NFIB Reacts to Assembly Passing Expansion of Global Warming Solutions Act

Date: August 23, 2016

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
National Federation of Independent Business/California
Contact: Shawn Lewis (916) 342-9315; [email protected]
NFIB Reacts to Assembly Passing Expansion of Global Warming Solutions Act
SB 32 (Pavley) will burden our small businesses with more costs and regulations
SACRAMENTO, Calif., August 23, 2016 – With the California State Assembly passing Senate Bill 32 (Pavley) today, NFIB California State Executive Director Tom Scott issued the following statement on behalf of our 22,000 small business members:
“California small businesses have carried their weight in reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels, as mandated by AB 32 (2006). But 10 years later, Sacramento is doubling down on this costly burden by dramatically expanding the mandate to further reduce emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030. Our small businesses paid the price to make our air the cleanest in the nation, yet our Legislature wants more restrictions. Enough is enough. We cannot balance the global climate on the backs of working Californians.
“SB 32 will make California even more hostile to small businesses, increasing costs and making them less competitive, discouraging growth and expansion across the state. Data shows SB 32 will also exacerbate the housing affordability crisis in California, adding an estimated $58,000 to the cost of building a new home. The last thing we should do is punish working families and job creators in this state. 
“Additionally, nearly 99% of available greenhouse gas credits went unsold in the most recent Cap-and-Trade auction; the program created by AB 32 has proven to be a failure. NFIB will be strongly urging the State Senate to reject SB 32 for these reasons.”
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For more than 70 years, the National Federation of Independent Business has been the Voice of Small Business, taking the message from Main Street to the halls of Congress and all 50 state legislatures. NFIB has 350,000 dues-paying members nationally, with over 22,000 in California. NFIB annually surveys its members on state and federal issues vital to their survival as America’s economic engine and biggest creator of jobs. To learn more visit www.NFIB.com/california

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