Public records request includes “bakery exemption” documents, communications between Newsom admin & donor. SACRAMENTO – Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher and Senate Minority Leader Brian Jones have sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom requesting records from his office to shed light on the origin and negotiation process of the “bakery exemption”…

SACRAMENTO – Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (Yuba City) has introduced AB 2549, the Patient Visitation Rights Act, to address the crucial issue of family visitation rights in health facilities and to ensure safe visitation practices during pandemic events. Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the importance of visitation in patient recovery,…

SACRAMENTO – Today, 14 additional legislative Republicans joined the call for Attorney General Bonta to investigate the appearance of misconduct in the crafting of carveouts to Assembly Bill 1228 to benefit one of Governor Newsom’s major campaign donors. AB 1228 increased the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $20 dollars an hour,…

“Now is not the time for partisan games. In-vitro fertilization treatment should be protected at all costs.” SACRAMENTO – Today, on the first day of Women’s History Month, Assemblywoman Laurie Davies (R-Laguna Niguel), Assemblyman Josh Hoover (R-Folsom) and Assemblyman Greg Wallis (R-Bermuda Dunes) announced that they introduced a resolution to protect in vitro fertilization (IVF) in the…

SACRAMENTO – Today, Legislative Republicans called on Attorney General Rob Bonta to launch an investigation into allegations of “pay-to-play” politics in the crafting of Assembly Bill 1228. The bill, which increased the minimum wage for fast-food workers by 25%, contains an unjustified carveout that benefits a longtime acquaintance of Governor Gavin Newsom.…