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Public support for Gavin Newsom’s EV mandate breaks down, and no wonder

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It’s time for Gavin Newsom to send his electric-vehicle mandate to the junkyard.

Public support has all but broken down for the governor’s 2020 executive order that by 2035, all new passenger cars and light trucks sold in California must be zero-emission.

According to a recent survey by the Public Policy Institute of California, nearly two-thirds of state residents oppose Newsom’s EV decree.

The misgivings span all regions of California and all political backgrounds: Democrat, Republican and independent.

State residents want choice and affordability — not back-seat driving from Sacramento.

Turns out: Californians enjoy feeling virtuous about climate change, and happily support radical green restrictions when they think others (e.g., “corporations”) are paying the price. 

But when the costs land in people’s own driveways, well … their green ardor stalls out.

The truth is clear in the survey’s findings.

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