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LA voters have already rejected Karen Bass’ ‘Green New Deal’

LA voters have already had their say about the “Green New Deal” that is the foundation of Mayor Karen Bass’ new climate policy. 

In 2019, then-Mayor Eric Garcetti announced his own “Green New Deal,” after the one introduced in Congress by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Under his plan, 25% of LA drivers would be in electric vehicles (EVs) by 2025, and 80% by 2035. Three of the city’s natural gas power plants would be closed.

City officials privately wondered how LA would keep the lights on. 

More significantly, the local branch of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW), the main union for the LA Department of Public Works, rejected Garcetti’s plan. 

They knew that shuttering three natural gas plants meant thousands of job cuts. 

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