To EV or not to EV– that’s the question raised at Thursday’s House meeting
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[{'start': '0.240', 'end': '6.080', 'text': 'California was set to phase out the sale'}, {'start': '2.639', 'end': '8.160', 'text': 'of gas-powered vehicles by 2035, but a'}, {'start': '6.080', 'end': '10.160', 'text': 'recent vote has that initiative at a'}, {'start': '8.160', 'end': '12.160', 'text': "halt. I'm Avery Ellaw, your neighborhood"}, {'start': '10.160', 'end': '14.480', 'text': 'reporter in Bakersfield. Congressman'}, {'start': '12.160', 'end': '16.800', 'text': 'Vince Fong and Attorney General Rob Bont'}, {'start': '14.480', 'end': '19.199', 'text': 'respond to that decision. Some Congress'}, {'start': '16.800', 'end': '21.600', 'text': 'members are taking aim at California.'}, {'start': '19.199', 'end': '23.920', 'text': 'They want to nullify state regulations'}, {'start': '21.600', 'end': '25.840', 'text': 'dealing with air quality, including'}, {'start': '23.920', 'end': '28.000', 'text': 'California state motor vehicle and'}, {'start': '25.840', 'end': '30.320', 'text': 'engine pollution control standards,'}, {'start': '28.000', 'end': '32.880', 'text': 'advanced clean cars too, waiver of'}, {'start': '30.320', 'end': '35.200', 'text': 'preeemption, and notice of decision.'}, {'start': '32.880', 'end': '37.440', 'text': 'Notably, the advanced clean cars 2,'}, {'start': '35.200', 'end': '40.120', 'text': 'which was designed to have all new cars'}, {'start': '37.440', 'end': '44.399', 'text': 'sold in California be zero emissions by'}, {'start': '40.120', 'end': '46.800', 'text': '2035. This means 35% of 2026 model'}, {'start': '44.399', 'end': '50.160', 'text': 'vehicles sold in California have to be'}, {'start': '46.800', 'end': '51.920', 'text': 'zero emissions. John Petri, the COO of'}, {'start': '50.160', 'end': '54.000', 'text': 'Motor City Auto Center here in'}, {'start': '51.920', 'end': '56.719', 'text': 'Bakersfield, says this goal is'}, {'start': '54.000', 'end': '59.039', 'text': 'unrealistic. The California market is'}, {'start': '56.719', 'end': '62.320', 'text': 'currently running about 10% electric'}, {'start': '59.039', 'end': '64.159', 'text': 'vehicle. So to go from 10% to 35% within'}, {'start': '62.320', 'end': '66.400', 'text': 'a couple of months is just not possible.'}, {'start': '64.159', 'end': '69.040', 'text': 'Thursday morning, the House conducted a'}, {'start': '66.400', 'end': '72.720', 'text': '1-hour debate on a resolution to nullify'}, {'start': '69.040', 'end': '76.080', 'text': 'the state regs, which received 246 yays'}, {'start': '72.720', 'end': '78.000', 'text': 'and 164 nays. This was followed by a'}, {'start': '76.080', 'end': '80.080', 'text': 'motion to reconsider. California'}, {'start': '78.000', 'end': '82.400', 'text': 'Attorney General Rob Bont released a'}, {'start': '80.080', 'end': '84.799', 'text': 'statement saying in part, quote, "For'}, {'start': '82.400', 'end': '86.640', 'text': 'more than 50 years, California has'}, {'start': '84.799', 'end': '89.119', 'text': 'exercised its right under the Federal'}, {'start': '86.640', 'end': '91.040', 'text': 'Clean Air Act to pursue solutions that'}, {'start': '89.119', 'end': '93.280', 'text': 'address the persistent air pollution'}, {'start': '91.040', 'end': '95.360', 'text': 'challenges that our state faces.'}, {'start': '93.280', 'end': '97.840', 'text': 'Reducing emissions is essential to the'}, {'start': '95.360', 'end': '100.320', 'text': 'prosperity, health, and well-being of'}, {'start': '97.840', 'end': '102.799', 'text': 'California and its families." End quote.'}, {'start': '100.320', 'end': '104.960', 'text': 'Governor Gavin Newsome added in part,'}, {'start': '102.799', 'end': '107.119', 'text': "quote, clean air didn't used to be"}, {'start': '104.960', 'end': '109.280', 'text': 'political. In fact, we can thank Ronald'}, {'start': '107.119', 'end': '111.360', 'text': 'Reagan and Richard Nixon for our decades'}, {'start': '109.280', 'end': '113.520', 'text': 'old authority to clean our air. Our'}, {'start': '111.360', 'end': '115.520', 'text': 'vehicles program helps clean the air for'}, {'start': '113.520', 'end': '117.600', 'text': 'all Californians and will continue'}, {'start': '115.520', 'end': '120.159', 'text': 'defending it. The vote in the House was'}, {'start': '117.600', 'end': '122.640', 'text': 'largely along party lines. Republicans'}, {'start': '120.159', 'end': '124.799', 'text': 'in support to nullify the air rules and'}, {'start': '122.640', 'end': '127.119', 'text': 'most Democrats opposing it. Congressman'}, {'start': '124.799', 'end': '129.599', 'text': 'Vince Fong also released a statement'}, {'start': '127.119', 'end': '132.000', 'text': 'saying in part, quote, "These outofouch'}, {'start': '129.599', 'end': '134.160', 'text': 'mandates abused by California should not'}, {'start': '132.000', 'end': '136.160', 'text': 'be imposed on the entire country when'}, {'start': '134.160', 'end': '138.239', 'text': "it's contrary to common sense and what"}, {'start': '136.160', 'end': '140.239', 'text': 'the public wanted. We should protect the'}, {'start': '138.239', 'end': '142.000', 'text': 'right of consumers to choose the vehicle'}, {'start': '140.239', 'end': '144.160', 'text': 'that works for their budget and'}, {'start': '142.000', 'end': '146.640', 'text': 'lifestyle." End quote. A spokesperson'}, {'start': '144.160', 'end': '148.800', 'text': 'with the California Air Resources Board'}, {'start': '146.640', 'end': '151.040', 'text': 'said, quote, "The House\'s approval of'}, {'start': '148.800', 'end': '153.280', 'text': 'the Congressional Review Act resolution'}, {'start': '151.040', 'end': '155.519', 'text': 'is inconsistent with the past president'}, {'start': '153.280', 'end': '158.080', 'text': 'and violates the plain language of the'}, {'start': '155.519', 'end': '160.400', 'text': 'Congressional Review Act itself, as'}, {'start': '158.080', 'end': '162.560', 'text': 'recognized by both the nonpartisan and'}, {'start': '160.400', 'end': '164.640', 'text': 'well-reasoned analyses of the US'}, {'start': '162.560', 'end': '167.040', 'text': 'Government Accountability Office and the'}, {'start': '164.640', 'end': '169.519', 'text': 'Senate Parliamentarian. The vote does'}, {'start': '167.040', 'end': '171.280', 'text': "not change KRB's authority. CARB will"}, {'start': '169.519', 'end': '173.440', 'text': 'continue its mission to protect the'}, {'start': '171.280', 'end': '175.760', 'text': 'public health of Californians impacted'}, {'start': '173.440', 'end': '177.519', 'text': 'by harmful air pollution. In the current'}, {'start': '175.760', 'end': '179.360', 'text': 'environment of uncertainty around'}, {'start': '177.519', 'end': '181.920', 'text': "tariffs, we really didn't need that to"}, {'start': '179.360', 'end': '183.920', 'text': "be on top of all of that to say we're"}, {'start': '181.920', 'end': '185.519', 'text': 'going to limit your choices. All it'}, {'start': '183.920', 'end': '187.280', 'text': 'would do is raise the cost to everybody'}, {'start': '185.519', 'end': '189.200', 'text': 'in California. So, I thought it was very'}, {'start': '187.280', 'end': '191.440', 'text': 'important that drivers in California'}, {'start': '189.200', 'end': '193.519', 'text': 'know that there is hope on the horizon'}, {'start': '191.440', 'end': '195.760', 'text': "that we'll have freedom of choice. The"}, {'start': '193.519', 'end': '198.800', 'text': 'resolution, though, is nonbinding,'}, {'start': '195.760', 'end': '201.120', 'text': 'meaning it is not a law. The House is'}, {'start': '198.800', 'end': '205.040', 'text': 'scheduled to meet again on Monday, May'}, {'start': '201.120', 'end': '205.040', 'text': '5th at noon in Bakersfield.'}]