California: Initiative sparks protest at refinery
A rally urging residents to vote no on Proposition 23 drew a crowd of about 100 to a Wilmington park late Thursday afternoon, ending in a protest march to a nearby refinery. The Nov. 2 state ballot measure would suspend California’s 2006 Global Warming Solutions Act - Assembly Bill 32 - until unemployment rates fall to 5.5 percent or lower. Currently, California’s unemployment rate stands at 12.4 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.