As we have written about in our monthly newsletters, California Governor Gavin Newsom was not happy the US Congress passed a Congressional Review Act (CRA) rescinding the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)...
WILL NOT LET GO
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LET’S BE FRIENDS
After years of making it difficult for California's oil and refining industry, the state is trying to make amends. The state's legislature passed a law allowing 2,000 drilling permits in Kern County each year for the...
CARB, SMACKED DOWN BUT STILL SWINGING
Last month, President Trump signed legislation officially revoking the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) waivers allowing the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to continue to impose either their low-NOx...
ROAD TRIP
California took three of the Top 25 most loved road trips...Pacific Coast Highway, 17-Mile Drive and Highway 395. If you want to avoid the crowds, Highway 395 is a beautiful stretch of road on the eastern side of the...
FUEL TAX INCREASE
California's taxes on gas and diesel are set to rise again today. The annual "cost of living" increases go into effect as well as the updated Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program. The LCFS increase is yet to be...
GAMBLING SORTA LEGAL
California, on the other hand, has a more complicated relationship with gambling. It was banned in 1872, with the exception of non-banked card games like poker. Betting on horse races was legalized in 1933. Card rooms...
CONGESTION MAP
Click on the picture above for an interactive map showing where the bottlenecks are in your state. California has eight of the top 100, including one in the Sacramento area. Spoiler alert, the states in grey do not...
DRIP, DRIP, $1 AT A TIME
Tolls are increasing on all Bay Area bridges, including the Carquinez Bridge, which is on the main artery between Oakland and points east on I-80...Sacramento, Reno, Rocklin, Rancho Cordova, Dixon, Vacaville,...
TOXIC ENVIRONMENT
California needs to slow down the push for battery-electric (BEV) trucks. It is not just a matter of feasibility, technology and infrastructure. It is a matter of public safety. In the past three months, there has been...
NOT SO FAST
California legislators come up with some of the darnest ideas. The latest comes from California State Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) who wants to install speed limiters on ALL vehicles, not just trucks,...
PRACTICALLY IMPRACTICAL
California continues to push for zero emission vehicles (ZEV) regardless of its practicality. And, by "practicality" we mean: Electrifying light, medium and heavy duty vehicles will increase the state's power...
GROUNDS FOR GRAVEL
Eagle Rock Aggregates has been in legal wranglings with environmental groups and California's Attorney General Rob Bonta on the terms and conditions necessary to build and operate an open-air sand and gravel terminal...