EPA: Enable Polluters Act

When I moved to Elay in the 70s, on "smog days" the authorities would urge you to "[s]tay inside, don't move around too much and drive as little as possible;" you couldn't walk barefoot on the beach for all the tar balls and hypodermic needles; and there was a cancer epidemic among lifeguards (from the water, not the sun). Now the ocean is mostly safe and, according to the South Coast Air Quality Management District, there have been no Stage 1 smog alerts since 2003, no Stage 2 alerts since 1988, and the last Stage 3 alert was in 1974. This is a must-watch.
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