Do you own EGO? I didn’t think so, might want Utube electric blower comparison’s.
So, you can’t feather the throttle to control air mass volume? I could with my stihl.

Depends on it Amish life style takes off. :)

When I moved to Los Altos, CA 30 years ago the town had already banned gas leaf blowers. Pockets of California have been moving away from gas powered yard equipment for decades. Landscapers adjusted.

This would certainly put a lot yard maintenance workers here out of a job.
:boxing2::ohdear:

Our lawn guy hardly ever arrives before 9 A.M.
If I'm not out of bed by 5 A.M. my wife rolls over and asks me if I'm sick...
:bigbow::bigbow:

once what was a great State has degenerated into stupidity. Which is why people and businesses are leaving in droves. I would never ever live there

Those posts were previously removed.

True!
 

At what size does this rule apply? Are commercial business or government entities exempt? Roadside mowing, brush clearing, forestry? How deep and twisted is this rabbit hole?

Got to admit I don't like the " rrrp rrrp rrrp" of weed whackers and blowers when trying to enjoy breakfast on the lanai every day. ???

I don't know when you last lived in CA, but nothing you said was correct. The Bluest part of the state are the coastal areas, including the cities like L.A. and SF/Bay Area that have the biggest populations. Red areas would be Central Valley, the northern counties and eastern suburbs of Sacramento. Orange County, where I grew up and where my sister still lives, was always Red until the last couple of election cycles. You can chalk that up to demographic changes, and not only those coming from south of the border. A lot of other ethnic groups who traditionally vote Democrat.

The recent exodus out of California was purely ideological, including myself and several other members of my own family. The numbers of those who migrated out of CA are actually much higher than news reports because they took them from the 2020 census which finalized its tally in May 2020. Most people I know have left since then. There's also been a huge migration within the state with residents leaving the high priced, crime-ridden dysfunctional areas for more politically balanced and well-run cities and counties which also have less expensive housing and offer a more traditional lifestyle for families. The Washington Post did a big article a couple of months ago about this phenomenon.

Orange county and San Diego are examples of large population centers that were reliably red in the recent past

All of the folks that use landscapers are going to be screaming when they get their bill after the switch is made to electric tools.
Any tool or multiple tools that can operate 8 or 9 hours a day will be very costly.
Can you guess who will be paying for them?

I was in a hurry and answered this too quickly, given the thoughtful reply to my original comment.

I grew up and spent the first 64 years of my 71 years in Northern California. In the SF Bay Area for 50 of them, the Sierra Nevada Foothills after that. We thought of Southern California as another state, it was so different. And, they rooted for the Dodgers, which is pretty much unforgivable.
I know many people, both family and work related, who left California for more affordable areas or because they were transferred, but I can honestly say I do not know anyone who left because of a perceived liberalization of the populace or an invasion from Mexico, or too many homeless, or crazy rules cooked up by the state government, etc. And, regardless of where we lived, I always worked in downtown SF, so I know about the homeless situation at least up to 2014 or so.
Southern California went through a bigger transition in turning blue, but I contend that it was the hard, hard right turn of the Right more than (or at least as much as) the left turn of the Left. I could be wrong - I did not live there, It's just my observations.

I lived in both So Cal and Nor Cal and have seen many changes both places. Initially, the first big migration out of California started in the late 1990's/early 2000's when home prices started to really go up, culminating in the real estate crash of 2008. People were moving to Texas, Idaho, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon (until it became too much like CA) even Tennessee and the Carolinas. Some didn't like the political direction it was headed, regardless of who was governor, because of the encroaching burden of regulation and accompanying taxes and fees, which can be considerable. Others wanted more house/land for their money, although in places like TX property taxes are higher than CA.

So Cal began to shift blue in the past 20 years or more. It's from demographic changes taking place over that time period ranging from conservative-minded people leaving the state, to older voters (mostly white) who were the Reaganites and John Birch types passing away and being replaced by younger voters who had different life experiences, were more likely to be college educated and liberal/open minded about societal changes, and also an big influx of immigrants, legal or not. The statistics bear this out - "people of color" now are the majority .

Not only were some Hispanics becoming citizens under the various amnesty programs, and then could vote, but their kids that born here were automatically American citizens, so it's not so much those who come here legally or illegally, as they may never attain citizenship, it's the generations that follow. The future is what demographic changes are all about. Also, So Cal has a large population of Vietnamese/Asian (except for Koreans who tend to vote GOP) and Middle Eastern/Muslims and they are Democrat voters.

And that's your Sociology 101 lesson for today :icon_wink: :laugh:

yea let's go electric.. wait until you see what that costs.....

My solar powered car.
 

Solar powered engine for smooth and silent driving. Solar powered heat when it's cold. Solar powered air conditioning for when it's hot. And solar powered headlights for driving at night.

We are so, so happy you left.

Can't wait to see solar planes.

and a 200 mile range.. I should by 2 or more.. ridiculous

Studies indicate the major reasons people leave California are absurd housing costs, and very high taxes. Add to that wildfires, high traffic volumes and congestion and earthquakes.

I don't live in California -

Solar Impulse 2
 

While my post about my solar car was tongue in cheek, the truth is Solar Impulse 2 (a plane) made a trip around the world back in 2016. It CAN be done, but not practical yet. Seldom, if ever, is new tech practical in its infancy. But, maybe, someday there will be a practical application.