Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown couldn’t refer to Gov. Schwarzenegger enough in his debate with Sen. Chuck Poochigian today in front of the San Francisco Chronicle editorial board. And he just can’t wait to begin helping the state’s bureaucrats put teeth in the new greenhouse gases bill the governor signed into law recently (against the recommendation of the California Chamber of Commerce and many others concerned about the law’s effect on the economy and lack of environmental returns).
Here’s what Brown had to say about AB 32 today:
"Governor Schwarzenegger is now returning
Just what every Republican voter wanted to hear. We’re trying to forget the bills the governor just signed so we can bring ourselves to vote for him next month and Brown is telling us that Schwarzenegger is following in Gov. Moonbeam’s footsteps!
Brown acknowledged that the greenhouse gas bill is vulnerable to legal challenges, saying: “We have this new greenhouse gas control bill. It is going to be complicated. It is going to be fraught with opportunity for the opponents to challenge. We need an attorney general who will staff up, who will help those agencies beat down the challenges, articulate the regulations that will allow us to meet that global greenhouse gas reduction.”
Thank, Jerry. You just gave me another great reason to vote for Chuck Poochigian!