{"id":24703,"date":"2019-10-19T13:32:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-19T17:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/?p=24703"},"modified":"2019-10-19T15:15:01","modified_gmt":"2019-10-19T19:15:01","slug":"we-are-in-a-climate-emergency-but-californians-can-wait-3-4-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/19\/we-are-in-a-climate-emergency-but-californians-can-wait-3-4-years\/","title":{"rendered":"We are in a climate emergency, but Californians can wait 3-4 years"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nobody can accuse Californians of being slackers when it comes to tackling the climate change emergency: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/hotels\/2019\/10\/10\/california-hotel-bottle-ban-law-prohibits-tiny-plastic-bottles\/3928360002\/\">&#8220;California bans hotels from using tiny plastic bottles&#8221;<\/a> (<em>USA Today<\/em>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When does the planet-saving ban take effect?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Wednesday he had signed a law banning hotels from giving guests plastic bottles filled with shampoo, conditioner or soap. It takes effect <strong>in 2023<\/strong> for hotels with more than 50 rooms <strong>and 2024<\/strong> for hotels with less than 50 rooms.<\/p><p>Violators could be fined $500 for a first offense and $2,000 for subsequent violations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>So it will be 3-4 years before (a) hotels have to go to CVS and buy some Softsoap and shampoo with a pump, and (b) people can apply for government jobs (with health care and pension!) inspecting and fining hotels that are filled with hate for Planet Earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If we&#8217;re in an emergency situation and hotels don&#8217;t typically stock more than a few months of supplies, why wouldn&#8217;t the ban take effect sooner than 2023-2024?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Related:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hoover.org\/research\/140000-year-why-are-government-workers-california-paid-twice-much-private-sector-workers\">&#8220;At $140,000 Per Year, Why Are Government Workers In California Paid Twice As Much As Private Sector Workers?&#8221; <\/a>(Hoover): &#8220;Nationwide, government-worker compensation has been growing more rapidly than private-sector compensation for several years, but this trend is on steroids in California, where some state and local government workers are now paid roughly twice as much as those in the private sector.&#8221;<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/23\/why-havent-democrats-realized-their-own-goals-in-democrat-run-states\/\">https:\/\/philip.greenspun.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/23\/why-havent-democrats-realized-their-own-goals-in-democrat-run-states\/<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nobody can accuse Californians of being slackers when it comes to tackling the climate change emergency: &#8220;California bans hotels from using tiny plastic bottles&#8221; (USA Today). 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