Woke elites hate the widespread accessibility of private transportation in America because it is a form of freedom and a way of avoiding excessive government control. These facts about cars are precisely why, at both the national and state levels, elitists are always looking for new ways to regulate and sabotage the car industry. It has nothing to do with safety or efficiency, and everything to do with desire for total control.
Spencer Pratt, the registered Republican who was cheated out of his place in the Los Angeles mayoral election runoff thanks to Democratic politicians' fraud, made a very incisive point while criticizing new California tire regulations. The reason for Pratt’s observation was the report below:
California is the first state in the nation to pass new tire efficiency standards. The California Energy Commission says raising the standards will help give cars better fuel efficiency, but tire manufacturers disagree saying it'll push up the cost of tires
— KFI AM 640 (@KFIAM640) August 19, 2026
Calling the regulations “efficiency standards” is Orwellian newspeak. It is a way of pretending that California Democrats are acting on behalf of the people when they are really acting against the people‘s interests — which, as my Republican California relatives recently observed, the state’s politicians seem to be experts at doing.
Pratt accurately stated, “California doesn't do these things for ‘efficiency’, and the cost increase isn't an unfortunate side effect... it's the whole point. CA leaders deliberately make driving financially painful with the goal of forcing you onto public transport. They brag about it in legislation.”
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In 2025, California officials advanced multiple bills related to transportation, including “cap-and-trade” regulations that make gas so expensive, “fast tracking” housing projects near public transit, and allowing technically code-breaking densities of housing near public transit. The Institute of Transportation Studies, which tried to pretend that all of these changes were wonderful news for ending the fake climate crisis, also celebrated:
Governor Newsom also signed several transit-related bills. SB 71, California Environmental Quality Act exemptions for transit projects: extends the sunset for existing streamlining of the state-mandated environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for public transportation and bike and pedestrian infrastructure projects that reduce car dependency.
Notice the emphasis on reducing car dependency, which really means reducing the affordability and practicability of having cars for all but the elites. Gavin Newsom is never going to switch entirely over to public transit; he just expects all the peons to do so.
California elites have the same goals as the United Nations and World Economic Forum globalists who drafted the plans to eliminate all private transportation — and private property — for ordinary citizens by 2030. The elites use various excuses, including environmentalism, efficiency, and safety, but the real reason is always connected to a desire for less freedom and fewer property owners.
