Susan Shelley: Environmental regulators harm the poor

Antonio Villaraigosa: AQMD Rules 1111 and 1121 should be rejected

Californians continue to face skyrocketing housing costs, the highest gas prices, and the second-highest utility costs in the nation. Along with the rising cost of food and other basic living essentials, hardworking families need our lawmakers and government agencies to make affordability a top priority. The Trump Administration is recklessly pursuing costly tariffs adding to California’s cost of living crisis. His harmful trade policies and dra…

Susan Shelley: Environmental regulators harm the poor

California is pursuing better living through poverty. In order to accomplish the state’s goal of pretending to eliminate “fossil fuels” and “greenhouse gases,” California has enacted laws and regulations that are making everything more expensive. For example, on June 6, the board of the South Coast Air Quality Management District is expected to vote on Proposed Amended Rules 1111 and 1121, which will ban home furnaces and water heaters that run …