SACRAMENTO – The week, Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (Yuba City) filed an amicus brief with the California Supreme Court, opposing the lawsuit brought by Governor Newsom and Democratic Legislative leaders to remove the Taxpayer Protection and Government Accountability Act preemptively from the November 2024 ballot. Gallagher was joined on…

It’s time to bring down utility rates for everyone, not just shuffle costs among consumers. SACRAMENTO, CA – Assembly Republicans responded to the introduction of legislation from Democrats that would roll back the income-based fixed fee for customers of investor-owned utilities, which is currently being considered by the Public Utilities Commission. The…

Sacramento, CA – Today, the Assembly Republican Caucus sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, urging him to take action on the humanitarian and drug crisis at California’s southern border. In the letter, Republican lawmakers highlighted the insufficiency of Gov. Newsom’s border security measures to date, which have included increasing…

Proposals would repeal AB 5, cancel Biden independent contractor rule. SACRAMENTO – Today, Republican lawmakers, including Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (Yuba City), Rep. Kevin Kiley (Rocklin), Asm. Kate Sanchez (Rancho Santa Margarita), joined business advocates Tom Manzo from the California Business & Industrial Alliance and Matthew Estipona of the…

Newsom says “progress,” literally any sane person says “failure.” Newsom was in SoCal yesterday celebrating the “progress” of his homelessness programs.  Just one problem – since he took office, he’s spent $20 billion and made the problem 20% worse.  By any objective standard, that’s called “failure,” not “progress.”  But rather…