SACRAMENTO – On Tuesday, Assembly Republicans sent a letter to Governor Gavin Newsom, urging him to delay implementation of AB 5 or exempt independent truckers entirely from its employee reclassification (ABC) test. The Supreme Court declined to hear a case on June 30th that would have challenged the new law, now…

SACRAMENTO – Today, Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (Yuba City) issued a statement after Assembly Republicans tried to stop the gas tax increase. Democrats refused to adopt amendments to a bill that would have suspended the gas tax increase that will take effect tomorrow, July 1st.  “This was our last opportunity…

SACRAMENTO- Today, Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (Yuba City) responded to the latest report released by the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) that forecasts California’s fiscal outlook on the 2023-24 budget, stating that California’s “revenue estimates represent the weakest performance the state has experienced since the Great Recession.” “Assembly Republicans have been warning that Democratic policies…

SACRAMENTO – Today, Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (Yuba City) issued a statement in response to the announcement of a new Democrat budget agreement: “Capitol Democrats have come up a day late and a dollar short on their promise to address California’s skyrocketing cost of living,” said Gallagher. “How convenient of them to send out taxpayer rebates just ahead…

SACRAMENTO – Today, Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (Yuba City) called on Governor Gavin Newsom to veto legislation that would promote open-air solicitation of prostitution and enable human trafficking.  In his letter, Gallagher noted that California already has the highest number of human trafficking cases and that the enactment of…