California Governor Gavin Newsom’s 2020 Executive Order (AB1346) is aimed at banning the sale of internal combustion engine-powered vehicles by 2035. It also included banning smaller gas-powered equipment irrelevant to transport, such as gas-powered pressure washers and other industrial cleaning equipment, lawn equipment, generators, golf carts and other off-road equipment that contribute to CO2 emissions. 

While we support the goal of seeking ways for California to have a greener future, this significantly impacts small businesses that focus on the production and sales of these products, including North Bay Equipment and Hotsy Pacific, which have been serving our communities for over 35 years. Pressure washers are an integral part of companies, schools and municipalities cleaning, sanitizing and maintaining their premises to ensure safe and clean environments for the public, children and employees. 

We ask you to please reach out to your State representatives and ask them to realize that a “blanket elimination” of small gas engines is not a constructive solution, and to permit exceptions to the new rules. Tell them that you don’t support a one-size-fits-all approach and ask them to realize the damage it will cause to small businesses, the jobs they provide, and the economic contributions they make to their communities. 

You can find your State Representative here.