Despite all the heated rhetoric and lawsuit filed by California over U.S. DOT cutting $40 million in Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program (MCSAP) funding from the state for not enforcing minimal English standards for commercial drivers at roadside, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) has begun to actually enforce the decades old regulation (§ 391.11 (b)(2) […]
In order to keep membership fees, trucking supply costs, and enrollment fees as low as possible, WSTA and AADT is now charging a 3% processing fee on all credit card transactions as of December 1st, 2025. We encourage our members and clients to use alternative payment methods to avoid additional costs. We also accept checks […]
In the October 14th, 2025 WSTA newsletter we linked to an article that stated Gov. Newsom signed into law a bill sponsored by labor that would require the Ports of LA and LB to collect specific information from trucking companies and independent contractors about their businesses. In fact, on the day that article was published, […]
SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today announced that California Air Resources Board (CARB) Chair Liane Randolph will be retiring from state service effective September 30, 2025 and named Senior Advisor to the Governor for Climate Lauren Sanchez to serve as the next CARB Chair. “Serving the public has been the honor of a lifetime and […]
The WSTA signed onto an industry letter urging CARB to modify its Corporate Greenhouse Gas Reporting and Climate Related Risk Disclosure regulations. While the regulation doesn’t directly affect small entities, indirectly it will as effected entities will require those, they do business with to supply them with the necessary data to complete their reporting requirements.
Here you can read the full complaint and exhibits A and B from the lawsuit brought by four top truck makers against the CARB and Gavin Newsom.
Seventeen businesses, environmental advocates and public health organizations on Monday sent a letter to North America’s truck and engine manufacturers urging them to remain committed to the Clean Truck Partnership (CTP) agreed to in 2023… There is, however, debate over the validity of the agreement now that the Advanced Clean Trucks and CARB’s Omnibus regulations have […]
