Here's the direct result of the implementation of AB32, and the failure or prop 23 to postpone. This is a couple of excerpts from a lawsuit filed by the Calif. Attorney Generals office against a local small contractor who hasn't upgraded his 50 horse compressor to CARB standards.(the likelyhood is that he must buy new ones 'cause his won't pass) This isn't a multimillion dollar company, it's just a small piss-ant contractor. CARB has been following him around taking pictures of his equipment on job sites.
Sacramento county superior court case # 2010 -00091848
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3. That, in the Third Cause of Action, the Court find tiiat STEP TWO violated tiie
Stipulated Petition for Order of Abatement Order District it entered into with the District on
Apnl 9, 2009, and that:
a. STEP TWO'S violations were intentional, and award penalties under Health and
Safety Code section 42401 of $25,000 per day,
b. or, in the altemative, STEP TWO's violations were negligent and award penalties
under Health and Safety Code section 42401 of $25,000 per day.
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Please be advised that you can not operate your engine in Sacramento County until you
comply with the above requirements. Operation of your equipment without a permit to operate
will be considered an on going violation Each day you remain out of compliance is a separate
violation and subject to penalties Violations of air quality regulations are subject to criminal orcivil penalties as specified in California Health & Safety Code, Sections 42400 through 42402
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Be prepared for further job losses by small business here in the dictate state. They'll drive more middle class out, and the big boys will take the work and hire more cheap latino immigrant labor in their place