(KTLA) — The Trump administration has filed a lawsuit in opposition to California, alleging that three state legal guidelines are the rationale behind rising egg costs within the Golden State.
“The State of California has contributed to the historic rise in egg costs by imposing pointless crimson tape on the manufacturing of eggs. By a mix of voter initiatives, legislative enactments, and laws, California has successfully prevented farmers throughout the nation from utilizing quite a lot of agricultural manufacturing strategies which have been in widespread use — and which helped maintain eggs inexpensive,” the lawsuit said.
The go well with targets three state legal guidelines, AB 1437, Proposition 2, and Proposition 12.
Prop 2, a statewide poll measure voters handed in 2008, created welfare mandates for cattle resembling egg-laying hens, and AB 1437 regulates egg high quality for human consumption. The administration argues that the legal guidelines work in tandem to depress egg manufacturing and drive up costs.
The go well with additionally calls out Prop. 12, handed by voters in 2018, which requires particular minimum-space necessities for chickens and different cattle.
The administration additionally argues that regulating egg manufacturing falls beneath the federal authorities’s area, citing a 1970 federal legislation.
There was no point out of the chicken flu. An outbreak of the illness earlier this 12 months hiked prices up nationwide.
Gov. Gavin Newsom’s (D) press workplace poked enjoyable on the go well with with a post on X, claiming President Donald Trump is “again to his favourite passion: blaming California for actually the whole lot.”
“Subsequent up: @CAGovernor Gavin Newsom brought about the autumn of Rome and despatched the asteroid that worn out the dinosaurs,” the put up continued.