“They didn’t do shit” The world evolved with less plotting cars, some by mandate, some by innovation.
You would be mistaken. They regulated businesses into oblivion - anything emitting volatile compounds was at first required to be permitted, and then they ratcheted requirements down so hard businesses complied, shuttered or moved. Fireplaces are all but banned. Burn wood in one? Yeah, that might be a death penalty offense. Gas fireplaces may be ok though? Print shops I worked at first started getting scrutiny in the early 80s. Print shops you ask? Lots of volatile organics in use there: Press wash, strippers, deglazing compounds, etc.
So yeah, they did lots of shit - all off it detrimental or costly to businesses. And you can thank these guys for it all.
Don’t reallize. Mainly because I haven’t been to cali since like 1997.
Fuck it into the ocean.
Visited it once or twice a year up to 2015 when we moved Dad out of there. It is an over regulated, festering shithole for sure.