Assemblyman Alex Lee – California Globe

Legislative Analyst and Gov. Newsom Still Disagree on Budget Deficit and Solutions

May 20, 2024 7:51 amMay 20, 2024 7:51 am

The Legislative Analyst’s Office updated spending plan in Gov. Newsom’s revised budget shows a $55 billion budget deficit as opposed to the $27.6 billion figure Newsom presented last week, according to the Legislative Analyst’s Office. The LAO released its latest...

Will Gov. Gavin Newsom Face a Reckoning with His $73B Deficit in the $330 Billion Budget?

April 9, 2024 12:00 pmApril 10, 2024 7:44 am

When are budget cuts not really budget cuts? When they are in Gov. Gavin Newsom’s budget. California has a budget deficit of $73 billion, the Legislative Analyst’s Office reports. Gov. Newsom claimed the budget deficit was only $30 billion in...

Gov. Gavin Newsom Disappears $30 Billion of the Deficit in New Budget

January 10, 2024 1:47 pmJanuary 10, 2024 1:47 pm

Where did $30 billion of California’s budget deficit go? California Governor Gavin Newsom put on quite a budget show this morning, feigning indignation over the Legislative Analyst’s Office’s recent update on the state’s actual budget deficit, which the LAO put...

Assembly Ambush: Assemblyman Kiley’s Gas Tax Suspension Bill Hijacked

March 28, 2022 5:03 pmMarch 28, 2022 8:25 pm

“Absolutely disgraceful,” was Assemblyman Kevin Kiley’s response to the attempted ambush of his bill to suspend California’s gas tax while in a committee hearing Monday. His words were stronger when the hijack actually happened. It was a clear partisan hearing...

‘Corporate-Free Elections Act’ Gets Shelved by Assembly Elections Committee

April 30, 2021 2:15 amApril 30, 2021 6:28 am

A half-baked, complicated bill aiming to take all corporate money out of California political campaign contributions failed to pass out of the Assembly Elections Committee Thursday. But what was so interesting was that Assemblyman Marc Berman, Chairman of the Committee...

California Wealth Tax Proposed in Constitutional Amendment

March 23, 2021 11:23 amMarch 26, 2021 6:48 am

On March 22, Assembly Members Alex Lee, Wendy Carrillo, Lorena Gonzalez, Miguel Santiago, Ash Kalra, Luz Rivas, and Mark Stone introduced Assembly Constitutional Amendment 8 to propose a wealth tax to be placed before the voters. Officially, ACA 8 is...