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"We are going to not only write a new chapter in California history, but I've been told we're going to write a new chapter in American history by electing the first African-American woman in the history of this nation to be the Speaker of a state legislative body."
- Speaker Fabian Núñez commenting on the election of Los Angeles Democrat Karen Bass as the 67th Speaker California State Assembly. |
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Assembly Democrats Celebrate National Bike Month
Friday, May 09, 2008
And while we are recognizing the value of cycling in California this May, the legislature in Sacramento will also be working on bills addressing today’s environmental problems. Just one example is AB 2971. This bill would increase safe bicycle and pedestrian paths throughout our cities and counties, helping Californians navigate their communities without cars and safely. | Bold Leadership Needed to Create 21st Century Jobs
Friday, May 02, 2008
We have to position ourselves to compete globally for the high-paid, highly specialized jobs in these new fields. Germany and Japan have already usurped California's once leading position in solar and wind energy through targeted policies and initiatives. And Connecticut, Massachusetts, Texas, New Mexico, New York, New Jersey, Florida, and Pennsylvania all have proactive economic policies. | Universal, Portable Retirement Savings Program
Friday, April 25, 2008
Under my bill, we would create the California Employee Savings Program, CalESP, providing voluntary, secure, and completely portable supplemental retirement savings accounts that workers can freely take from job to job without penalty, helping them prepare for their retirement. | California Celebrates Earth Day
Friday, April 18, 2008
This Earth Day, as Californians make important individual contributions to protecting the environment, Assembly Democrats are fighting to ensure that we leave future generations of Californians a healthy, vibrant, and safe environment with the jobs necessary to compete in a rapidly growing green economy. | Tax Deadline is Important to Californians and the State
Friday, April 11, 2008
California consumers, businesses, and government service agencies would all stand to benefit if all California taxpayers maximized their federal tax rebate. With our sizeable state budget gap, California can’t afford giveaways to a reckless Bush Administration that provides California 79 cents worth of services for every dollar we send. | Making Sure Californians Are Counted
Friday, April 04, 2008
Over half a million Californians were uncounted in the 2000 census, denying our state another 1.5 billion dollars in needed funds. As we fight this summer to protect the services Californians prioritize, we can’t forget the raw deal we got from Washington. | Democrats Budget Priorities Reflect California Values
Friday, March 28, 2008
Democratic Caucus Chair Noreen Evans: “We chose deliberately to meet at a public institution – an outstanding public institution of higher education that also provides health care and takes care of the poorest of the people of the state of California – and that in part reflects a lot of the priorities that I think we as Democrats in the Assembly hold.” | Saving California's Beaches and Parks
Saturday, March 22, 2008
In the radio address Assemblymember Ruskin, Chair of the Assembly Budget Subcommittee on Environmental Resources, says tourism dollars flow into the state treasury because of California’s extraordinarily beautiful beaches and parks. In fact, Ruskin says, the state brings in $2.35 for every dollar it spends on parks and beaches. And, Ruskin says, “State parks and beaches have provided Californians and visitors from around the world the chance to enjoy breathtaking views they will remember for the rest of their lives.” | Proposed Education Budget Cuts Unacceptable
Saturday, March 15, 2008
AB 9xxx sets a 6% severance tax on oil extracted from the ground or water in California and a 2% windfall profits tax on oil companies. The $1.2 billion revenue generated by closing these loopholes would go directly to ensuring that our schools can retain their teachers, and AB 9xxx prohibits using the tax as an excuse to raise prices. Global demand isn’t going away and extending the severance tax to one more state isn’t putting anybody out of business. | Proposed Education Budget Cuts Will Hurt California
Friday, March 07, 2008
These proposed cuts will cost California classrooms an average of $8-hundred per pupil, according to the California Budget Project. So while our children are being asked to give up computer and Internet access, music and sports programs, and support services they rely on, Assembly Republicans are protecting a tax loophole allowing owners of expensive yachts to avoid paying sales tax on their boats. | A Balanced Approach to Fixing the State’s Budget Deficit is Smart and Fair
Friday, February 29, 2008
We don’t favor cuts to services as vital as Medi-Cal, nor cutting over a billion dollars in health care assistance to California’s children, elderly, and disabled. And most Californians agree with Assembly Democrats that there has to be a better approach to budgeting than cuts alone. | Budget Committee Chair John Laird Calls for Balanced Approach to Fixing the State’s Budget Deficit
Friday, February 22, 2008
We must craft a budget that matches difficult, ongoing, cuts with new revenues. When we look to increase revenues we will be careful to ensure that we do not harm an already struggling economy, and instead raise revenues that help our economy rebound by allowing our schools to succeed, by enabling access to higher education, by avoiding cuts to infrastructure improvements, and by keeping the elderly and the poor fed and not forced onto the streets. |
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