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CARB Doesn’t Understand Towing

July 30, 2024 6:00 pmJuly 30, 2024 6:01 pm

At long last and no matter how unlikely, the question needs to be asked – Are the staff and officials at the California Air Resources Board in fact either from the future or another planet or maybe even both? It...

Government Exempt From Air Resources Board Rules

July 30, 2024 4:15 pmAugust 1, 2024 3:42 pm

It’s nice to have friends in high places. As a slew of new California Air Resources Board (CARB) regulations roll out this year and in the coming year or two, one sector will not have to worry that much about...

People First: One California City and One Agency Eschews DEI

July 30, 2024 5:30 amJuly 30, 2024 5:31 am

The astute reader may have noticed that over the past year or so, the California Globe has been running a periodical series called “Hidden in Plain Site.” The premise is simple: review government websites for what they are saying in...

No Luck For California Trucks: CARB Regulates Sales to Zero

July 29, 2024 9:15 amJuly 29, 2024 9:16 am

So, you want to buy a truck. A big truck, a tractor trailer, a semi, a rig. You can, just not in California, thanks to the California Air Resources Board (CARB.) In January, yet another blurch of absurd CARB regulations...

Bill Aimed to Protect Off-Highway Vehicle Competitions Passes Assembly Committee

July 8, 2024 5:08 pmJuly 8, 2024 5:08 pm

A bill that would save off-highway vehicle (OHV) competitions in California passed the Assembly Transportation Committee during the weekend, moving it to the Assembly Appropriations Committee for a vote next month. Senate Bill 708, authored by Senator Brian Jones (R-San...

California Air Resources Board vs. Reality

July 8, 2024 10:18 amJuly 9, 2024 6:29 am

There is a reason the California Air Resources Board known as “CARB” is not actually called the California Air Reality Board. The very recent past has seen CARB try to mandate anti-pollution technology on boats, trucks, and trains. The problem...

It’s In the Air We Breathe: CARB and Racial Equity

July 1, 2024 6:47 amJuly 1, 2024 6:47 am

Rabbit hole. Wormhole. Rat hole. When trying to digest various government racial equity plans, these are three frustrating words that come up rather too often. Click on one government thing and it takes you to another and to another and...