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Federal action is only needed if they choose to go with PDT year-round rather than PST.

• deleted 8y ago
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• dragonwriter 8y ago
  Right, but permanent daylight time is the whole motivation; reading the history and analysis of AB 807 (which put this on the ballot) as it went through the legislature is instructive.
• bluejekyll 8y ago
  IANAL, but, I think they could also choose MST as a replacement without federal action (from some other comments I've read on the matter)
  • dragonwriter 8y ago
    No, the feds set the zone boundaries; states can't switch zones without federal action. There's been some suggestions that it might be easier for a state to get moved to a different zone rather than getting a permanent daylight exception (I think the former may be doable by regulation, while the latter definitely takes Congress.)
  • mbreese 8y ago
    Time zones are set by the DOT, so any change like this likely requires federal action... https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/procedure-moving-area-one-time-zone-another https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/procedure-moving-... Now, not respecting Daylight Savings Time is another matter entirely, and I believe that California could decide to be permanently in PST w/o the approval of the DOT. What they can't do is change the dates for DST or decide to always observe it (which would effectively end up creating a new time zone). https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/daylight-saving-time https://www.transportation.gov/regulations/daylight-saving-t...
• bonzini 8y ago
  But that wouldn't make sense, as it would put California four hours behind EDT during the summer, adding to the problem rather than removing.
  • sparky_z 8y ago
    I'm not sure which "problem" you're referring to exactly, but I don't think it's the same problem that the supporters of this law are trying to solve.