California legislature wee-wees on free enterprise; water damp, sun said to "rise in east"
If you sell a car in California, son, you have to go through a dealer. None of this selling it yourself. It's just not safe.
That is, not safe...for the car dealerships:
Several shoppers questioned whether the auto-dealer industry may have been behind the bill. But Yee, who accepted $2,000 in campaign contributions over the past two years from the California Motor Car Dealers Association, according to state records, denied that.The Governator could still veto this bill if he has a single spark of Republican principle burning somewhere in there..."Auto dealers did not bring this to my attention," Yee said. "It was brought to my attention by the city of Millbrae. They felt this was a traffic hazard along El Camino. That's the reason this bill came about."
Millbrae Mayor Marc Hershman is pleased about the bill. He said the dozens of cars parked along the portion of El Camino that runs through his city take away parking spaces from businesses, and take away sales from local car dealers.
"The cars are clogging the public right of way," he said. "These used-car dealers are hurting our local businesses."