While California is slowly recovering from the great recession, state agencies are busy passing new regulations that will increase energy costs on families and business.
State bureaucrats function as though they have been given a green light to act unilaterally in the fight against climate change, with little or no discussion about the unintended consequences of climate and energy programs that are contributing to manufacturing job losses, businesses exiting the state, and high wage jobs being replaced by minimum wage jobs.
As we are witnessing both within California and nationally, people are frustrated that even though they are working longer and harder in their jobs, they’re finding that their income does not go as far and the dreams they have for their children and for their retirement are no longer possible. So as most Californians cut back to meet a changing reality, we need our Legislature to start asking tough questions about the programs that are creating a burden on working families.
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