Assemblyman Dan Logue explains how a yes vote on the Jobs Initiative will save California families and businesses from the devastating economic consequences of AB 32.  While AB 32′s effort to halt global warming is only symbolic as California only produces 1% of worldwide CO2 emissions, the jobs killed will be very real. Full story

The Orange County Register writes AB 32 will be ineffective in stopping global warming but will be massively harmful to California’s jobs and economy.  AB 32 is mostly unimpimented so state pollution laws will be unaffected by a suspension.  The Register urges readers to look past opponents misleading attacks on “Texas oil companies” and vote [...]

San Bernardino County Supervisor Brad Mitzelfelt spoke out against AB 32 at the Hesperia Chamber of Commerce Luncheon criticizing the law for its go-it-alone approach to climate change regulation.  Mitzelfelt pointed out that hundreds of Inland Empire jobs in the cement industry will be put in jeopardy by the law. Full story

CNN correspondent Colin Barr reports California’s credit rating was downgraded by Moody’s.  California’s credit rating is now so low that the financial markets consider the state as likely to default on its bonds as cash-strapped Portugal and almost as likely as Iraq. Full story

Forbes commentator Lawrence Goldenhersh writes that the fate of the California Jobs Initiative has national significance.   A rejection by Californians of AB 32′s draconian job-killing regulations would make the passage of similar regulations much more difficult on a national level. Full story

The California Air Resources Board spent nearly $800,000 formulating a new “feebate” program that will impose hefty taxes on drivers who purchase vehicles that CARB does not approve of.  Vehicles such as trucks, SUV’s, minivans and sports cars could be targeted with taxes designed to discourage citizens from buying vehicles that government bureacurats deem to emit [...]

Two leading physicians write in Forbes that California’s diesel regulations are based on unsound science found in a report authored by a researcher later found to boast bogus credentials.   The regulations will cost the state’s economy billions of dollars so must be reevaluated due to the questionable validity of their basis. Full story

Assemblyman Dan Logue exposes the myth that big government regulations bring prosperity and “green jobs.”  Spain’s experience shows that for every green job created through government subsidized resulted in the loss of 2.2 traditional jobs in the private sector. Full story

Megan Rodriguez, Executive Director of the California College Republicans, writes of a recent protest where the UC San Diego College Republicans joined with the university’s Young Americans for Freedom chapter to oppose Van Jones’ radical agenda.  Students denounced AB 32, which Van Jones strongly supports, for its devasting effect on jobs and the economy. Full story