Idiots never learn. And California is loaded with idiots.
In the latest bit of California nonsense, California considers letting wildfire victims sue oil companies for damages
Oil and gas companies would be liable for damages caused by climate change -related disasters in California under legislation introduced Monday by two Democratic lawmakers.
The proposal, introduced by two Democratic lawmakers, claims that the oil industry intentionally deceived the public about the risks of fossil fuels on climate change that now have intensified storms and wildfires and caused billions of dollars in damage in California. Such disasters have also driven the state insurance market to a crisis where companies are raising rates, limiting coverage or pulling out completely from regions susceptible to wildfires and other natural disasters, supporters of the bill said.
Under state law, utility companies are liable for damages if their equipment starts a wildfire. The same idea should apply to oil and gas companies, said Robert Herrell, executive director of the Consumer Federation of California, “for their massive contribution to these fires driven by climate change.”
If approved, California would be the first state in the U.S. to allow for such lawsuits, according to the author.
“We are all paying for these disasters, but there is one stakeholder that is not paying: the fossil fuel industry, which makes the product that is fueling the climate change,” state Sen. Scott Wiener, who authored the bill, said at a Monday news conference.
Expect a Swift Trump Response
Trump should respond with a demand to stop such nonsense, and up the price for any Federal aid.
California has wasted tens of billions of dollars on a train to nowhere while spending almost nothing on brush clearing.
ABC7 reports Another $100 billion needed to complete California’s bullet train project.
“It’s never going to get built,” Republican State Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones said. “It’s never going to come to San Diego. It’s never going to come to L.A., and it’s always going to be $100 billion away.”
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Image from New York Post, annotations mine.
“1600 feet of high speed rail after 9 years and 11 billion dollars it takes about 5 minutes to walk 1600 feet so a high speed rail for that is a really big deal,” added Markus, who also goes by “Shibetoshi Nakamoto.”
California High Speed Rail Authority later clarified that the project took three years to finish, and that it was actually completed in 2018. Here are more Images on X.
“Hi, to clarify, $12.5 billion has been spent to date for the entire project, not just one structure. That figure includes construction, environmental clearance, planning, design, etc.“
Bear in mind, the entire project was supposed to be completed decades ago at a total cost of $40 billion.
Environmental nonsense, not climate change is responsible for this fire. It would make more sense to let citizens sue the Sierra Club for fighting prescribed burns rather than oil companies for this disaster.
How about prosecuting state and local officials for criminal negligence?
The Los Angeles mayor let a reservoir run dry and cut back of fire spending.
Petition to Recall the LA Mayor Due to Gross Neglect and Mismanagement
On January 10, I commented Petition to Recall the LA Mayor Due to Gross Neglect and Mismanagement
The City of Los Angeles cut funding for its fire department and allocated thousands of dollars to various progressive programs, including a “Midnight Stroll Transgender Cafe” and a Gay Men’s Chorus.
Los Angeles allocated $100,000 to the Civil + Human Rights and Equity Department for a “Midnight Stroll Transgender Cafe,” according to its 2024 to 2025 budget.
Similarly, the Cultural Affairs Department Special Appropriations budget allocated $100,000 for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Awards.
The budget also appropriated $8,670 for the “One Institute the International Gay and Lesbian Archives.”
The ONE Archives at the University of Southern California (USC) Libraries currently has an exhibit titled “Sci-fi, Magick, Queer L.A.: Sexual Science and the Imagi-Nation,” which focuses on the occult and “the LGBTQ movement.”
The budget also allocated $13,000 for “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Heritage Month Programs” and $14,010 to the “Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles.”
California Priorities
- CBS News: Audit finds California spent $24B on homelessness in 5 years, didn’t consistently track outcomes
- ICYMI: Newsom Extends Free Healthcare to 700,000 Illegal Immigrants Despite Record Budget Deficit
- Leader Jones Urges Governor to Save over $4 Billion by Freezing Undocumented Immigrant Medi-Cal Expansion in the Midst of a $68 Billion Deficit
- FAIR: Illegal Immigration Costs California Taxpayers Nearly $31 Billion a Year
- LAO: Medi-Cal Budget is $161 Billion
- In 2014, California voters approve $7.5 billion water bond of which none was spent. SacBee asks California voters OK’d billions for water projects. Where are the new dams, reservoirs?
- Gavin Newsom announces $3.2 billion “to completely eliminate traditional fueled vehicles in the state so we never have to suffer through the images we’re seeing in the East Coast of the United States any longer.”
Some may dispute the cost of point four. Fine, so plug in your own number.
Let’s Discuss Governor Gavin Newsom’s Los Angeles Fire Fact Check
On January 11, 2025 I commented Let’s Discuss Governor Gavin Newsom’s Los Angeles Fire Fact Check
Newsom brags about spending $3.8 billion on fire management while spending $24 billion on homeless, $4 billion on Medi-Cal expansion to illegal immigrants, and an amazing $161 billion for a single year of Medi-Cal of which Lord only knows how much is fraud and waste.
Now the idiots want to blame the energy companies.
It would be fitting justice if they stopped delivering all gasoline and jet fuel to California.
Dear governor, your own fact list says you are a miserable failure with piss poor priorities. Please apologize, then resign.
More California Facts
April 28, 2024: Chipotle CEO on Menu Prices “California Isn’t Making It Easy”
Higher state minimum wage went into effect April 1; chains say burritos and burgers are getting more expensive in response.
May 20: California Governor Escalates the War on Gasoline Impacting Neighboring States
Prepare to pay another $1 per gallon in California with higher prices in Nevada and Arizona too.
June 15, 2024: Twenty Percent of California Lives in Poverty, What’s Going On?
On a cost-adjusted basis, California leads the nation in percentage living in poverty. Blame the Progressive oligarchs like Governor Newsom.
December 6, 2024: California Reaffirms an Open Arms Invitation to Illegal Immigrants
Protests based on the “California Values Act” which limits state cooperation with federal immigration authorities are underway.
June 17, 2024: Hoot of the Day: California Proposes Restraining Orders to Stop Thieves
More and more headlines look as if they are from the Babylon Bee. Let’s discuss the latest idiocrasy from la-la land.
If the Federal government gives any help to California, it should demand California stop all of the permitting and environment nonsense while mandating prescribed burns and proper forest management.