Dang Smog again!
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Post Fiend
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From: Near Fresno, California
Dang Smog again!
Sometimes I think our politicians do this just to shake us up! This is from SEMA:
Old Car Emissions Exemption Threatened in 8 California Counties; Hearing Scheduled for April 1
Legislation (S.B. 1549) has been introduced in the California State Senate by Senator Dean Florez (senator.florez@sen.ca.gov) to repeal the state’s current emissions test exemption for pre-1976 vehicles registered by new owners in the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District. The District includes eight counties in California’s Central Valley: San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare and the valley portion of Kern. Under the bill, after Jan. 1, 2009, new owners seeking to register a pre-1976 vehicle in these eight counties would be subject to emissions tests for the life of the vehicle. S.B. 1549 is scheduled to be considered by the California Senate Transportation and Housing Committee on April 1, 2008.
We Urge You to Call, E-Mail or Fax Senator Florez and Members of the Senate Transportation Committee (List Attached) Immediately to Oppose S.B. 1549
E-Mail: Senator.Florez@sen.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 651-4016
Fax: (916) 327-5989
Please phone, fax or e-mail members of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee to express your opposition to S.B. 1549
California Senate Transportation & Housing Committee
(Click here to email all Committee members)
Senator Alan Lowenthal – Chair
Phone: 916/651-4027
Fax: 916/327-9113
Email: Senator.Lowenthal@sen.ca.gov
Senator Tom McClintock
Phone: 916/651-4019
Fax: 916/324-7544
Email: senator.mcclintock@sen.ca.gov
Senator Roy Ashburn
Phone: 916/651-4018
Fax: 916/322-3304
Email: senator.ashburn@sen.ca.gov
Senator Gilbert Cedillo
Phone: 916/651-4022
Fax: 916/327-8817
Email: senator.cedillo@sen.ca.gov
Senator Ellen Corbett
Phone: 916/651-4010
Fax: 916/327-2433
Email: senator.corbett@sen.ca.gov
Senator Bob Dutton
Phone: 916/651-4031
Fax: 916/327-2272
Email: senator.dutton@sen.ca.gov
Senator Tom Harman
Phone: 916/651-4035
Fax: 916/445-9263
Email: senator.harman@sen.ca.gov
Senator Christine Kehoe
Phone: 916/651-4039
Fax: 916/327-2188
Email: senator.kehoe@sen.ca.gov
Senator Jenny Oropeza
Phone: 916/651-4028
Fax: 916/323-6056
Email: senator.oropeza@sen.ca.gov
Senator Joe Simitian
Phone: 916/651-4011
Fax: 916/323-4529
Email: senator.simitian@sen.ca.gov
Senator Tom Torlakson
Phone: 916/651-4007
Fax: 916/445-2527
Email: senator.torlakson@sen.ca.gov
Senator Leland Yee
Phone: 916/651-4008
Fax: 916/327-2186
Email: senator.yee@sen.ca.gov
Please e-mail a copy of your letters to Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org
Legislation (S.B. 1549) has been introduced in the California State Senate by Senator Dean Florez (senator.florez@sen.ca.gov) to repeal the state’s current emissions test exemption for pre-1976 vehicles registered by new owners in the San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District. The District includes eight counties in California’s Central Valley: San Joaquin, Stanislaus, Merced, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare and the valley portion of Kern. Under the bill, after Jan. 1, 2009, new owners seeking to register a pre-1976 vehicle in these eight counties would be subject to emissions tests for the life of the vehicle. S.B. 1549 is scheduled to be considered by the California Senate Transportation and Housing Committee on April 1, 2008.
We Urge You to Call, E-Mail or Fax Senator Florez and Members of the Senate Transportation Committee (List Attached) Immediately to Oppose S.B. 1549
- Existing law in California exempts all pre-1976 vehicles from emissions testing.
- California’s current emissions testing exemption recognizes the minimal impact of pre-1976 motor vehicles on emissions and air quality.
- Pre-1976 vehicles constitute a small and shrinking portion of the overall vehicle population in California and are a poor source from which to look for further emissions reductions.
- Pre-1976 antique and classic vehicles are overwhelmingly well-maintained.
- Repeal of the exemption in the San Joaquin Valley could lead the Legislature to target other areas in the state in the future.
- Legislators and regulators are again feeling the heat from a failed effort to meet air quality goals and are looking for a convenient scapegoat. The old car hobby should not carry the burden of their mistakes, as it has in previous amendments to the old car exemption!
E-Mail: Senator.Florez@sen.ca.gov
Phone: (916) 651-4016
Fax: (916) 327-5989
Please phone, fax or e-mail members of the Senate Transportation and Housing Committee to express your opposition to S.B. 1549
California Senate Transportation & Housing Committee
(Click here to email all Committee members)
Senator Alan Lowenthal – Chair
Phone: 916/651-4027
Fax: 916/327-9113
Email: Senator.Lowenthal@sen.ca.gov
Senator Tom McClintock
Phone: 916/651-4019
Fax: 916/324-7544
Email: senator.mcclintock@sen.ca.gov
Senator Roy Ashburn
Phone: 916/651-4018
Fax: 916/322-3304
Email: senator.ashburn@sen.ca.gov
Senator Gilbert Cedillo
Phone: 916/651-4022
Fax: 916/327-8817
Email: senator.cedillo@sen.ca.gov
Senator Ellen Corbett
Phone: 916/651-4010
Fax: 916/327-2433
Email: senator.corbett@sen.ca.gov
Senator Bob Dutton
Phone: 916/651-4031
Fax: 916/327-2272
Email: senator.dutton@sen.ca.gov
Senator Tom Harman
Phone: 916/651-4035
Fax: 916/445-9263
Email: senator.harman@sen.ca.gov
Senator Christine Kehoe
Phone: 916/651-4039
Fax: 916/327-2188
Email: senator.kehoe@sen.ca.gov
Senator Jenny Oropeza
Phone: 916/651-4028
Fax: 916/323-6056
Email: senator.oropeza@sen.ca.gov
Senator Joe Simitian
Phone: 916/651-4011
Fax: 916/323-4529
Email: senator.simitian@sen.ca.gov
Senator Tom Torlakson
Phone: 916/651-4007
Fax: 916/445-2527
Email: senator.torlakson@sen.ca.gov
Senator Leland Yee
Phone: 916/651-4008
Fax: 916/327-2186
Email: senator.yee@sen.ca.gov
Please e-mail a copy of your letters to Steve McDonald at stevem@sema.org
Elder User
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From: Livermore, Ca.
Just because we don't respond to this thread doesn't mean we aren't doing this.
BTW - The link to send the email to all the Senators didn't seem to work for me. I had to send to each Senator individually. Maybe someone should check that link out as it will make it a lot easier for respondents. At least that is what happened to me.
OK - So far Yee and Harmon want you to use their website to post your objection to the bill.
Then - Oropeza, Corbett, and Cedillo came back as "Delivery to the following recipients failed permanently"
Therefore, not much luck .... I really don't want to mail them a letter as it will cost ~ $5.00 for all and it most likely will meet the same fate.
BTW - The link to send the email to all the Senators didn't seem to work for me. I had to send to each Senator individually. Maybe someone should check that link out as it will make it a lot easier for respondents. At least that is what happened to me.
OK - So far Yee and Harmon want you to use their website to post your objection to the bill.
Then - Oropeza, Corbett, and Cedillo came back as "Delivery to the following recipients failed permanently"
Therefore, not much luck .... I really don't want to mail them a letter as it will cost ~ $5.00 for all and it most likely will meet the same fate.
Elder User
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 914
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From: Livermore, Ca.
I think we'll have to post on the different Senator's websites if we want to be heard. :-( They aren't making it easy on us are they?
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Man, are they changing that again? My '66 Mustang smogged better than my '84 Jeep did, the standards for older cars are (were) really low, they're just trying to collect the fees I think. Got to balance that budget!
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You don't have to write a book - just put "opposed to SB 1549" as subject. All I said was "Please don't do this to us." in the body of the email.
Mostly some staffer just counts the email for and against a bill, and sends the total to the Senator. I doubt they ever really read the email. You can bet that there have been experts explaining the bill to him, and there is little you could add fact-wise that will change his opinion.
But numbers count, and with email they don't know if you are a voter in their districts or not. If their staff reports 500 emails against something with only 5 for it, now that is something they will consider!
Mostly some staffer just counts the email for and against a bill, and sends the total to the Senator. I doubt they ever really read the email. You can bet that there have been experts explaining the bill to him, and there is little you could add fact-wise that will change his opinion.
But numbers count, and with email they don't know if you are a voter in their districts or not. If their staff reports 500 emails against something with only 5 for it, now that is something they will consider!
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From: Near Fresno, California
CURRENT BILL STATUS
MEASURE : S.B. No. 1549
AUTHOR(S) : Florez.
TOPIC : Smog check program: San Joaquin Valley Unified Air
Pollution Control District.
HOUSE LOCATION : SEN
TYPE OF BILL :
Active
Non-Urgency
Non-Appropriations
Majority Vote Required
State-Mandated Local Program
Fiscal
Non-Tax Levy
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/12/2008
LAST HIST. ACTION : Set for hearing April 1.
COMM. LOCATION : SEN TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
HEARING DATE : 04/01/2008
TITLE : An act to amend Section 44011 of the Health and Safety
Code, relating to air pollution.
MEASURE : S.B. No. 1549
AUTHOR(S) : Florez.
TOPIC : Smog check program: San Joaquin Valley Unified Air
Pollution Control District.
HOUSE LOCATION : SEN
TYPE OF BILL :
Active
Non-Urgency
Non-Appropriations
Majority Vote Required
State-Mandated Local Program
Fiscal
Non-Tax Levy
LAST HIST. ACT. DATE: 03/12/2008
LAST HIST. ACTION : Set for hearing April 1.
COMM. LOCATION : SEN TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING
HEARING DATE : 04/01/2008
TITLE : An act to amend Section 44011 of the Health and Safety
Code, relating to air pollution.
Elder User
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From: Citrus Heights, CA
Oh, my goodness.
Non- Appropriations;
State-Mandated Local Program;
Non-Tax Levy..
That means that it is being sold as costing the state nothing, rewarding the testers (small business advantage), and penalizing the enthusiasts.
BAD LEGISLATOR, BAD LEGISLATOR! This is your chance to catch them in the act!
Non- Appropriations;
State-Mandated Local Program;
Non-Tax Levy..
That means that it is being sold as costing the state nothing, rewarding the testers (small business advantage), and penalizing the enthusiasts.
BAD LEGISLATOR, BAD LEGISLATOR! This is your chance to catch them in the act!
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Just remember that the people vote them in...If a person chooses not to vote, they just helped vote that rep or senator in.
If anyone thinks their vote does not count, just ask Gray Davis...He was probably counting his chickens until the recall elections a few short months later.
It may take some time, but we do have a voice in government!
If anyone thinks their vote does not count, just ask Gray Davis...He was probably counting his chickens until the recall elections a few short months later.
It may take some time, but we do have a voice in government!