There is no issue too small,  no detail too obscure, and no topic too far outside the scope of legitimate government to escape the scrutiny of the Californian nanny state. To wit (Hat-tip: Overlawyered):

…[N]ext Monday … a committee will ponder a labor union-backed bill mandating the use of fitted bottom sheets in all hotel rooms.

The way union leaders see it, such sheets – common in households across America but far less so in hotels – will help ease the backbreaking work that defines a housekeeper’s job. Hoteliers, who say the mandate could cost the industry $20 million statewide, call it a ridiculous, unnecessary piece of legislation that is sidetracking politicians from far more pressing work like balancing the state budget.

Besides tackling the issue of fitted sheets, the bill also calls for the use of long-handled mops so that housekeepers do not have to get down on their hands and knees to clean bathroom floors.

This will cost money:

San Diego hotel operators insist that if using fitted bottom sheets cut down on worker injuries, they’d be the first to embrace them. Trouble is, the expensive equipment the lodging industry uses to press and fold linens is not designed to accommodate unwieldy, elasticized sheets that are difficult to fold and iron.

The machines, which at a minimum cost $60,000, can run into the hundreds of thousands of dollars, say hotel operators.

These costs will be passed on to consumers, which will mean higher costs for already financially exasperated Californians, as well as out of state tourists, many of whom will be turned away by the higher costs, depressing the Californian economy. s it any wonder that Texas is cleaning their clock?