Ifuna ukwenza ngcono ukuphepha komphakathi olwandle oluphakeme, isikhulu sephalamende sethule umthethosivivinywa ngoLwesihlanu ozodinga ukuthi imikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi esuka emachwebeni aseCalifornia ibe nesikhulu sokuthula.
Uma lesi sinyathelo sidlula, iCalifornia izoba nemithetho yezwe eqinile kakhulu embonini eyizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingama-35.7, esibhekwe yiCongress kanye nomphakathi ngemuva kwezigameko eziningi eziphakeme zabantu abalahlekile, abagibeli abagibele emanzini kanye nokuhlukunyezwa ngokocansi eminyakeni yamuva.
"Sinabaphathi bezindiza ezindizeni ezinabagibeli abangamakhulu ambalwa, kodwa akekho umuntu ogibela imikhumbi ophindwe ka-10 inani labagibeli," kusho uSen. Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto), umbhali webhili.
Amaphoyisa okuthula, amaholo azo azoxhaswa ngemali engu-$1 ngosuku, azosebenza njengonjiniyela basolwandle abanelayisensi yokuqapha ukuthotshelwa kwemithetho yezemvelo uSimitian ayiqhakambisa.
Imikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi iqasha ezazo izikhulu zezokuphepha, kodwa ngokwandayo, abenzi bomthetho nezikhulu zomthetho bayazibuza ukuthi ngabe lokho kwanele yini. Amakomidi amancane e-Congressional abambe ukulalelwa kokuthi imboni izisingatha kanjani izehlakalo ezingaba zobugebengu kanye nezikhalazo emadolobheni abo antantayo.
"Ezokuphepha zisebenzela umzila wokuhamba ngomkhumbi - hhayi abagibeli hhayi umphakathi," kusho uSimitian. “Kunokungqubuzana okungokwemvelo phakathi kwezinhloso zokusebenzelana nomphakathi zomqashi kanye nezidingo zokuphepha komphakathi zomgibeli.”
Izikhulu zemboni zimile kwelokuthi imikhumbi yazo iphephile futhi iphikisana nemizamo yakamuva yokulawula. Abakasithathi isikhundla ngomthetho kaSimitian.
"Asikwazi ukunikeza noma yimiphi imibono ngalo mthetho kuze kube yilapho sesithole ithuba lokuwubuyekeza," kusho u-Eric Ruff, okhulumela i-Cruise Lines International Assn.
Imboni yezokuvakasha yaseCalifornia engu-$1.9-billion, enamachweba eLong Beach, eLos Angeles, eSan Francisco naseSan Diego, imele cishe u-14% wohambo lwase-US. Sebebonke, abagibeli abangaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-1.2 bangena eCalifornia ngo-2006.
Umthethosivivinywa kaSimitian wakhela phezu komthetho wangaphambilini awubhala owenqabela imikhumbi ekushiseni udoti noma ukulahla udaka lwendle noma imfucumfucu eyingozi phakathi kwamamayela amathathu ogwini lombuso. Umthethosivivinywa wakamuva ufaniswe nohlelo lwabaqaphi bezilwandle e-Alaska, lapho abavoti bagunyaza khona uhlelo lokuvota olwalwelwa kanzima ngo-2006 lokufaka unjiniyela wezemvelo onelayisensi ye-Coast Guard emikhunjini yokuhamba ngomkhumbi.
"Umgomo uwukuba nonogada wasolwandle kulo lonke elase-West Coast, ngoba imikhumbi ehamba ngomkhumbi ibuyela emuva naphambili phakathi kwamachweba," kusho uGershon Cohen we-Earth Island Institute, inhlangano yezokongiwa kwemvelo.
Kukhona abaqaphi basolwandle “e-Alaska, kodwa basengalahla eCalifornia, Oregon naseBritish Columbia futhi ubani ozokwazi?” UCohen wengeza. "Unenqubomgomo yokukhipha iqanda e-California, kodwa awazi ukuthi ukhona yini okwenzayo ngoba akukho mthetho futhi ayikho indlela yokuqapha ukuthotyelwa kwemithetho."
U-Kendall Carver, umongameli kanye nomsunguli we-International Cruise Victims, okuyiqembu elicele ukulawulwa kombuso embonini, uthe inhlangano yakhe iwujabulele lo mthethosivivinywa. “Lesi kungaba yisinyathelo esihle esiya phambili.”
Ukulalelwa kwe-Congressional mayelana nokuphepha komkhumbi kukhanyise iqiniso lokuthi abasebenzi bemikhumbi yemikhumbi abaqeqeshelwe ukuphenya ubugebengu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, izinsuku zingadlula phakathi lapho ubugebengu obusolwa benziwa emkhunjini nalapho umkhumbi ufika echwebeni futhi uphenyo olusemthethweni lungaqala. Ubufakazi bungangcoliswa, uma buqoqwe nhlobo.
U-Laurie Dishman, isakhamuzi sase-Sacramento owabika ngokudlwengulwa emkhunjini i-Royal Caribbean owawuya e-Cabo San Lucas, e-Mexico, usuka e-Long Beach, wethula ubufakazi ngaphambi kwe-US Congress ngonyaka odlule mayelana nokucelwa ukuba aqoqe ubufakazi bakhe.
"Sekuzophela cishe unyaka manje sengethula ubufakazi phambi kweCongress," kusho uDishman kuleli sonto.
"Esikhathini sonyaka, imboni yezokuvakasha ayenzanga lutho ukukhombisa iCongress noma yimuphi wethu izisulu ukuthi bazokwenza izinguquko."
Odabeni luka-Dishman, yize enamanxeba entanyeni, alikho icala elivulelwe umsolwa owayemhlasele, unogada osebenzela umkhumbi.
Isikhulu soxolo sizoqinisekisa ukuthi ubugebengu obubikiwe busingathwa ngendlela efanele emkhunjini ngaphandle kokuphazanyiswa abameli bomkhumbi noma abanye abasebenzi umsebenzi wabo oyinhloko uwukuvikela inkampani, kusho u-Dishman.
“Le yindlela abantu abazokwazi ngayo ukushushiswa ngobugebengu,” kusho yena.
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