Do you work in refineries? I have worked in Bay Area refineries for 14 years and the majority of the work force is non-union California residents. Turnarounds and large projects are generally the only time that out of state contractors come into the plants and generally speaking, they are contractors that exclusively work turnarounds and are typically far more experienced and trained than daily maintenance contractors.

Now they say, you need more high paying union jobs. If Cheveron closed up shop it would wipe out West Contra Costa County. Think about that. Many minorites in West Contra Costa County work in the energy industy.

As you tax the energy industry out of state you lose thousands of super high paying jobs and that will ofset any carbon tax income across the board, local and state. In addtion your carbon tax income will go down becasue these companies can build a plant in Mexico and ship CARB fuel here.