If you tax something, you get less of it. Which is why California’s housing and homelessness crises only would be made worse by raising taxes on any type of housing. But that’s exactly what would happen with Senate Bill 584, by state Sen. Monique Límon, D-Santa Barbara.
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SACRAMENTO — Assemblyman Juan Alanis, R-Modesto, passed another bill off the Assembly Floor last week, as AB 243 would allow victims of child abduction to enroll in the Secretary of State’s address confidentiality program.
On Thursday, May 18, 2023, Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil accomplished an impressive feat by successfully passing seven bills out of the Senate Appropriations Committee, chaired by Senator Anthony Portantino of Burbank.
Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (D-Jackson), a champion for children's rights, has achieved a significant victory in her fight to preserve funding for the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program. Through her leadership and bipartisan efforts, Senator Alvarado-Gil successfully led a joint request supported by 41 lawmakers from both houses and parties, urging the Appropriations Committee to reject Governor Newsom's proposed $40 million funding cut to the CASA program.
Legislators have reported a significant victory in the fight to preserve funding for the Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program. Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (D-Jackson), a champion for children’s rights, successfully led a joint request supported by 41 lawmakers from both houses and parties, urging the Appropriations Committee to reject Governor Gavin Newsom’s proposed $40 million funding cut to the CASA program.
Mother Lode Democratic Senator Marie Alvarado Gil broke with her party on legislation that would put in place a variety of new gun-related restrictions.
Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (D-Jackson) is pleased with the result of a bipartisan effort through the Problem Solvers Caucus to obtain $40 million in flood prevention funding for the San Joaquin River. This success resulted from Governor Newsom's decision to fulfill the Caucus's budget in the May Revise. This funding was initially proposed to be cut in the Governor's January budget proposal.
Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil accomplished an impressive feat earlier this month by successfully passing seven bills out of the Senate Appropriations Committee, chaired by Senator Anthony Portantino of Burbank.