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> Subject: "Florez collides with classic car buffs over bill to tag
>them with emission rules" / Political Pulse / April 11, 2003
> Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 20:23:17 -0700 From:
>"CAPP/Charlie Peters" <> Organization: Clean Air
>Performance Professionals To: "Stella" <>
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> "Florez has also run into some powerful media opposition in the
>former of Tonight Show host Jay Leno, a classic car enthusiast with a
>sizable collection. 'This bill is so bizarre. These are hobby cars, not
>day-to-day cars. This bill will only serve to put an industry out of
>business,' Leno said." http://www.politicalpulse.com/FeaturedStory.htm From
>the April 11 issue of Political Pulse Florez collides with classic car
>buffs
> over bill to tag them with emission rules By Roberta Barth
> Despite heavy opposition from classic car owners and businesses, state
>Sen. Dean Florez is pushing ahead with legislation that would require
>owners of all older cards to meet the states emission standards. Current
> law exempts pre-1974 vehicles because they were not originally equipped
>with smog control devices. The Florez bill, SB 708, is scheduled to be
>heard April 29 by the Senate Transportation Committee where Florez,
>D-Shafter, is a committee member. Opponents have deluged the senator
>with telephone calls, emails and letters, urging him to withdraw the
>measure. Political cartoons depicting Florez in his SUV chasing classic
>cars out of the state are circulating via emails, public forums, and web
>sites. Manufacturing and repair shops have posted them on walls. Some of
>Florezs constituents are talking about recalling him, or supporting a
>rival in the next election. Florez says he wont capitulate. "I fail to
>understand the hysteria and opposition," he said. "Dont they want clean
>air? Its only fair that old cars should have to meet the same clean air
>standards that the rest of us have to meet. They can retrofit their cars
>with smog devices." Those are fighting words to business owners providing
>services or goods for the classic car industry. Bob Hill , owner of the
>Fresno-based Sassy Classics dealership, said: "Retrofit wont work because
>compression must be lowered, cam timing modified, and spark control
>reduced. These modifications will seriously degrade (a classic car) to the
>point of making like its powered by a lawnmower. It will also destroy the
>resale value of these vehicles." SB 708 is part of a nine-bill package
>Florez has authored in a broad effort to clean up the air in the San
>Joaquin Valley, the nations unhealthiest air basin according to the
>California Air Resources Board. In January, Senate President Pro Tem John
>Burton created the Senate Select Committee on Air Quality in the Central
>Valley and appointed Florez chair. The federal government has threatened
>to cut off $2 billion in road construction funding if regional officials
>dont reduce smog by 2005. But Florez approach to the problem of older
>cars gets little support from CARB spokesman Jerry Martin. "Unfortunately,
>its an old urban legend that 10 percent of old cars make 50 percent of
>the pollution. The thing is, yes, those old cars were polluters, but now
>they are just hobby projects. Theyre not on the road commuting to work,"
>Martin said. Florez has also run into some powerful media opposition in
>the former of Tonight Show host Jay Leno, a classic car enthusiast with a
>sizable collection. "This bill is so bizarre. These are hobby cars, not
>day-to-day cars. This bill will only serve to put an industry out of
>business," Leno said. The aftermarket industry for classic cars accounts
>for $30 billion annually, according to the Specialty Equipment Market
>Association, a trade organization that represents manufacturers,
>distributors, retailers, publishing companies, and auto restorers. "This
>is a big industry nationwide with California as its biggest market," said
>Arlene Wood , SEMA spokesperson. "Why would California legislators want to
>kill the goose that lays the golden egg?" Dave Bryan , president of the
>Los Angeles-based Association of California Car Clubs which represents
>9,500 members, said he would oppose an exemption for cars driven less than
>12,000 miles a year, "because once you open the door for these guys, then
>theyll keep coming back and lowering the number." The association plans to
> gather at the Capitol on April 22 to raise public awareness. If you
>have questions, call us at (916) 446-2048, write us at Political Pulse,
>926 J Street, Suite 1214, Sacramento, CA 95814, or email us at
>answers@politicalpulse.com . CAPP contact: Charlie Peters / (510)
>537-1796 / cappcharlie@earthlink.net
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