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Posted on 05/09/2017 4:02:24 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
The state Assembly voted Monday, May 8 to approve a bill that would eliminate Cold War-era language that allows California to fire any state worker who is a member of the Communist Party. In this clip, Assemblyman Rob Bonta, D-Alameda, introduced his bill before facing opposition from Assemblyman Travis Allen, R-Huntington Beach. California Channel
Being a communist would no longer be a fireable offense for California government employees under a bill passed Monday by the state Assembly.
Lawmakers narrowly approved the bill to repeal part of a law enacted during the Red Scare of the 1940s and '50s when fear that communists were trying to infiltrate and overthrow the U.S. government was rampant. The bill now goes to the Senate.
It would eliminate part of the law that allows public employees to be fired for being a member of the Communist Party.
Employees could still be fired for being members of organizations they know advocate for overthrowing the government by force or violence.
The bill updates an outdated provision in state law, said Assemblyman Rob Bonta, the San Francisco Bay Area Democrat who authored the measure.
Some Assembly Republicans said the Cold War-era law should not be changed.
Assemblyman Randy Voepel, a Southern California Republican who fought in the Vietnam War, said communists in North Korea and China are "still a threat." "This bill is blatantly offensive to all Californians," said Assemblyman Travis Allen, a Republican who represents a coastal district in Southern California. "Communism stands for everything that the United States stands against."
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I thought that state had a preference for Commie employees???
Meh. California Democrat....Communist....what’s the diff?
Yeah...No surprise here....
It’s full of covert commies and socialists right now. Is this just a legal formality?
California governments at all levels are already loaded with Commies.
I suppose Governor Brown and the rest of the Commiefornia Democrats will sleep better at night after this law is repealed.
A little late, isn’t it?
There’s nothing left of the old extreme wack-a-doodle left that’s extreme to the left anymore.
They are all pretty extreme, and it’s ugly.
And the “center” as they reckon it is about where McGovern and LBJ were, or not far off at any rate.
California is already Communist..trust me I live here..other than Vermont you don’t get more Commie than this once great state
:^)
I heard they were going to rename it “Venezuela Brown”.
One of the leaders in the House is an illegal alien that is actively working to help illegals. I’m surprised they’re even care enough to change this law.
They did this in the 80s.
No need to do it again.
how will we tell any difference?
Where is the news in this??? Commies already running the state. Don’t forget all the commies in Hollywood who pay big donation bucks to the pols....and you can also enjoy a visit to the Berkeley campus to see man in action...in fact, any university campus in California, not forgetting how hard the Teachers Union is working to create as many little commies in our lower schools as well.
Welcome to COMMIEformia.
This being California, How would they know?
They’ve been running California’s government for decades.
If you’re going to go retard, you may as well go full retard.
SacraMentos—last one out turn off the lights.
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