The California State Senate approved Senate Bill 54 (SB 54), which aims to make California a “Sanctuary State.” SB 54 prohibits local sheriff’s deputies and local police officers, statewide, from enforcing federal immigration laws. The bill was authored by Senate President Kevin de León (D-Los Angeles) who wants people to be assured that they can call […]

By Familias Unidas de California Governor Jerry Brown and the California Democrat leadership have a new gift for us as we approach tax day: Another New Car Tax. Not just any new car tax, but the biggest gas tax in  California’s history. Besides this historic gas tax increase, this new plan will also raise the […]

Patrick McGreevy, Los Angeles Times, wrote that, “a chance meeting with the governor of Colorado has left California Senate leader Kevin de León  (D-Los Angeles) with concerns about an initiative that would legalize the recreational use of marijuana in this state, he said Wednesday.” “I’m not there yet,” De León told reporters when asked his position […]

The $122 billion budget includes a $2 billion reserve, $100 million more for child care and preschool programs and probably the most controversial budget item is repealing the rule which limits welfare payments for people who have more children. The more welfare for additional children, is expected to cost taxpayers an estimated $100 million in the […]

Dan Walters with the Sacramento Bee wrote a piece highlighting the hypocrisy between California State Senate Pro Tem, Kevin de Leon’s words and the reality faced by the majority of Californians. One of his stops, last week, was London, where he spoke to a group of British legislators and business leaders, touting the economic benefits […]

As Governor Jerry Brown gets ready to travel to Paris to talk about Global Warming, his California Public Employees’ Retirement System just announced the California taxpayers will have to pay billions of dollars more than expected for the retirement programs of government workers. The Los Angeles Times wrote, As soon as Wednesday, the fund’s board […]

Chris Buckley, New York Times, reports that China has been burning up to 17 percent more coal per year that the government had previously disclosed. This new revelation will be make if difficult to limit global warming considering that just the increase is more greenhouse gases than what the whole German economy emits annually. This […]

Coastal environmentalist Democrats have convinced a few Hispanic Democrats representing some of the poorest parts of the state to support a measure that would force Californians to cut oil and gas consumption in half. Under Senate Bill 350, all this power would be given to an unelected board, the California Air Resources Board. The legislation […]

David Siders with the Sacramento Bee has found that California Senate Democratic Leader, Kevin de Leon is misleading Californians in his quest to increase gasoline prices through Senate Bill 350; which would require the state of California to reduce gasoline consumption in motor vehicles by 50%. The most confusing and misleading aspect of Kevin de […]

Best comment of the day, comes from none other than Kevin de Leon: “Is this going to be our final budget?” asked Kevin de León, the Senate president pro tem. “Unlikely.” Yet in passing a budget, de León said the Senate was “fulfilling our constitutional obligation to our constituents and to the state of California.” […]