Affordability Watch CA
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Affordability Watch CA was created to hold California’s elected and appointed officials accountable for the worsening affordability crisis.
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100,000+ refinery workers + their families will pay the cost for California's heavy-handed regulatory agenda on the oil industry when their facilities shutter.
Sacramento must act to keep these jobs in state and tackle CA’s exorbitant fuel prices. #AffordabilityWatchCA
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Sacramento must act to keep these jobs in state and tackle CA’s exorbitant fuel prices. #AffordabilityWatchCA
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Oil refinery closures leave workers searching for a job that ‘just doesn’t exist’
As two more oil refineries prepare to close in California, workers who are laid off face limited job opportunities.
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October 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
100,000+ refinery workers + their families will pay the cost for California's heavy-handed regulatory agenda on the oil industry when their facilities shutter.
Sacramento must act to keep these jobs in state and tackle CA’s exorbitant fuel prices. #AffordabilityWatchCA
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
Sacramento must act to keep these jobs in state and tackle CA’s exorbitant fuel prices. #AffordabilityWatchCA
calmatters.org/economy/2025...
Get real PG&E! A 2.1% reprieve on rates is chump change. Your rates have risen nearly 70% since 2020 and another 23.5% increase looms on the horizon. #AffordabilityWatchCA
October 3, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Get real PG&E! A 2.1% reprieve on rates is chump change. Your rates have risen nearly 70% since 2020 and another 23.5% increase looms on the horizon. #AffordabilityWatchCA
A 2.1% rate "decrease" is nothing to celebrate when PG&E hiked bills nearly 70% since 2020 and is demanding another 23.5% increase. Their corporate spin is an insult to families that have been struggling to keep the lights on while PG&E shareholders line their pockets.
October 2, 2025 at 10:02 PM
A 2.1% rate "decrease" is nothing to celebrate when PG&E hiked bills nearly 70% since 2020 and is demanding another 23.5% increase. Their corporate spin is an insult to families that have been struggling to keep the lights on while PG&E shareholders line their pockets.
California leads the nation in poverty.
New data shows 17.7% of Californians — nearly 7 million people — live in poverty. child poverty has doubled.
Policymakers in the "4th largest economy in the world" must do more to reduce cost-of-living. #AffordabilityWatchCA
New data shows 17.7% of Californians — nearly 7 million people — live in poverty. child poverty has doubled.
Policymakers in the "4th largest economy in the world" must do more to reduce cost-of-living. #AffordabilityWatchCA
September 18, 2025 at 4:37 PM
California leads the nation in poverty.
New data shows 17.7% of Californians — nearly 7 million people — live in poverty. child poverty has doubled.
Policymakers in the "4th largest economy in the world" must do more to reduce cost-of-living. #AffordabilityWatchCA
New data shows 17.7% of Californians — nearly 7 million people — live in poverty. child poverty has doubled.
Policymakers in the "4th largest economy in the world" must do more to reduce cost-of-living. #AffordabilityWatchCA
Cap & Trade negotiations have failed to ensure cost containment. Higher prices for gas, food & energy is not an option! Californians deserve a Cap & Invest program that protects climate and consumers. #AffordabilityWatchCA
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September 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Cap & Trade negotiations have failed to ensure cost containment. Higher prices for gas, food & energy is not an option! Californians deserve a Cap & Invest program that protects climate and consumers. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/cap-and-trade
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/cap-and-trade
Legislature: the 🕑 is ticking! Reauthorize a clean and affordable Cap & Invest this year without costly reforms! #AffordabilityWatchCA
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September 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Legislature: the 🕑 is ticking! Reauthorize a clean and affordable Cap & Invest this year without costly reforms! #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/cap-and-trade
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Cap & Trade delays create uncertainty in the market, discouraging investment in programs that keep emission reductions affordable. Lawmakers shouldn't gamble with California's Cap & Trade program extension.
Legislators: stop the delay! #AffordabilityWatchCA
Legislators: stop the delay! #AffordabilityWatchCA
September 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Cap & Trade delays create uncertainty in the market, discouraging investment in programs that keep emission reductions affordable. Lawmakers shouldn't gamble with California's Cap & Trade program extension.
Legislators: stop the delay! #AffordabilityWatchCA
Legislators: stop the delay! #AffordabilityWatchCA
California's affordability crisis is out of control—now is not the time for lawmakers to gamble with our state's economy!
Legislators: Reject costly reforms and pass Governor Newsom's clean and affordable Cap & Invest! #AffordabilityWatchCA
Legislators: Reject costly reforms and pass Governor Newsom's clean and affordable Cap & Invest! #AffordabilityWatchCA
September 2, 2025 at 11:29 PM
California's affordability crisis is out of control—now is not the time for lawmakers to gamble with our state's economy!
Legislators: Reject costly reforms and pass Governor Newsom's clean and affordable Cap & Invest! #AffordabilityWatchCA
Legislators: Reject costly reforms and pass Governor Newsom's clean and affordable Cap & Invest! #AffordabilityWatchCA
Gas up to $8/gal. Higher grocery bills. Even more expensive housing and construction costs. That’s the cost of extreme Cap & Trade reforms.
Legislators: keep climate ambition realistic and affordable during Cap & Trade debate. #AffordabilityWatchCA
Legislators: keep climate ambition realistic and affordable during Cap & Trade debate. #AffordabilityWatchCA
August 28, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Gas up to $8/gal. Higher grocery bills. Even more expensive housing and construction costs. That’s the cost of extreme Cap & Trade reforms.
Legislators: keep climate ambition realistic and affordable during Cap & Trade debate. #AffordabilityWatchCA
Legislators: keep climate ambition realistic and affordable during Cap & Trade debate. #AffordabilityWatchCA
Offsets + allowances = lifelines for CA families, farmers & jobs. Without them, California risks adding fuel to the affordability crisis.
Clean air + economic stability can go hand-in-hand with a clean and affordable Cap & Trade reauthorization. #AffordabilityWatchCA
Clean air + economic stability can go hand-in-hand with a clean and affordable Cap & Trade reauthorization. #AffordabilityWatchCA
August 27, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Offsets + allowances = lifelines for CA families, farmers & jobs. Without them, California risks adding fuel to the affordability crisis.
Clean air + economic stability can go hand-in-hand with a clean and affordable Cap & Trade reauthorization. #AffordabilityWatchCA
Clean air + economic stability can go hand-in-hand with a clean and affordable Cap & Trade reauthorization. #AffordabilityWatchCA
Cap & Trade is one of the best climate tools California has, but it won’t work anymore if proposed changes bankrupt its citizens.
Stripping away offsets + allowances = higher gas, food & housing costs.
California needs climate progress and affordability. #AffordabilityWatchCA
Stripping away offsets + allowances = higher gas, food & housing costs.
California needs climate progress and affordability. #AffordabilityWatchCA
August 26, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Cap & Trade is one of the best climate tools California has, but it won’t work anymore if proposed changes bankrupt its citizens.
Stripping away offsets + allowances = higher gas, food & housing costs.
California needs climate progress and affordability. #AffordabilityWatchCA
Stripping away offsets + allowances = higher gas, food & housing costs.
California needs climate progress and affordability. #AffordabilityWatchCA
With 3.4M Californians behind on bills, shifting more costs to families worsens the affordability crisis. Instead of rewarding utility negligence, lawmakers should redirect profits, enforce oversight & invest in prevention or risk deepening voter backlash.
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Newsom, lawmakers short on options to curb California's soaring electricity costs | Opinion
Given California's budget woes, there is little Newsom and legislators can do to help reduce some of the nation's highest utility bills.
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August 21, 2025 at 4:46 PM
With 3.4M Californians behind on bills, shifting more costs to families worsens the affordability crisis. Instead of rewarding utility negligence, lawmakers should redirect profits, enforce oversight & invest in prevention or risk deepening voter backlash.
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
“California has created one of the most overregulated, expensive, and risky environments for businesses in America. It’s a system that makes it harder to employ people, harder to keep doors open, and harder to deliver value to customers.”
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Bed Bath & Beyond boss takes a shot at California, refusing to reopen stores in the state
Executive Chairman Marcus Lemonis says the state’s high costs and strict regulations make it impossible to do business there.
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August 20, 2025 at 8:56 PM
“California has created one of the most overregulated, expensive, and risky environments for businesses in America. It’s a system that makes it harder to employ people, harder to keep doors open, and harder to deliver value to customers.”
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3 months after being crowned the 4th largest economy in the world, California hit another major milestone tied for highest unemployment rate in the country!
California's affordability crisis is pushing businesses out and companies are taking jobs with them! #AffordabilityWatchCA
California's affordability crisis is pushing businesses out and companies are taking jobs with them! #AffordabilityWatchCA
July 29, 2025 at 4:01 PM
3 months after being crowned the 4th largest economy in the world, California hit another major milestone tied for highest unemployment rate in the country!
California's affordability crisis is pushing businesses out and companies are taking jobs with them! #AffordabilityWatchCA
California's affordability crisis is pushing businesses out and companies are taking jobs with them! #AffordabilityWatchCA
Sacramento politicians are going on their summer break, but California’s affordability crisis isn’t.
📉 3.4M behind on utility bills
🏘️ Highest poverty + homelessness
🧒 Crushing childcare costs
The clock is ticking for lawmakers to find solutions. #AffordabilityWatchCA
📉 3.4M behind on utility bills
🏘️ Highest poverty + homelessness
🧒 Crushing childcare costs
The clock is ticking for lawmakers to find solutions. #AffordabilityWatchCA
July 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Sacramento politicians are going on their summer break, but California’s affordability crisis isn’t.
📉 3.4M behind on utility bills
🏘️ Highest poverty + homelessness
🧒 Crushing childcare costs
The clock is ticking for lawmakers to find solutions. #AffordabilityWatchCA
📉 3.4M behind on utility bills
🏘️ Highest poverty + homelessness
🧒 Crushing childcare costs
The clock is ticking for lawmakers to find solutions. #AffordabilityWatchCA
California's farmers and food processors are drowning in red tape.
❌ Water restrictions.
❌ Labor mandates.
❌ Environmental rules.
The result? Closures, layoffs & a food supply system on the brink. Sacramento must stop the regulatory overkill. #AffordabilityWatchCA
❌ Water restrictions.
❌ Labor mandates.
❌ Environmental rules.
The result? Closures, layoffs & a food supply system on the brink. Sacramento must stop the regulatory overkill. #AffordabilityWatchCA
July 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
California's farmers and food processors are drowning in red tape.
❌ Water restrictions.
❌ Labor mandates.
❌ Environmental rules.
The result? Closures, layoffs & a food supply system on the brink. Sacramento must stop the regulatory overkill. #AffordabilityWatchCA
❌ Water restrictions.
❌ Labor mandates.
❌ Environmental rules.
The result? Closures, layoffs & a food supply system on the brink. Sacramento must stop the regulatory overkill. #AffordabilityWatchCA
⚠️ Valero & Phillips 66 are shutting down their CA refineries.
❌ 20% of CA’s refining capacity vanishing.
❌ Food producers closing statewide.
Sacramento’s regulatory overkill = higher prices + lost jobs. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/regulatory-o...
❌ 20% of CA’s refining capacity vanishing.
❌ Food producers closing statewide.
Sacramento’s regulatory overkill = higher prices + lost jobs. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/regulatory-o...
July 9, 2025 at 4:26 PM
⚠️ Valero & Phillips 66 are shutting down their CA refineries.
❌ 20% of CA’s refining capacity vanishing.
❌ Food producers closing statewide.
Sacramento’s regulatory overkill = higher prices + lost jobs. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/regulatory-o...
❌ 20% of CA’s refining capacity vanishing.
❌ Food producers closing statewide.
Sacramento’s regulatory overkill = higher prices + lost jobs. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/regulatory-o...
More than one million acres of California farmland lost in just 15 years and more than 20% of farms closed in the last decade alone.
From farm closures to food plant shutdowns, Sacramento’s red tape is crushing rural jobs. #AffordabilityWatchCA
From farm closures to food plant shutdowns, Sacramento’s red tape is crushing rural jobs. #AffordabilityWatchCA
July 7, 2025 at 8:09 PM
More than one million acres of California farmland lost in just 15 years and more than 20% of farms closed in the last decade alone.
From farm closures to food plant shutdowns, Sacramento’s red tape is crushing rural jobs. #AffordabilityWatchCA
From farm closures to food plant shutdowns, Sacramento’s red tape is crushing rural jobs. #AffordabilityWatchCA
Tom Steyer said it best:
“Climate action starts feeling like a tax on the present.”
CA leaders must stop ignoring the fallout—soaring rents, food costs, energy bills & business closures. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
“Climate action starts feeling like a tax on the present.”
CA leaders must stop ignoring the fallout—soaring rents, food costs, energy bills & business closures. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
July 2, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Tom Steyer said it best:
“Climate action starts feeling like a tax on the present.”
CA leaders must stop ignoring the fallout—soaring rents, food costs, energy bills & business closures. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
“Climate action starts feeling like a tax on the present.”
CA leaders must stop ignoring the fallout—soaring rents, food costs, energy bills & business closures. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-e...
Gas $1.50+ above U.S. avg.
Electricity 2× national avg.
Food sky-high.
Jobs disappearing.
Climate leadership has a cost—and Californians are paying it daily. Sacramento must make climate policy affordable. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/climate-poli...
Electricity 2× national avg.
Food sky-high.
Jobs disappearing.
Climate leadership has a cost—and Californians are paying it daily. Sacramento must make climate policy affordable. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/climate-poli...
July 1, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Gas $1.50+ above U.S. avg.
Electricity 2× national avg.
Food sky-high.
Jobs disappearing.
Climate leadership has a cost—and Californians are paying it daily. Sacramento must make climate policy affordable. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/climate-poli...
Electricity 2× national avg.
Food sky-high.
Jobs disappearing.
Climate leadership has a cost—and Californians are paying it daily. Sacramento must make climate policy affordable. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/climate-poli...
🚨 BREAKING: California's climate policies add to the cost of everything.
Highest gas prices in the U.S.
Electric rates up 47% in 4 years.
>3M behind on utility bills.
Without balance, climate ambition is pricing people out. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/climate-poli...
Highest gas prices in the U.S.
Electric rates up 47% in 4 years.
>3M behind on utility bills.
Without balance, climate ambition is pricing people out. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/climate-poli...
June 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
🚨 BREAKING: California's climate policies add to the cost of everything.
Highest gas prices in the U.S.
Electric rates up 47% in 4 years.
>3M behind on utility bills.
Without balance, climate ambition is pricing people out. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/climate-poli...
Highest gas prices in the U.S.
Electric rates up 47% in 4 years.
>3M behind on utility bills.
Without balance, climate ambition is pricing people out. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/climate-poli...
Cap & Trade works because it balances climate goals with cost control.
Ill-conceived changes won’t help the planet—they’ll just send gas & grocery prices skyrocketing.
Sacramento: Do your job. Reauthorize Cap & Trade without driving up costs even higher. #AffordabilityWatchCA
Ill-conceived changes won’t help the planet—they’ll just send gas & grocery prices skyrocketing.
Sacramento: Do your job. Reauthorize Cap & Trade without driving up costs even higher. #AffordabilityWatchCA
June 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Cap & Trade works because it balances climate goals with cost control.
Ill-conceived changes won’t help the planet—they’ll just send gas & grocery prices skyrocketing.
Sacramento: Do your job. Reauthorize Cap & Trade without driving up costs even higher. #AffordabilityWatchCA
Ill-conceived changes won’t help the planet—they’ll just send gas & grocery prices skyrocketing.
Sacramento: Do your job. Reauthorize Cap & Trade without driving up costs even higher. #AffordabilityWatchCA
California’s climate policies are pricey enough.
Now some want to gut Cap & Trade—the one tool that works without crushing families.
Axing offsets & free allowances = higher prices for everyone. Say NO to extreme reforms. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/cap-and-trade
Now some want to gut Cap & Trade—the one tool that works without crushing families.
Axing offsets & free allowances = higher prices for everyone. Say NO to extreme reforms. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/cap-and-trade
June 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
California’s climate policies are pricey enough.
Now some want to gut Cap & Trade—the one tool that works without crushing families.
Axing offsets & free allowances = higher prices for everyone. Say NO to extreme reforms. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/cap-and-trade
Now some want to gut Cap & Trade—the one tool that works without crushing families.
Axing offsets & free allowances = higher prices for everyone. Say NO to extreme reforms. #AffordabilityWatchCA
www.affordabilitywatchca.org/cap-and-trade
Cap & Trade is California’s most cost-effective climate policy.
Radical reforms? They’ll drive gas to $8/gallon and spike food & energy prices. In a state already drowning in costs, we can’t afford that.
Reauthorize Cap & Trade smartly—keep it affordable. #AffordabilityWatchCA
Radical reforms? They’ll drive gas to $8/gallon and spike food & energy prices. In a state already drowning in costs, we can’t afford that.
Reauthorize Cap & Trade smartly—keep it affordable. #AffordabilityWatchCA
June 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Cap & Trade is California’s most cost-effective climate policy.
Radical reforms? They’ll drive gas to $8/gallon and spike food & energy prices. In a state already drowning in costs, we can’t afford that.
Reauthorize Cap & Trade smartly—keep it affordable. #AffordabilityWatchCA
Radical reforms? They’ll drive gas to $8/gallon and spike food & energy prices. In a state already drowning in costs, we can’t afford that.
Reauthorize Cap & Trade smartly—keep it affordable. #AffordabilityWatchCA
"Polluters pay" mandates and costly Cap & Trade proposals may satisfy climate activists—but they’ll crush small businesses and low-income families.
Sacramento must reject costly reforms. #AffordabilityWatchCA
affordabilitywatchca.org/cap-and-trade
Sacramento must reject costly reforms. #AffordabilityWatchCA
affordabilitywatchca.org/cap-and-trade
June 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Polluters pay" mandates and costly Cap & Trade proposals may satisfy climate activists—but they’ll crush small businesses and low-income families.
Sacramento must reject costly reforms. #AffordabilityWatchCA
affordabilitywatchca.org/cap-and-trade
Sacramento must reject costly reforms. #AffordabilityWatchCA
affordabilitywatchca.org/cap-and-trade