Gov. Gray Davis has asked Californians to cut back on their consumption by 7 percent, but Davis gave no guidelines on just how his 7 percent solution will work. Apparently, turning off exterior lighting will do nothing at all, if you use the San Francisco skyline at night as a representative indicator. Driving home over the Bay Bridge, I see San Francisco lit up like the proverbial Christmas tree. The Bank of America colors blaze brightly over its sponsored clock tower, and Pac Bell Park is clearly identified to all who gaze in that direction, despite the fact that nothing is going on at the park in the evening. Hotels and other companies with fat wallets continue to light up the sky with advertising, not to mention the ubiquitous billboards that line every street.
News reports say donations are still funneling into Sacramento.
Problem is, they don't have to comply until March 15, six weeks from the date the law was signed.