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Are Green Cars Toys for the Rich in California?

Hosted by Warren Olney Sep. 18, 2014
Subsidies and tax breaks have made California the nation’s leader in zero emission vehicles. But electric cars are concentrated in the wealthiest places—with the cleanest air. Would a new law get working people in polluted neighborhoods in on the deals?

Subsidies and tax breaks have made California the nation’s leader in zero emission vehicles. But electric cars are concentrated in the wealthiest places—with the cleanest air. Would a new law get working people in polluted neighborhoods in on the deals?

Also, concealed weapons are booming in Orange County. Who’s packing in public?

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From this Episode:

Are Green Cars Toys for the Rich?

California has more electric cars than any place else in the nation, partly because of generous subsidies. But the money from rebates and tax breaks goes to the state’s...

11 min

A Rush to Bear Arms in Orange County

For the most part, California has abstained from the national trend toward carrying weapons in public. But KCRW’s Saul Gonzalez found that’s not the case in one important...

9 min

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Warren Olney

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