Key issues for returning California Legislature

Sacramento Bee ^ | 01/04/2015 | Jeremy B. White and Laurel Rosenhall

[artichokegrower]

Here we go again.

A new year means a new Legislature, complete with 37 new lawmakers, 38 new committee chairs and three leaders new to opening session atop their caucuses. They will bring a burst of activity to downtown Sacramento, where the corridors of the state Capitol, the coffee shops and the restaurants will soon hum with staff, lawmakers and lobbyists plying their trade.

[artichokegrower]

SB 4 would give immigrants who are in the country illegally – a group that is not covered by the federal Affordable Care Act – access to health insurance in California.

YOU LIE!

[barefoot_hiker]

As always, the key issue is to pass 1000+ new laws to tax, restrict, regulate and harass the dwindling number of productive citizens of California.

[Opinionated Blowhard]

The Los Angeles Democrat proposes extending the state’s sales tax to many services and devoting the money to education and local governments.

A massive sales tax increase to shovel more money into the education bureaucracy and to fund local government pensions. Yeah, that'll fix everything.

[I am Richard Brandon]

It was fun watching Atlas Shrugged again, and episode III releases tomorrow on DVD. I think that they updated the script to relect modern Progressive terminology, but the aims of The Looters match Obama’s almost exactly.

[NormsRevenge]

They should erect an electric fence around the zoo the state legislature has become.