Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez – Page 3

California Budget Larded With Billions in Record Pork Spending: Dog park, Sculpture Garden, Parking Lot?

August 7, 2019 1:46 pmAugust 8, 2019 7:15 am

In June, California Globe covered in great detail the record number of local pork-barrel projects injected by individual legislators into California’s largest state budget ever of $215 billion. All of the pork in this budget as California Globe has reported, are...

Governor Newsom Issues His First Vetoes

July 16, 2019 7:36 amJuly 16, 2019 7:36 am

Last week Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 116 bills, and issued his first vetoes. AB 603 by Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore), would allow retired peace officers of California State University to carry a concealed weapon, just as peace officers of...

California Senate Passes ‘Housing for Homeless,’ Bill With Penalty Component

July 2, 2019 2:08 amJuly 3, 2019 1:35 pm

The Legislature can do an immediate legislative fix The Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review authored AB 101, which provides for statutory changes needed to enact the housing and homelessness-related provisions of the Budget Act of 2019. In short,...

Largest Budget in CA History ‘Falls Short’: $2 billion in New Tax Increases and Lots of Pork

June 13, 2019 5:47 pmJune 14, 2019 1:41 pm

Thursday, the California State Legislature passed the Fiscal Year 2019-20 budget along party lines. At $215 billion, it is the largest budget in the history of the state due to new tax increases and hundreds of millions of last minute...

Statewide Rent Control Bill Passes Assembly While Tenant-Unionizing Bill Fails in Senate

May 30, 2019 7:52 amMay 30, 2019 1:54 pm

The State Assembly voted Wednesday to impose statewide rent control by capping rent increases. Assembly Bill 1482 would prohibit landlords from raising rent by more than 7 percent plus inflation over the course of a year. The bill, by Assemblyman...

CA Democrats Refuse to Hear Resolution Condemning UC Davis Professor Who Said Cops ‘Need to be killed’

May 27, 2019 8:50 amMay 28, 2019 6:08 pm

A State Assembly resolution would urge University of California directors to remove a professor who made horrific remarks on social media about killing cops. However, last week Democrats refused to even hear the resolution. Assemblyman James Gallagher (R-Yuba City) authored...

Republican Dust Up: Don’t Mess With Melissa

April 26, 2019 2:08 pmApril 29, 2019 9:42 am

Assemblywoman Melissa Melendez is known for being a straight shooter and keeping her word. So when her colleague Assemblyman Chad Mayes lied to her, she let him know her displeasure rather memorably. Melendez (R-Lake Elsinore) has authored Assembly Bill 359,...