[NormsRevenge]

Who shall decide who works and who moves on?

A Non-Governmental Org. of course.

Is this anyway to run an economy?

We're used to it here in California.

[twistedwrench]

The DPFs run from $12,000 – $20,000 each.
It takes easily 2 months to get them from the date they are ordered.
No one keeps them in stock due to the price.

The drivers who don’t have them already installed, will not go to work

[Red Badger]

It's possible that some drivers who thought they would be out of work on Jan. 1 decided to find a different line of work, or perhaps they secured loans or leases through other companies...

Or they left for a state with a more sane government............

[PapaBear3625]

On Feb. 16, the Air Board will start updating the state truck registry to mark as "noncompliant" trucks that were not able to line up financing, and they will be prevented from entering the port.

Seems like an opportunity for filter-fitted trucks to just pick up a load, drive out of the port area, pass the trailer to another (non-filter) truck in their fleet, and go back in for another load.

[Selene]

“Oakland Mayor Ron Dellums and his staff have been working to try and obtain federal grant funds to help the truckers, including a possible grant from the Department of Labor.”

Sickening

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Globaloney ping.

[Dick Bachert]

That is PRECISELY how modern totalitarian systems operate.
No need for a machinegun toting agent or soldier on every street corner.
No food coupon? NO FOOD!
No work permit? NO JOB!
UPDATE: NO EXPENSIVE CARBON EMISSIONS ABATEMENT EQUIPMENT, NO WORK!! (WATCH THIS SPACE FOR NEW MANDATES.)
No residency permit? LIVE UNDER A BRIDGE (for as long as you can)!
No travel permit? NO TRAVEL!
And the penalties for those who aid one of the “disenfranchized” are typically as severe as they are for the “non-citizen.”

Must have examples, you know!