Senator Oropeza continues to validate her title as one of our states worst job-killers by ramming her own Senate Bill 104 through the State Senate that would "regulate" nitrogen trifluoride, or NF3, as contributor to global warming.It has now passed the Assembly on a pure "special interest" / "party line" vote and is now on the governor's desk.
NF3 is an essential gas used to manufacture TVs, solar panels, microprocessors and other high-tech products, which are critical manufacturing jobs in both the Silicon Valley and the South Bay. But because a 2008 UC Irvine study found it far more harmful for the environment than carbon dioxide (you know, that harmful gas that all plant life on earth rely on), several environmental groups, including the Sierra Club, have been pushing for Oropeza's bill.
Even with significant special interest bullying, two Democratic senators (Correa & Wright) broke away from the Oropeza-led Democratic Caucus and voted against this harmful bill. The bill still squeaked by with the bare minimum 21 votes it needed to pass in the State Senate, and now sits on the Governor's desk. Governor Schwarzeneggar has 30 days to sign the bill or veto it.
For the benefit of the many employers of California high-tech industry, I pray the Governor will veto this bill and realize that this is exactly the kind of legislation that is sending our well-paying high-tech jobs to Texas and Colorado.
Personally, I'm surprised that the Green Jobs lobbying groups are not recognizing the blow this will be to the solar panel manufacturing industry. We can only have so many windmill jobs to go around!
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