SACRAMENTO – Today, Assembly Democrats stood with the Newsom administration and blocked legislation to prevent a new state mandate from driving up gas prices by as much as 65 cents per gallon. During the Assembly floor session, Republican lawmakers tried to advance Assembly Bill 12, which would repeal an update to…
SACRAMENTO – Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (East Nicolaus) and Assemblyman David Tangipa (Clovis), Vice Chair of the Assembly Committee on Insurance, criticized recent changes to the FAIR Plan that may result in higher insurance rates for California homeowners. Yesterday, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara announced that the FAIR Plan was approved…
SACRAMENTO – California Legislative Republicans have called on the U.S. Department of Energy to intervene against state and local efforts to ban natural gas, which drive up costs and limit consumer choice. In a letter sent to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, Republican lawmakers urged the federal government to block regulations…
SACRAMENTO – In response to California’s skyrocketing utility costs, Assembly Republican Leader James Gallagher (East Nicolaus) has introduced legislation to slash electric rates by at least 30%. Assembly Bill 286 will provide much-needed relief to Californians struggling under some of the highest electricity prices in the nation. “The cost of everything…
SACRAMENTO – In a new column, Emily Hoeven from the San Francisco Chronicle laid out how Gavin Newsom’s special legislative session to “Trump-Proof” California turned into a political sideshow thanks to Assembly Democrats. The $50 million slush fund proposal started to go off the rails when Assembly Republicans blew the whistle…