Sacramento is doing it again. This afternoon the state senate approved the extension of cap-and-trade, shuttling the bill along to the assembly.

All of the Democrats voted yes, including yours truly Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton) and Republican sell-out Senator Tom Berryhill (Modesto).

This bill is not about the environment. This bill is another gas tax, because Jerry Brown and all of the California Democrats want to force their philosophies onto you. They don't want you driving a car for having a nice home with a backyard. They want everyone riding bikes in their cramped, dense, urban, unicorn utopia.

California has no effect on the climate, and acting like we're the champions of progress and justice is just silly.

Sen. Andy Vidak (R-Hanford), who opposed the bill, said:

"We could shut down the entire state of California, and it would have absolutely no effect on the global climate."

There were nutty environmental groups who, believe it or not, didn't think this bill went far enough. Senate leader Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) said:

“No plan is perfect when you’re required by design to have a compromise. We can’t let the perfect get in the way of the good.”