One of those no votes was Valley Assemblymember David Tangipa. “This is a direct assault on the everyday Californians in rural portions of California that own gas vehicles,” Tangipa said.
“This loss, this $31 billion loss, actually proves that the policies that my colleagues really wanted to push to get people into electric vehicles really started to work. But now they want to re-weaponize this taxation arm to take from people to back-fill the pockets of Sacramento,” Tangipa said.
