4 Jan 2023 10:59 pm
L.A. had a SMOG problem, unlike other cities. California took steps to solve it. Detroit began making cars with SMOG Devices for California.Cannonpointer » 04 Jan 2023, 10:01 pm » wrote: ↑ And it had no effect. It took federal legislation. One state could not change the industry - not even a major player like Cali.
"President Trump’s blood feud with California over its authority to set its own clean air standards brings to mind the state’s embryonic fight against noxious smog in the 1960s, when the Golden State first imposed anti-pollution requirements on automakers."
https://calmatters.org/commentary/2019/ ... sions-law/
"SOS pushed for a coordinated state response to the smog scourge and a mandate that vehicles in California be equipped with exhaust-reduction devices. It packed Capitol committee hearings with advocates and played a major role in securing passage of the California Motor Vehicle Control Act in 1960, the nation’s first statewide air pollution control act. "
Nobody gives a **** what the other 49 do.