California businesses face the strictest air quality regulations in the country. Every few years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency tightens its air pollution standards even further, waving the threat of fines and revoked highway funding if California can’t comply.
Even though California businesses have made incredible sacrifices over the last four decades to drastically reduce emissions, leading to massive improvement in air quality, the EPA continues to squeeze harder.
Our local businesses are being battered by these regulations. Assembly Bill 8, authored by Henry Perea of Fresno, extends a helping hand. Many anti-tax advocates are viewing this bill in simple terms and ignoring the complicated regulatory scheme that we have for air quality in California.
