Dems Could Destroy California Trucking: Further Disrupting The Supply Chain

California Democrats have decided that America has not suffered enough with supply chain issues and have decided to drive regulations which will not allow independent truckers to operate in California. This will continue to devastate our broken supply chain and they know it. Anyone want to explain how / why they do not want to wreak havoc intentionally?


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If the law is enforced, California faces a possible mass exodus of the state's estimated 70,000 independent truckers.


The Port of Oakland is especially vulnerable if independent truckers are forced out of work. "There's 9,000 trucks that serve the port on a daily basis, and 90% of them are independent contractors. So, this is a big, big impact,"

The California Trucking Association delivered a warning, "Gasoline has been poured on the fire that is our ongoing supply chain crisis. In addition to the direct impact on California’s 70,000 owner-operators who have seven days to cease long-standing independent businesses, the impact of taking tens of thousands of truck drivers off the road will have devastating repercussions on an already fragile supply chain, increasing costs and worsening runaway inflation."

a reply to: infolurker

More truckers for the rest of the US then. Sucks for those who chose California as their residence. Proves what they are worth to that state.

It has to be intentional, dumbness and incompetence can't be the excuse anymore. That's true for a lot of things happening, not just California, it's happening everywhere.

a reply to: infolurker

The bill will still allow truckers, or groups of truckers, who are self-employed, to work.

The bill is shifting the responsibility for those who engage the truckers for work, to act as though they were employing them.

Commercial diesel trucks in California are being phased out by model year. In 2021 2005-2007 models can't be re-registered. In 2023 models from 2008-2010 will no longer be able to re-register.

Semis also need to pass California's tough emission standards, which is no easy task.

If I was a long-hauler, I wouldn't want to take any loads destined for the state of California.

a reply to: nugget1

Problem is most of the West Coast major ports are there.

Going to be a major problem if nothing can "Get Out" of the ports.

I dont like using the word Hate... but those god blessed do gooder arse weasels are really beginning to make me feel it.

a reply to: infolurker

California Democrats have decided that America has not suffered enough with supply chain issues and have decided to drive regulations which will not allow independent truckers to operate in California. This will continue to devastate our broken supply chain and they know it. Anyone want to explain how / why they do not want to wreak havoc intentionally?

This isn't exactly true, it's part of California's push back against the gig economy. In particular it's targeted at companies who take on truckers as independant contractors without offering them any kinds of security of benefits.

Right now, a lot of truckers are being screwed over by companies. They barely make bank and don't get any holiday or sick days as they're not counted as staff.

originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: infolurker

The bill will still allow truckers, or groups of truckers, who are self-employed, to work.

The bill is shifting the responsibility for those who engage the truckers for work, to act as though they were employing them.

Exactly, it means that truckers will be eligable for benefits like holidays and sick days because they will count as being part of the company and not an independant contractor.

It also shifts some costs from the state (AKA the tax payer, to companies)

a reply to: TDDAgain

More truckers for the rest of the US then. Sucks for those who chose California as their residence.

that's true to a point, but about almost half of all containers enter the U.S. through communistforina ports, more than 40% imports and 30% go out through communistforina. independent trucker haul a good deal of that.

originally posted by: TDDAgain
a reply to: infolurker

More truckers for the rest of the US then. Sucks for those who chose California as their residence. Proves what they are worth to that state.

It has to be intentional, dumbness and incompetence can't be the excuse anymore. That's true for a lot of things happening, not just California, it's happening everywhere.

Nothing funny about this. Everything from Asia comes through California.

The sociopaths will stop at nothing until the system is completely a "Cloward-Piven" cripple 🤣

originally posted by: AaarghZombies

It also shifts some costs from the state (AKA the tax payer, to companies)

and then from companies back to consumer taxpayers 😀

a reply to: VierEyes
Not sure how you found my post funny. It was not my intention. Must be you.

originally posted by: infolurker
a reply to: nugget1

Problem is most of the West Coast major ports are there.

Going to be a major problem if nothing can "Get Out" of the ports.

That's why I never believed the supply chain crisis is 'accidental' from day one. Biden shut down critical elements of society startling on day one, and everything he's done since has just compounded the problem.

a reply to: TDDAgain

How are the goods going to get from the ports of entry to the rest of the nation?

All this is INTENTIONAL.

originally posted by: chr0naut


The bill is shifting the responsibility for those who engage the truckers for work, to act as though they were employing them.

This serves only one purpose, and it is not to benefit the truckers.

a reply to: infolurker

You can blame Uber, Lyft, and Doordash.

And the 58% of California voters that made sure Prop 22 passed to override AB5 for App based workers. If only they considered all the old school 1099 workers.

That was every union is the state against App-based companies taking their work. But unions are cheap with lobbying so it was 200 million vs. 18 million in the end.

Once a victory against unions for gig workers.

But IF YOU WANT A LOOPHOLE MOVE YOUR COMMERCE TO BEING THROUGH A TECHNOLOGY APP.

www.cbsnews.com...

Now his truck will be useless unless he wants to become his own trucking company, booking his own loads and dealing with the port bureaucracy. That kind of paperwork was always done for him by AB Trucking.

"They arrange everything," he said. "They talk to the big companies, to the port and everything. They pick all the loads for us."

So if "AB Trucking" sent them their jobs through an app they may get the same grace every immigrant Uber driver in a Prius gets. They can.still route all the commerce and take care of logistics and clearance similar to how Uber takes care of waybills and the contractors ability to operate at those ports under various port authorities.