Hotcoldwetdry Accelerates PRC’s Cost Of Living Issues Or Something

Obviously, the leaders of the Peoples’ Republik of California and their press office, the Credentialed Media, do not want the blame for the PRC being unaffordable being blamed on the leaders of the PRC

‘The poor are in a very bad state’: Climate change accelerates California’s cost-of-living crisis

When California adopted a law to regulate greenhouse gases 23 years ago — the first state in the nation to do so — it focused on the future dangers of global warming. But while California’s emissions have declined, they have kept rising globally, and the climate has worsened. Now, in an effort to build back momentum, advocates are bringing attention to current-day harms driven by climate change.

Among those affected by rising temperatures is Amanda Nevarez, who was left homeless by the Eaton Fire, one of two wildfires in Los Angeles County that together destroyed more than 16,000 homes and buildings and killed 31 people last January. (snip)

The blaze had several causes, including an unusual lack of rain, a condition blamed on climate change. Using weather data collected since 1950, scientists ran simulations showing the conditions that dried out the foothills were 35% more likely because of global warming.

That fire was caused by faulty Southern California Edison equipment. And grew large due to PRC government incompetence. That the Santa Barbara News-Press failed to mention that is, well, the usual for the Leftist Media.

Democrats, who hold a supermajority in California, no longer trumpet policies to fight climate change, an analysis by the Washington Post found. While research shows most Americans are concerned about climate change, a December poll by the Public Policy Institute of California found only 4% of surveyed likely voters said the environment and climate change were the “most important problem” facing the U.S. Elected state officials and those seeking office are emphasizing pocketbook concerns.

And how well have those policies worked?

“You can’t solve the affordability crisis without solving the climate crisis,” said Noel Perry, the founder of Next10, which co-produced a report with UC Berkeley that identified the costs of global warming in everything from homelessness and rent to energy bills and groceries. He and other climate campaigners are trying to recalibrate their messaging to that political reality.

It’s true that California’s policies to discourage fossil fuel use add to costs. Power bills and gasoline are more expensive here than elsewhere in the country, which the state compounds by taxing to pay for grid upgrades in order to wean itself off oil and gas. Oil refineries and power utilities pass those costs on to consumers, widening income inequality, the state has said.

So, Democrats made everything way more expensive and then want to make it even more expensive by doing climate (scam) policies? Huh. And they will call this “affordability” while putting more controls on Comrades’ lives.