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california air resource board: CA Assemblyman Jeffries Introduces Reform Package - 01/29/10 05:17 PM
66th District Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries has introduced a series of bills and constitutional amendments that seek to reform some of what's wrong in  Sacramento. Until we replace about 2/3 of the legislature with honest citizen legislators on a part-time basis we won't be able to resolve all the issues but this package is a good start. 
Yesterday I wrote about AB 1672 which seeks to make the powerful and unaccountable Air Resources Board an elected body instead of the current patronage appointee body. Jeffries has five others in the hopper which, unfortunately, make too much sense to gain much traction in … (3 comments)

california air resource board: Jeffries AB 1672 - Good Medicine for an Ailing State - 01/28/10 01:35 PM
When asked if she was concerned about the adverse impact her committees recommendations would have on jobs in the state, California Air Resources Board Chair Mary Nichols responded that 'if I had to worry about running for election I would, but I don't.'  SWEET!
If 66th Assemblyman Kevin Jeffries has anything to say about it,  Ms. Nichols might soon be trying to figure out how to get a job of her own. Jeffries has authored AB 1672 in an effort to reign in the powerful, yet completely unaccountable California Air Resources Board changing it from an appointed board to an elected … (6 comments)

california air resource board: California - Jail Time for Under-Inflated Tires? More Air Resource Board Lunacy. - 01/14/10 08:04 PM
This state has completely lost it's freakin' mind. I know that probably doesn't come as a shock to many of you, which is pretty telling in and of itself, but there's some wacky shit going on in Sacramento. And it's going to impact EACH & EVERY one of US..
Let me start with what's currently coming out of the State Air Resources Board. You know these folks - they're another of those appointed boards (like the renowned Water Resource Board - more on them later) that apparently don't answer to anybody and operate without oversight or accountability and exist to, well, … (10 comments)