From the Daily Caller
Nick Pope
Contributor
Voters in Berkeley, California, resoundingly rejected a proposal that would have required owners of certain large buildings to pay a fee to use natural gas.
Measure GG would require owners of multifamily or commercial buildings larger than 15,000 square feet to pay to use natural gas. The measure failed, with 68.25% of voters opposing it, according to Alameda County election data.
Environmentalists and unions advocated for “Measure GG” on the grounds that reducing emissions from buildings is crucial to fighting climate change, while opponents derided it, in part because they viewed the proposal as a new, costly tax that would Drive away restaurants and small businesses. (Watch The Daily Caller’s original documentary “Cleaning Up Kamala” here)
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According to the California Daily, Measure GG will directly affect about 600 buildings in Berkeley. Vice President Kamala Harris, of Berkeley, suffered a crushing defeat to President-elect Donald Trump on Tuesday, according to the New York Times.
Berkeley banned natural gas hookups in new buildings in 2019, and liberal cities like Los Angeles and New York later followed suit, according to Bloomberg. The California Restaurant Association challenged Berkeley's ban in court, and a federal appeals court overturned the policy in April 2023.
Officials from the Biden Justice Department and the Energy Department filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in June 2023, asking the court to overturn its decision to lift Berkeley's 2019 natural gas ban, but the court ruled in January that The decision will not be revisited.
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