California Candidates Ignore Unelected Agencies
California candidates are focusing on affordability and housing but overlook powerful unelected agencies. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is set to vote on climate-related programs that may impact gasoline prices and drive businesses away. The California Coastal Commission also operates without direct voter oversight, affecting land-use decisions and exacerbating housing issues.
- ▪Candidates for various offices in California are promising to make the state more affordable and combat special interests.
- ▪The California Air Resources Board is voting on updates to its cap and invest program, which could lead to higher gasoline prices.
- ▪The California Coastal Commission, an unelected body, has significant control over land-use issues and has rejected projects that could benefit residents.
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Candidates for Congress, governor, and various state offices promise to make California affordable again, build new housing, fight the “special interests,” and so forth. Missing in the rhetoric are the powerful agencies that operate beyond the reach of the voters. Consider, for example, the California Air Resources Board.On Thursday, CARB will vote on updates to its “cap and invest” program, which forces energy companies to buy allowances and fund climate projects. CARB director Lauren Sanchez, an appointee of Gov. Gavin Newsom, remains committed to the state’s “climate goals,” which she calls “some of the most ambitious in the country if not the world.” (RELATED: CARBifornia Versus the People)The tradeoff here is not the environment versus pollution.
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