In what appears to be intentional amnesia, the California Legislature and Governor Schwarzenegger appear committed to mandating yet another round of subsidies for and required use of solar energy. The legislation, SB 1, appears unstoppable, and in one supportive yet typical editorial is described here. What seems to always be forgotten or miscast are a) renewables already receive HIGHER levels of subsidies compared to traditional energy sources, when measured on an output basis b) solar energy has benefited from over thirty years of similar programs yet can never quite grow up—every mandate and subsidy program has said it would wean solar from the need for government support -- in California alone support has totaled several billions of dollars from taxpayers and ratepayers and c) paying for almost half of the cost of systems using taxpayer dollars has not and cannot drive the price down in a mandatory-use program. Of course the fact that the equipment for such systems is imported from foreign countries is always forgotten as well.