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AB 71 Amended to add Tax Increases to Fund ‘Bring California Home Act’

January 13, 2021 3:53 pmJanuary 13, 2021 4:17 pm

Assembly Bill 71 was amended on January 12 to replace its intent language with dozens of pages of substantive amendments, including several major tax increase proposals. This article only examines the tax provisions of AB 71. The bill is jointly...

Gov. Newsom Unveils $227 Billion State Budget Proposal with EDD Fraud Unaddressed

January 8, 2021 6:09 pmJanuary 12, 2021 9:10 am

On Friday Governor Gavin Newsom unveiled his 2021-2022 state budget proposal, totaling for a grand total of $227 billion. According to Governor Newsom, his proposal focuses on five urgent areas for California: COVID-19 vaccinations, reopening schools statewide, wildfire preparation, giving...

SF $653 million budget deficit: Mayor Breed Asks For 7.5% Budget Cuts

December 18, 2020 2:02 amDecember 17, 2020 10:02 pm

On Wednesday, San Francisco Mayor London Breed announced that, due to a projected $653 million budget deficit over the next two years, all departments have to come up with up to 10% in cuts across the board. The deficit, which...

AB 71 – $2.4 Billion Tax Hike to Create a ‘Statewide Homelessness Solutions’ Program?

December 8, 2020 5:18 pmJanuary 13, 2021 3:46 pm

On December 7, the first day of the California Legislature’s 2021-22 Session, Assembly Members Luz Rivas and David Chiu introduced AB 71, which would create a “statewide homelessness solutions program.” Currently, the bill is a statement of legislative intent. However,...

Sacramento Mayor Steinberg’s Plan to Stop NIMBYs From Blocking Homeless Shelters

December 8, 2020 8:59 amDecember 8, 2020 3:34 pm

Rather than finding ways to get Sacramento’s large homeless population the emergency medical and mental health services they need, Mayor Darrell Steinberg is threatening city residents with tent cities in their neighborhoods. Calling Sacramento residents “NIMBYs,” Steinberg wants the city...

Policy and Personnel Hamper California’s Efforts to Address Homelessness

November 20, 2020 10:59 amNovember 22, 2020 7:51 am

Special to the California Globe by Lance Izumi and Michele Steeb In his February State of the State speech, Governor Newsom declared homelessness his number one priority, and that he and the Legislature would come together on a major housing...

2020 General Election Preview: 36th Assembly District

October 30, 2020 7:36 am

Located in a catty-corner of the Counties of Los Angeles, Kern, and San Bernardino, the 36th Assembly District is the end of Los Angeles and the beginning of farms and ag lands. Once mostly Republican, 20 years of migration north...