Assemblyman Chad Mayes of Yucca Valley, who was the Assembly Republican leader last year, received a 12-day study trip to England and Ireland worth $12,291 from the California Foundation on the Environment and Economy. That organization has reported receiving financing from Chevron Corp., Tesoro and Shell, as well as the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers. That's significant because he was among the champions of a bill last year that extended the cap-and-trade climate change program but limited air quality regulators from adopting carbon-cutting rules for refineries, a big win for the oil industry.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 03, 2018 08:03 UTC