California Nonsense
Share Your Favorite Government Nonsense
From cataloging bees as fish so that the state could regulate them, to building a train to nowhere at ten times its promised cost, California has a huge collection of nonsense projects, all fostered by government. Submit your entry to this growing list here; we’ll select a winner at the end of the year.
Self-Checkout Ban
California Senate Bill 1446 forbids automatic check-out kiosks in grocery stores unless there is a store employee monitoring them, one for every two kiosks, and...
Bees Are Fish: California Court
“‘Although the term fish is colloquially and commonly understood to refer to aquatic species, the term of art employed by the Legislature in the definition of fish in...
Meatloaf Transport
Not just California, but across the nation, over-regulation by government has led to burdens on business and just plain silly laws, like forbidding transporting meat...
Federal Tea Board, Popcorn Board, Mushroom Council and Others
As written in the April 2024 edition of Reason Magazine, it has taken a century to kill the Federal Tea Board, which was an unnecessary and pointless program from its...
Multi-billion Double Express Lanes
The multi-billion double express lanes in OC took away the HOV lanes making traffic only worse. Very few people use the costly two express lanes while the HOV-less...
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