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Originally Posted by H2O_Doc
This is correct and has a lot to do with the NAAQS (federal air quality standards). It isn't at all about getting more money out of people. I know that's what some want to believe, and in a way it is related to money (highway dollars and other forms of federal $), but not the way some think. On some environmental things, CA is stricter than federal standards and that is a matter of choice.
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Young people probably don't remember LA air quality through the 80's. Since it isn't terrible anymore, then smog testing must just be for the money..
If people want to know what LA used to be like, they should visit Beijing in summer now.