It only took a few years of living in Petaluma, where much of "American Grafitti" was shot, to just get over car culture, and to start to see classic car nostalgia as propaganda for the smell of gasoline and so many automobile deaths. Anyway: Governor Newsom visits Jay Leno’s Garage to sign legislation celebrating and preserving California’s classic car and lowrider heritage https://www.gov.ca.gov/2026/09/16/governor-newsom-visits-jay-lenos-garage-to-sign-legislation-celebrating-and-preserving-californias-classic-car-and-lowrider-heritage/