[RobRoy]

Based in CA? Hahahaha!

[Uncle Miltie]

And they say regulatory uncertainty doesn’t harm jobs!

[smokingfrog]

I’m sure Governor Dufusbean will get right on it.

[SES1066]

This is indeed the thumb of governance upon the scales. Trusting government to stay the course is to trust a very thin reed indeed!

[Alberta's Child]

This is very similar to something that happened in New Jersey about 15-20 years ago with auto inspections. The state implemented a much more rigorous emissions testing process for annual inspections, with a deadline 12-18 months into the future for privately-owned service stations who were authorized to conduct inspections to upgrade their equipment.

A whole bunch of them did so, while many others decided that they couldn't justify purchasing the new equipment and figured they wouldn't renew their inspection licenses when the deadline came up.

It turns out the new equipment was so unreliable that the state scrapped the new requirements less than a year after they became official -- but only after a lot of service station owners had shelled out tens of thousands of dollars for the new equipment.