California Dump Truck Owners Association

SACRAMENTO - Assemblyman Roger Niello has led a bi-partisan group of legislators to send a letter to the California Air Resources Board (CARB) requesting a temporary suspension of on and off-road diesel regulations that have taken effect within the last year.

The Senate is drafting a global-warming bill even more economically Draconian than the recent version passed in the House. Our senators need to take stock of recent global-climate outcomes before they blindly proceed down this ridiculous path.

A new business coalition will urge the California Air Resource Board (CARB) on Monday, October 12th to craft a formal enforcement policy that spells out its structure for calculating penalties and make public how it assesses those penalties – rather than acting inconsistently on an ad hoc basis.

Interstate Truck & Bus Drivers Next – States Likely to Follow for Intrastate Drivers

Federal employees will not be allowed to text while driving, according to an executive order signed September 29th by President Obama.

The order covers federal employees when they are using government-provided cars or cell phones and when they are using their own phones and cars to conduct government business.

Beleaguered transit agencies across the state have received a dose of good news, as the California Supreme Court upheld a lower-court ruling that raids on funding for bus and train service are illegal.

EPA letter to President Mark G. Yudof, Office of the President University of California

Dear President Yudof:

The purpose of this letter is to inform you that the terms of three members the Scientific Review Panel on Toxic Air Contaminants (Scientific Review Panel) have expired, and, pursuant to Health and Safety Code section 39670, subdivision (b)(4), the California Environmental Protection Agency (Cal/EPA) requests that the University of California Office of the Presidents (UCOP) submit a pool of nominees to fill these positions.