Assembly Bill 1058 spells trouble for California consumers and taxpayers.
This legislation orders state bureaucrats to reduce greenhouse gases from California cars and trucks. It doesn’t say how. AB 1058 gives the California Air Resources Board a blank check to decide what you drive and how many miles you drive.

AB 1058 will limit your choice of vehicles. It really is an attempt to force Californians into smaller, less powerful cars. That’s not fair to low and middle income families and working Californians.

Tell them to STOP AB 1058 NOW!
AB 1058 Passes California State Senate; Heads for Assembly Thursday, May 9. Bill on “Fast Track” to Governor’s Desk. Call or Write Your Assembly Representative Today to Ask Them to Vote “No” on AB 1058.


Phil Isenberg, spokesman for the Coalition Against AB 1058 Coalition, issued the following statement in response to the Senate passage of AB 1058, authored by Assembly Member Fran Pavley of Agoura Hills.

“It is unfortunate that the thin majority of Senators who voted for this bill did not recognize the pitfalls in Assembly Bill 1058, which is on a fast track in the Legislature. If enacted, this measure sets the stage for huge increases in the cost of owning and driving vehicles in California, particularly minivans, pickup trucks and SUVs. If AB 1058 becomes law, California motorists could face billions of dollars in new costs for greenhouse gas regulations, even though such regulations would provide no net benefit to California.

“We strongly urge that the Assembly reject this bill when it comes to them for concurrence, which could be as early as Thursday, May 9. AB 1058 is a vague, extreme measure that would give broad new powers to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to cut greenhouse gases from California cars and trucks, despite the fact that no practical, affordable technology exists that would eliminate these gases from vehicle exhaust. The only way to reduce these gases is to reduce gasoline consumption by mandating less driving and smaller cars.

“A recent (March 2002) joint report by CARB and the California Energy Commission offers some insights into several strategies to reduce gasoline consumption, and thereby reducing carbon dioxide:

• Another 50-cent-per-gallon increase in gasoline taxes.
• A two-cent tax on every mile driven for all passenger vehicles.
• Extra fees of $3,500 on minivans, light duty trucks, sport utility vehicles, and others to discourage consumers from buying them.
• Reduction of the speed limit to 55 miles per hour.
• Recommending new designs for vehicles and engines.

“If all these measures were implemented, the cost to consumers would be more than $15 billion a year. The Pavley Tax is a blank check that would hurt low-income Californians the worst, because it would dramatically increase the costs of driving for everyone regardless of income.

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Crowdog
www.crowley-offroad.com

I'll move if they raise gas $0.50, charge that extra $3500 and $0.02 a mile charge. Pheonix, HERE I COME!!!

You, know I never did get what they mean by SUV, ya know. Is a Rav4 an SUV? Is a Denali an SUV? Yes? How can these two completely distinctly different vehicles be in the same category? I hate the SUV category.

Stacy

I agree with bam bam... SEEEE YA CALIFORNIA.. HELLO ARIZONA.. Prolly Tucson or sumfin like that.. WAIT *a lightbulb apears above my head* I GOTS A HOUSE IN TUCSON register it in tucson live in ca.. hehehe but gotta be sneaky usin it to get to work.. HEHEHE....

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Unfortunatly moving wont help much. It'll just delay it a while.
Whatever California does, the rest of the country eventually will end up doing.
Its better if we just fight it every step through the legislature.