I wonder if California’s version will never be voted on like the one submitted by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s, and if it is really less about ‘climate change’ and more about hardcore Progressive policies
New climate change initiative unveiled in Sacramento has far to go
California promises to remain a leader in the nation’s fight against climate change in 2020, starting the New Year with the launch of a statewide “Green New Deal.â€
About a half dozen lawmakers gathered outside the Capitol building in Sacramento on Monday to unveil far-reaching legislation that seeks to create a thriving carbon-free economy while making sure California’s least fortunate residents benefit from the boom.
It presses for green jobs, affordable health care and debt-free education alongside, of course, a phasing-out of greenhouse gases.
“This is a big, ambitious bill, and it must be,†said Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Oakland, the primary author of the proposal, which he dubbed the California Green New Deal. “The danger of the climate crisis is limitless.â€
The three-page bill, however, falls short of offering a clear path forward, remaining largely aspirational, and it doesn’t provide funding. Supporters will have to rely on follow-up legislation, which California is sure to have plenty of in 2020, to attain its objectives.
What, exactly, does free college education have to do with ‘climate change’? Besides, I though their cap and trade system and all the other legislation passed by the California general assembly fixed it all? No? It is apparently meant to fight homelessness, too. What I’m not finding is a link to the actual legislation or whatever it is.
