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Two Texas oil companies are bankrolling an effort to effectively repeal California’s air pollution and clean energy standards through ballot proposition 23. Supporters of Prop.23 call it the “California Jobs Initiative”, and argue that California’s environmental standards inhibit job growth. The ballot initiative suspends the provisions put in place four years ago by California Assembly Bill 32. Prop. 23 would suspend AB 32 until California’s unemployment rate dips and holds steady at 5.5% for a full year. The No on 23 campaign says this has only happened three times in the last 40 years and warns that this suspension would become a de facto repeal of environmental protections. In August California’s unemployment rate was at 12.4%. Last week the Sacramento Bee reported that Republican Gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman has taken a position against Prop. 23, but said she would suspend AB 32 for at least one year. She reasoned that, “While green jobs are an important and growing part of our state’s economic future, we cannot forget the other 97% of jobs in key sectors like manufacturing, agriculture, transportation and energy.” <\/p>\n