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Executive Director

Friday, 04 January 2013 16:27
I was on the cusp of finishing my January managers’ report just before the Christmas weekend and something happened, so instead of cancelling most of my report, I decided to share it with you. I was going to begin it like this:

“After 23-months we still have no decision in our case against CARB. September 6th was the last hearing date (this one caused by EPA’s politically-timed acceptance of CARB’s state implantation plan (SIP)). At that hearing, Judge England said he would have a decision out ‘shortly.’ The word ‘shortly’ surely doesn’t mean the same to all of us. Impatient with the delay, we sent an appeal letter to the court on November 15 asking for a decision.” Read more

Executive Director – CTN Magazine

Thursday, 13 September 2012 08:21

On Thursday, September 6, 2012, we finally had our hopefully “last” hearing in this phase of our lawsuit against CARB in front of U.S. District Court Judge Morrison England, Jr. in Sacramento. The hearing was delayed several times due to the judge’s repeated requests for supplemental briefing from the parties.

At the hearing, the defendants fielded three attorneys: a Deputy Attorney General from the state Department of Justice, the CARB General Counsel, and a high-profile lawyer from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Interestingly, the attorney from the NRDC, Melissa Lin Perrella, spoke 90% of time; counsel from the AG’s office 10% and the lawyer from CARB said nothing. Clearly, the NRDC is running this show for the opposition. Read more

Executive Director CTN Magazine

Monday, 13 August 2012 12:52

The latest developments in our lawsuit against the CARB On-Road Truck and Bus Rule is more evidence that we are truly fighting a multi-headed monster. We have taken on CARB and the State of California, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) quickly intervened in the case against us, and now the court seems to be on the verge of inviting the U.S. EPA to join in the case.

In an order issued on July 19, 2012, the court set a hearing date of August 9, 2012 at 2:00 PM in Sacramento. Read more

Dear Valued Association Partner

I am very pleased to provide this link to State Fund’s newly published 2008 annual report. Read more

Citing decreasing workers’ comp costs from self insured’s’ and many opportunities for California workers ‘ comp carriers to implement cost containment measures, California Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner today announced that he is just saying no to increasing the pure premium rates. That’s right: A ZERO INCREASE IN THE PURE PREMIUM RATE. Read more