To: The California State House, The California State Senate, and Governor Gavin Newsom
End Daylight Saving Time in California NOW
Tell Legislators that California should join Hawaii, Arizona, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands and STAY ON STANDARD TIME PERMANENTLY just like they all have for decades.
Why is this important?
The sole original purpose of DST was energy conservation for the war effort a hundred years ago. That purpose has been rendered completely obsolete now. With modern use of LED and fluorescent lights, plus air conditioning that didn’t exist back then, it is now actually MORE costly to stay on DST -- this was proven when Indiana switched to it. We voters did not approve Prop 7 so that we could waste more energy! “Springing forward and falling back” is both unhealthy and dangerous because people need time to adapt slowly to the natural seasonal changes, as they do now in places which stay on Standard Time.
It is a myth that DST "creates" more daylight for shopping and recreation. It does no such thing. Here's the truth: Extra daylight for those summer activities is already caused naturally by the change of the season -- but in a gradual manner that does not cause accidents and sleep deprivation. The same is true in the winter – when we keep Standard Time all year, the winter days will get shorter slowly, so we will no longer have the spike in depression caused by it getting dark too fast. And remember, on year-round Standard time we will keep the lighter mornings in winter which kids need for going to school safely.
Federal law already allows all states to opt out of DST. The voters approved this opt-out last fall. There is nothing more we need to wait for to fix this problem which everybody complains about every single year. In November of 2019 when we “fall back”, let’s stay there for good.
It is a myth that DST "creates" more daylight for shopping and recreation. It does no such thing. Here's the truth: Extra daylight for those summer activities is already caused naturally by the change of the season -- but in a gradual manner that does not cause accidents and sleep deprivation. The same is true in the winter – when we keep Standard Time all year, the winter days will get shorter slowly, so we will no longer have the spike in depression caused by it getting dark too fast. And remember, on year-round Standard time we will keep the lighter mornings in winter which kids need for going to school safely.
Federal law already allows all states to opt out of DST. The voters approved this opt-out last fall. There is nothing more we need to wait for to fix this problem which everybody complains about every single year. In November of 2019 when we “fall back”, let’s stay there for good.