The nation’s largest gas company has diverted millions in customer dollars to lobby for gas in homes and buildings. Its regulator has done little about it.
The California Chamber of Commerce has its annual “job killer” list, with a track record of spiking bills that is the envy of other industry groups. By its count, only 58 of the 824 bills labeled “job killers” between 1997 and 2022 made it into law without at least significant changes it wanted.