When a restaurant open only for dinner has to shut down for a night, it affects dozens of employees and could sink the entire business. With streetlights affected by blackouts, traffic also is affected and that hurts businesses that depend on commuters. We already have criticized state lawmakers for being shortsighted in moving the state into disastrous deregulation. But the Legislature and Governor Davis better get moving on some solutions or this summer will be really hot for them. KNX knows Southern California's economy cannot survive wave after wave of blackouts.
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