The California Capitol in Sacramento had a surprise guest this week, as comedian Jay Leno made an appearance on Tuesday. The former “Tonight Show” host was there in support of Senate Bill 712, which would revise the state’s current smog check exemption to cover more classic cars.
Leno is well known as an avid automobile collector and in his remarks, he didn’t mince words about how the state’s (majority-Democrat) government let high costs run the movie business out of California. He said he doesn’t want to see the same thing happen to the businesses that service these treasures on wheels. More on that in a minute.
His appearance came at the invitation of state Senator Shannon Grove (R-Bakersfield), who wrote the SB 712 bill. She explained, “We’re trying to bring back the old rolling exemption for a 35-year exemption to exclude classic cars.”
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