California voters elect to support climate law, reject legal marijuana

CA voters have a history of setting national trends in their elections. 2 ballot actions within the California elections drew nationwide attention: a try to roll back sweeping greenhouse gas legislation (Prop 23) and also the legalization of marijuana (Prop 19).

Maintaining California's global warming legislation

CA is one of the most popular state in the United States which makes its elections pretty popular. The voters and businesses in California typically set trends throughout the country. This is all because within the whole world, California has the eighth largest economy. In the last 40 years, the state has had the best air quality legislation. In 2006, there was a greenhouse gas legislation that passed. This left California's economic climate entirely changed. The Proposition 23 legislation states that recession can allow change to be avoided. This is what oil businesses didn't want to be overturned as they put millions into keeping it there. Proposition 19 to legalize cannabis also failed as CA voters appeared reluctant to face the wrath of the federal govt.

Proposition 23 makes oil corporations hurt with wipe out

Proposition 23 to overturn California’s groundbreaking climate change law had been supported by funding from two TX oil businesses: Valero and Tesoro. By 2020, emission levels have to be reduced to 1990 under the law called AB23. The law affects most everybody in the state. The public, government and companies are all affected. Worrying about climate change is something the state can't be concerned with right now, the oil companies say. Until the current 12 percent joblessness rate drops to 5.5 percent for four consecutive quarters, there shouldn't be a climate change law. Californian voters seemed to prefer the state going green. At least more than 60 percent of voters voted this way. The oil corporations weren't just beat a little bit. They got their butts kicked.

Feds stop Prop 19 from going through

The economic recession was the excuse getting used by Prop 19 supporters trying to get the legislation passed also. The CA spending budget would do much better with the tax on marijuana that would come in. The Proposition 19 campaign had strong backing from younger voters, however they failed to show up on election day. Moderate voters also weren’t certain it was a good idea. Proposition 19 was likely stopped because of the federal government the most. It said that if cannabis were legalized, California would be hit hard.

Information from

Reuters

reuters.com/article/idUS184481293120101103

Los Angeles Times

latimes.com/news/local/la-me-pot-20101103-1,,5135592.story

Wall Street Journal

online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20101103-710843.html