Gavin Newsom: “Ronald Reagan, whose approach was, in 1967, to advance an…”

“Do you want to do it federally? Well, there was a. And what's the better approach? There was a President United States by the name of Ronald Reagan, whose approach was, in 1967, to advance an effort to regulate tailpipe emissions, created the California Air Resources Board. It was codified by the Clean air Act in 1975 by Republican Richard Nixon, did so in response to the smog crisis in Los Angeles. Businesses leaving, people leaving.” (36:26–36:38)

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