The BAAD Decision to Ban All Gas Appliances and Why We Need To Link Arms To Fight This!
Today I was at the rally and press conference in the South Bay, standing with business owners, homeowners, taxpayers, and community leaders who are tired of being steamrolled by decisions we never voted on and never had a real say in.
The proposed gas‑appliance ban, set to hit all nine Bay Area counties in January 2027, didn’t come from the voters. It didn’t come from the public. It came from BAAD, the Bay Area Air District, a board made up of appointed officials from each of the nine bay area counties. These are not people the public elected to make sweeping decisions about what we can or cannot use in our own homes and businesses. Yet here we are, facing a mandate that will cost families and employers thousands of dollars.
Today’s event was organized by the Silicon Valley Business Alliance, the Business and Housing Network, the Alameda & Silicon Valley County Taxpayers Associations, and many other groups who see exactly what’s coming: massive costs, forced electrical upgrades, and no clear benefit. Speaker after speaker said the same thing, this rule will hit small businesses and homeowners the hardest, and many simply won’t survive it.
People were emotional. Frustrated. Worried. Determined. And united in one message: this should not move forward without the public’s voice.
There is a major meeting in San Francisco on Wednesday, May 6, and if we don’t show up, loudly, visibly, and in numbers, this rule will slide through without the people who will pay for it ever being heard.
This is the moment to get loud, link arms and refuse to be ignored.
If we don’t fight this now, we’ll be living with the consequences for decades.
And just for the record, gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton has said that if he is elected governor, he will disband agencies run by unelected bureaucrats who create and impose regulations like this on Californians, by executive order, on day one!
