Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield)

Tax Increase on Medi-Cal Managed Care Plans Really for Governor’s $73 Billion Budget Deficit?

March 19, 2024 9:15 amMarch 20, 2024 6:36 pm

California Democrat lawmakers are pushing a bill to increase the tax on Medi-Cal managed care plans by another $1.5 billion, to fund the state share of cost in the Medi-Cal program. Or so we are told. While this appears to...

OPINION: Rep. Kevin McCarthy Naming ‘Heir-Apparent’ Will Only Exacerbate Politically Turbulent Environment

December 11, 2023 2:44 pmDecember 11, 2023 2:50 pm

Congressman Kevin McCarthy’s exit from the House doesn’t just leave a weaker Republican majority in DC. It also leaves the Central Valley in a politically turbulent environment. The R+16 district is unique in California, and is almost guaranteed to elect...

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...

California’s Highest-in-the-Nation Gas and Diesel Taxes

January 24, 2022 8:36 am

California has the nation’s highest prices for gasoline and diesel fuels, coming in as high as $5.57 per gallon of gas, according to AAA. The cost of a tank of gas for a Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 24.6 gallon...

AB 2: Legislative Review of Regulations

December 8, 2020 3:18 pmDecember 10, 2020 8:47 am

On December 7, the first day of the California Legislature’s 2021-22 Session, Assemblyman Vince Fong (R-Bakersfield) introduced Assembly Bill 2, which would make several changes to the state regulatory process. The bill would amend Sections 11343.4 and 11349.3 of and...