True Impact on Working People of AB 32 is No Mere Numbers Game

It’s time for an honest discussion about how California’s global warming law (AB 32) will impact jobs in California. Working people in this state are suffering and they need real answers about its job impact, not theories, legacy politics and empty promises.

Consider a few grim statistics: The state’s unemployment rate is still above 12 percent.

More than 119,000 manufacturing jobs were lost last year. More than 600,000
manufacturing jobs have been lost in this state since 2000. Blue collar workers in the
building trades have been particularly hard hit, with unemployment rates at some local
unions as high at 30 percent to 40 percent.