July 13, 2026
Keep Dreamin' California!
Timothy Birdnow
One of the tricks the Left pulls is to pass a ridiculous regulation in California then impose it across the country to comply with California law.
The most obvious example was the low-flow toilet. The whole nation had to suffer without toilets that would not push the poop down into the sewer solely because California thought it a good idea to conserve water and they didn't want their citizens buying real toilets from Arizona or Nevada or whatnot. So the whole country suffered with clogged toilets just so California could conserve water (a necessity because California wouldn't store enough in reservoirs out of environmentalist concerns).
Which brings us to this.. California, in it's ravenous appetite for restraining anything the Gang Green wants to restrain, has banned the importation of car parts they deem "environmentally unsound" and expected the whole country to go along with them as before. Only thing is there is a new sheriff in town and he isn't playing this game.
The EPA and Lee Zeldin just issued a ruling that these parts will be permitted in every state except where banned by local law only. In other words, California can ban them inside of California, but the rest of us will still get them.
California rightly knows their ban will fail because people will just cross state lines and have their cars fixed. Essentially Zeldin annulled their law.
Good for him!
How long before they find some district court judge to issue an injunction even though nationwide injunctions are not legal, according to the Supreme Court?
FTA:
The Environmental Protection Agency recently announced that manufacturers could sell car parts that defy California’s "green” regulations in the other 49 U.S. states.Under the EPA’s advisory opinion, manufacturers can demonstrate compliance with the federal Clean Air Act through Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA) emissions certificate program rather first obtaining approval from California regulators.
"Americans should not be forced to solely rely on California to certify aftermarket products. Starting today, Americans can trust that products certified by SEMA meet federal requirements and can be used to repair vehicles,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in the agency’s July 1 press release.
"The Tampering Policy explains how a person may demonstrate that an aftermarket product does not adversely affect automotive emissions by documenting that an appropriate vehicle equipped with the product will pass the same emissions tests used by the original equipment manufacturer to certify the vehicle under the Clean Air Act,” EPA assistant administrator Jeffrey Hall stated in a letter to Specialty Equipment Market Association CEO Mike Spagnola on July 1.
"The EPA’s Tampering Policy provides guidance to aftermarket manufacturers for meeting the ‘reasonable basis’ criteria for emissions compliance. The policy indicates that certification level testing done in a fashion similar to that required by California Air Resources Board (CARB) for the EO process is appropriate,” SEMA Certified-Emissions’ website stated.
In other words go suck on it Ca!
California, and New York and Illinois, have long held an overly large impact over the rest of the country by using this trick - passing laws to regulate industries and thus becoming "industry standards" that everyone must follow. The EPA just said that this isn't going to continue.
California has been particularly impactful with this stuff because it is a major port area and also has been under the control of Democrats for decades now. New York, while being a huge market, is mostly land-locked with the exception of the Port of New York and of course Illinois is too except Chicago. But California? San Diego, L.A. and the Golden Gate all offer entry points into America. Oh, and there are no large barrier island chains as in the Gulf of America or along the Carolina coast.
So California has always had an outsized role in national commerce and they have long manipulated national policy as a result. But a the state drives people away, and as we are seeing more ports gaining importance in places like Florida or even Texas, and as we are importing less and producing more, California's influence is waning. And that is a very good thing.
Peaches come from Georgia and Arkansas and other places than California. Ditto lettuce. Ditto Tomatoes. Wine comes from all fifty states - not just California. In fact while California has an ideal climate for most agriculture it is not NEEDED - we grow everything we need in other states, all of whom could increase production to meet demand. California is not absolutely necessary to our national survival or even our convenience. It's time they learned that.
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