ROXXR Report
Governor Gavin Newsom just signed off on the state’s latest “climate package,” locking California into cap-and-trade — or what they now call “cap and invest” — until 2045. The headlines brag about cutting greenhouse gases, stabilizing the energy market, and saving Californians billions. That’s the PR. Here’s the street-level reality.
This law means every drop of fuel we pump, every watt of electricity we use, and every job tied to industry, transport, or energy is now tied even tighter to Sacramento’s control. Kern County — the backbone of California’s oil and gas — gets hit the hardest. More regulation. More hoops. More state hands in the pockets of the workers who keep the lights on.
The money generated by this scheme isn’t coming back to us in Bakersfield. It’s headed to “big projects”: high-speed rail boondoggles, housing programs wrapped in red tape, and green infrastructure that benefits the same politicians who write the rules. Meanwhile, small shops, roadside businesses, and working families are the ones footing the bill.
And don’t buy the talk about “clean air for communities.” They’re expanding boards, programs, and bureaucracies, not fixing the toxic air. The same neighborhoods breathing smog today will still breathe it tomorrow. The only difference is, the state will be skimming more cash off the top in the name of climate justice.
This isn’t about saving the planet. It’s about tightening the leash. Sacramento calls it leadership, but on the ground it feels like a chokehold. Our trucks, our welders, our fuel, our grit — all treated like problems instead of the backbone of this state.
ROXXR was built by the streets, by the shops, by the riders and workers who don’t wait for permission. This new law? It’s another reminder that if we don’t stand our ground, they’ll regulate us out of existence.
We’re not buying the spin. We’re not handing over our voice. We know exactly who this hurts, and it isn’t the suits in Sacramento. It’s us.
— ROXXR