So awesome. The Democratic Senator trying to gut CEQA abruptly resigns…to take a job at Chevron:
State Sen. Michael Rubio announced today that he is resigning from the state Legislature and taking a job directing California governmental affairs for Chevron Corporation.
One of the upper house’s most moderate members, Rubio was leading a push to overhaul the California Environmental Quality Act. He was named chair of the Environmental Quality Committee last year and has worked closely with Senate President Pro Tem Darrell Steinberg on drafting legislation for the upcoming session.
Oh, and this also means the Democrats lose their 2/3 super-majority.
Systemic Failure 
I don’t know about Rubio but CEQA needs to change. Every major transit project in LA is facing bogus CEQA lawsuits, and if any are successful it will drive construction costs way up. Meanwhile, if you want to frack in Baldwin Hills…
The supermajority will be back next election. It’s goot to get rid of goofballs like this. “Moderate”, when applied to a Democrat, means “corporate sellout”. Consistently.