California Senate today voted 22-13 to pass AB 1058 by Assemblymember Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills). The bill passed the Assembly on January 30 and now goes back to the Assembly for concurrence on amendments.

"AB 1058 will bring cleaner skies and less of the carbon pollution responsible for global warming," said Ann Notthoff, NRDC California Advocacy Director. "It will give California drivers the freedom to choose the cars and trucks that they want without all the pollution. Once again, California is finding innovative solutions to clean up automobile emissions.


Sponsered by Assemblywoman Fran Pavley
SACRAMENTO, April 1 — The California Highway Users has created a new initiative to protect motorist wallets and freedom of mobility from AB 1058, which would make California the only state to cut carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and impose fuel economy standards.

“Don Quixote is at it again and California motorists will pay for the state’s unilateral caprice,” said Andrew P. Schlaefli, P.E., California Highway Users Conference chair. “The bureaucrats at the Air Resources Board have already posted a laundry list of proposed actions on their website: a 10 cent/mile tax on motorists, higher gas taxes, and a “Feebate” program that will make it more expensive for families to buy mini-vans and SUVs that serve their transportation needs safely.

“There is no control mechanism that can be attached to a vehicle to reduce CO2. The only way to reduce CO2 emissions is to reduce fuel usage. Because lower- and middle-income Californians drive more and pay more in fuel taxes, punishing driving will hurt them the most. Their cars, trucks, mini-vans, SUVs and recreational vehicles improve their quality of life. Ironically, because of a precipitous decline in the number of Americans who car-pool over the last few decades, mini-van and SUV trips to soccer fields and other recreational activities now constitute the greatest source of car-pooling in the U.S. today.”

AB 1058's sponsors want to make California the only state in the US to implement the Kyoto Protocol and tighter fuel economy standards. Yet, although 180 nations signed the Kyoto Protocol in 1996, no nation has ratified it yet and the United States recently signaled its withdrawal, concerned that the Protocol’s ‘free pass’ to developing nations would give them a competitive edge and negate any reductions made by the US. And a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators recently rejected tightening national fuel economy standards by a 2 to 1 margin. “So why is California going it alone, and what will this unilateral action cost Californians, particularly lower and middle income residents?” Schlaefli said.