As Daylight Saving Time approaches, one California lawmaker wants to make it permanent

When Californians set their clocks forward for Daylight Saving Time this Sunday, one California lawmaker argues the change should be permanent.

Assemblyman Kansen Chu, D-San Jose, on Thursday introduced a resolution calling on Congress and President Donald Trump to allow California to switch to permanent Daylight Saving Time.

That’s in line with what a majority of Californians want. In 2018, they voted to approve Proposition 7, giving the Legislature permission to make the switch to Daylight Saving Time permanent, provided Congress is on board.

“I am committed to ending the harmful practice of switching our clocks twice a year and delivering on the voter’s decision at the ballot box in support of Proposition 7,” Chu said in a previous statement announcing his intent to introduce a resolution. “Californians have spoken, and we must end this archaic practice once and for all.”

Trump may be on board with such a move. He tweeted in 2019 that “Making Daylight Saving Time permanent is O.K. with me!”

A resolution isn’t Chu’s only approach to putting an end to Californians’ biannual clock-changing exercise.

The assemblyman also authored Assembly Bill 7, which would make the change to permanent Daylight Saving Time, if the state gets the go-ahead from Congress.

Chu pulled and amended AB 7 last year, and the bill is set to be heard soon, according to a spokeswoman for the assemblyman’s office.

This story was originally published March 5, 2020 at 1:41 PM.