The Federal Court Shuts Down Leftist California Law
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The gas stove ban was one of the environmentally-conscious policies proposed by the administration of President Joe Biden, which is well known for its commitment to the green agenda. It should come as no surprise that California supports a variety of bans against gas and fossil fuels because the state is on board with just about every aspect of the climate agenda.
The Berkeley City Council passed a ban in July 2019, and it was originally scheduled to go into effect the following year, in January 2020. It would have been the first city in the history of cities to ever enact a rule like that. Kate Harrison, a member of the Berkeley City Council, expressed a desire to take more drastic action about the problem of climate change and to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases.
However, the new legislation ran into an immediate obstacle when the California Restaurant Association challenged its constitutionality in a federal court, arguing that the city had the power to prohibit the installation of new natural gas hookups.
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Judge Patrick Bumatay rendered a decision indicating that Berkeley is no longer able to circumvent preemption by prohibiting the installation of natural gas piping within buildings, as opposed to prohibiting natural gas products themselves.
He is basically claiming that all the city was trying to do was find a way to circumvent the law in order to carry out its extreme climate agenda. Jot Condie, President and The Chief Executive Officer of the CRA expressed contentment with the verdict and asserted that federal law takes precedence over local ordinances.
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Furthermore, Condie asserted that the aforementioned legislation constituted an excessively intrusive action that surpasses the jurisdiction of any municipality.
The majority of restaurants rely on machines that run on natural gas, as many professionals believe that this type of cooking is the most hygienic and productive option.However, beyond that, the Ninth Circuit court has stated that localities cannot unilaterally choose to disregard federal law, and this is exactly what the court has said.
No matter what else is going on in the news, this problem will never leave the public’s consciousness. It should not come as a surprise that Biden’s Department of Justice (DOJ) first supported the Berkeley ban, but that the White House then reversed its position and blasted the ban.
The major issue, however, is the pre-existing federal legislation, and the fact that no community can just disregard it or discover ways to go around it in order to forward their own agenda. This is true regardless of how someone thinks about the topic.
There is a wealth of evidence to back up the widespread belief among many people in the United States that Democratic-controlled towns and states are more lawless.
