CALIFORNIA'S REGULATORY IMPULSE, CONT'D
The latest example of California's propensity to turn every perceived problem into a new law (or, in this case, a bill that could become a new law). The latest crisis: too many AOL CDs in the mail.
Again, the problem is not the particular bill, which is a trivial solution to a trivial offense. The problem is systematic. If you pass a new regulation every time some citizen finds something he or she doesn't like, pretty soon you have a terrible place that discourages enterprise--and encourages exit.