Thousands are set to converge on Sacramento Friday to protest California’s radical environmental legislation that has jobs in the state drying up like the water flow from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.

The “March On Sacramento”, organized by the TEA Party Patriot’s and other groups, will largely focus on A.B. 32 California’s  Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006.    This legislation mandates greenhouse gas emissions return to 1990 levels by 2020, requires businesses to report their greenhouse gas emissions to the California Air Resource Board (CARB) and a schedule of fee’s paid by “regulated resources” to encourage compliance.  

In California we are the canaries in the coal mine and are typically used as a petri dish.  Wanna know what Cap ‘n Trade will look like for the nation if passed by Congress?  Just look at California’s disastrous legislation.  To say A.B. 32 is disastrous for California would be a gross understatement.  In the last year alone, California has lost more than 100,000 manufacturing jobs. Businesses have made a mass exodus to other states with less regulation.  The full impact of A.B. 32 will cost 1.1 million jobs, a loss of about $5.8 billion in indirect business taxes and $76.8 billion lost labor income.  In a state with skyrocketing unemployment and frequent budget deficits we can little afford legislation that forces businesses and jobs out of the state taking much needed tax revenue with them as they go.

There is light at the end of the tunnel:  A.B. 118 introduced by Assembly member Dan Logue (R-D3), which if enacted, would repeal the caustic A.B. 32.    

If you can make it to Sacramento by all means go, if not you can still take part from home.  While Californian’s are at the capital getting the message out loud and clear have your voice heard by calling, faxing and emailing your elected official.  Tell them how you feel about California’s ECO-Tyranny legislation and ask them to repeal A.B. 32 by voting YES on A.B 118.

For more info on the event visit  www.SAC828.org