preemption

“EPA granted preemption waivers for California to tackle local problems like smog in the Los Angeles basin, where the pollution was both generated by and felt by Californians,” the fuel producers said in their appeal.

“I’m really hoping that we can avoid preemption.”

“However, we feel that section 3’s preemption language, combined with the possibility of alcohol, increases the likelihood of criminal activity.”

Despite multiple recent attempts to undo the ban, the bill, if passed, would be a so-called “trigger law” and only go into effect in the event that the state repealed the preemption.

This year, state Democratic lawmakers introduced a pair of bills: one to remove the preemption law passed in 1981 and one to enact a milder version of rent control statewide.