\tIn the November 2018 election, California voters approved a proposition allowing the Legislature to establish Daylight Saving Time on a permanent basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tFollowing the approval of Proposition 7, Assemblymember Kansen Chu (D-San Jose), who has been championing permanent DST for several years, introduced Assembly Bill 7 at the beginning of the new legislative session in December. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tLast week, the Assembly unanimously approved AB 7, which has now moved to the California Senate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tThis bill will make the shift to DST in California permanent subject to the federal government\u2019s approval. Federal law does not allow states to establish year-round DST, which is the reason federal legislation would have to approve the clock change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tChu introduced legislation in 2016 to make the time shift permanent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t\u201cI am thrilled to see the broad bipartisan support for AB 7,\u201d he said in his press release. \u201cAs momentum builds, and 39 other states consider similar proposals, I\u2019m proud to have California leading the way on this issue. In the wake of the passage of Proposition 7, we\u2019re seeing that Californians believe that switching our clocks twice a year no longer makes sense, and science is on our side.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\tAB 7 has bipartisan support. Assemblymember Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear Lake) is one of the bill\u2019s author\u2019s. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\t\u201cIt\u2019s past time we stop switching our clocks and adopt permanent daylight savings time,\u201d he said. \u201cResearch has shown that switching to year-round daylight savings time would reduce electricity use by 1,500 megawatt hours per day (saving California ratepayers over $300 million per year), reduce pedestrian fatalities by 13 percent, and decrease robberies by 7 percent, as well as reducing heart attacks, workplace injuries, and suicide rates.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
In the November 2018 election, California voters approved a proposition allowing the Legislature to establish Daylight Saving Time on a permanent basis. Following the approval of Proposition 7, Assemblymember Kansen Chu (D-San Jose), who has been championing permanent DST for several years, introduced Assembly Bill 7 at the beginning of the new legislative session in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":58,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n