Will Trump save California from its impending tow truck apocalypse?

Published February 28, 2025 4:55am ET



If you’ve ever blown out a transmission on a rural highway, had a rock puncture your radiator on a gravel road, or just gotten into an accident on an interstate, you know what a lifesaver tow trucks can be.

But now, in the state once more synonymous with car driving than any other, tow trucks are in danger of becoming a thing of the past — unless President Donald Trump comes in and saves the Democratic Party from another one of its epic regulatory blunders.

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