End of daylight saving time inches closer in California

UPS4E

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Who else hates daylight saving.

End of daylight saving time inches closer in California

BY TARYN LUNA

June 14, 2018 01:50 PM

Updated June 15, 2018 08:27 AM

California voters may get a chance to weigh in on daylight saving time in November.

The state Senate on Thursday approved a proposal to ask voters to repeal a 70-year-old initiative that set a biannual clock change in California and give lawmakers the power to adjust the time with a two-thirds vote.

“If signed by the governor, the bill will bring California closer to abolishing the outdated practice of switching our clocks in the fall and spring," said Assemblyman Kansen Chu, D- San Jose, who introduced Assembly Bill 807.

Foes of the practice shouldn't celebrate just yet. The state cannot officially end daylight saving time until next year, at the earliest. The process is best described as complicated and would require a second bill and federal approval, according to analysis from the Legislature.

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AB 807 asks voters to repeal a 1949 ballot measure, the Daylight Saving Time Act, that established Standard Pacific Time in California. The older measure also required the state to advance the clock one hour on the last Sunday in April and set it back on the last Sunday of September. Voters later adjusted the fall back period to the last Sunday in October.

Today California conforms with federal mandates on daylight saving time by setting the clock ahead on the second Sunday in March and back on the first Sunday in November. The state never changed the law, and AB 807, with voter approval, would alter the statute to match the current practice.

The Assembly passed AB 807 last year and is expected to sign off again on amendments made in the Senate. Then the bill heads to Gov. Jerry Brown.

Chu's ultimate goal is to stop the clock change altogether. He and others before him have argued that doing away with daylight saving time improves public health. But the state would have to jump through several additional hoops next year to officially scrap it.



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AB 807 allows the Legislature to amend daylight saving time with a two-thirds vote in the future. If voters approve the ballot measure, Chu, or another lawmaker, would need to introduce a new bill to establish a permanent daylight saving time.

The new proposal would have to clear the Senate and the Assembly and receive the governor's signature. Then Congress would have to take action to sanction the law an


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UPS4E

Active Member
Working in the dark sucks everywhere. We’re just trying to get ride of a stupid time change that makes no sense. But thanks for the great insight
 

Dulce Bombón

I'm Legal Gringo! UPS Latina Heat! Haters ❤ me!
Implement The Purge in California. Start with the "Kartrashian" please.

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brostalss

Well-Known Member
It was put up to legislation here in Ca and passed to set for a vote on a bill. Now we need everyone to vote.
I guess it would start with your state officials

Californians were dumb enough to vote for the "High Speed Fail" (that will never get built) letting prisoners out early, reducing felonies to misdemeanors, now no bail is coming soon. We pay more for gas than in Hawaii. (The summer blend no one else uses) Sure why not.

They'll use the same BS to trick people into voting for it. "It's for the kids"

I can't wait to leave this god awful state.
 

MAKAVELI

Well-Known Member
Californians were dumb enough to vote for the "High Speed Fail" (that will never get built) letting prisoners out early, reducing felonies to misdemeanors, now no bail is coming soon. We pay more for gas than in Hawaii. (The summer blend no one else uses) Sure why not.

They'll use the same BS to trick people into voting for it. "It's for the kids"

I can't wait to leave this god awful state.
 

barnyard

KTM rider
I would LOVE it if Mn got rid of standard time and stuck with daylight time year round.

I used to write a letter annually to my state rep and state senator. They used to respond, now they just send donation requests.

I detest the fall back and spring ahead BS. Decide on a time and leave it.
 

Future

Victory Ride
I would LOVE it if Mn got rid of standard time and stuck with daylight time year round.

I used to write a letter annually to my state rep and state senator. They used to respond, now they just send donation requests.

I detest the fall back and spring ahead BS. Decide on a time and leave it.
Lmao ...”now they just send donation requests”
 
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