A new poll gives Yes on Prop. 23 a lead of 40-38.  The slim lead is an encouraging sign that the pro-jobs message is reaching voters but the finding also underscores the importance of reaching the fifth of voters who remain undecided with the vital information that voting yes on Prop. 23 will save our [...]

The Riverside Press Enterprise recommends a “yes” vote on Prop. 23 stating that with record high unemployment, California cannot afford to implement a costly global warming law that will kill additional jobs.  The paper points out that other states and countries are refusing to implement similar proposals in this tough economy, so California should not [...]

James Kellogg, representing the Plumbing and Pipe Fitting Industry union, explains that his union supports Prop. 23 to save blue collar union jobs likely to be driven to China if AB 32 is implemented.  A UC Berkeley study on AB 32 found 3 million jobs would be affected by the law with blue collar jobs [...]

The last incandescent light bulb factory in America has shut down due to mandates demanding consumers begin using compact-fluorescent lightbulbs (CFL’s).  However, as is the case with other such “green” mandates, the new jobs being created manufacturing the labor-intensive CFL’s are not in the US, but in China. Full story

Earl Cooper, President/CEO of the Black Business Association writes that AB 32 would hit African American owned businesses particularly hard as many are small businesses that cannot afford the increased costs associated with it. Prop. 23 would save jobs in the African American community, and is therefore strongly supported by the Black Business Association. Full story