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Two days before the bill emerged from the Legislature, Burton wrote language into the bill specifically barring fees on SUVs, new gasoline charges or mileage penalties.

One of two things. Either this bill is useless and cannot change anything, or it's a Trojan Horse giving more power to the unelected CARB to legislate what the Legislature can't or won't pass into law.

If it's the first, why the big flurry to pass it? What good does it do? (I know, it "solidifies" the Greens to Davis). But if it's the latter, then someone is hiding the true impact of this bill.

I wonder if you can buy an SUV in Arizona (or some other border state), drive it for abuot 100 miles and then sell it in California as a used vehicle, thus dodging the $3500 fee? If so, I'm starting truck dealerships in Ehrenburg and Yuma.

Either this bill is useless and cannot change anything, or it's a Trojan Horse giving more power to the unelected CARB to legislate what the Legislature can't or won't pass into law.

It's not the former. Even if CARB won't make the legislature raise gas taxes, impose mileage penalties, or impose surcharges based on the type of car, they can still ban particular models of cars, require curtailment of vehicle emissions, (maybe set vehicle weight limits, ) set ownership goals for non-traditionally powered cars, etc. -- all to reduce harmless carbon dioxide.