Senator Tony Strickland (R-Huntington Beach) – Page 2

Democrats’ High Speed Rail Slush Fund Growing Again to $130+ Billion

September 16, 2025 2:46 amSeptember 23, 2025 3:27 pm

When President Donald Trump announced in February he would be launching an investigation into the high cost of California High Speed Rail fulfilling a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) promise made late in 2024, many California taxpayers celebrated. Originally estimated...

VMT Housing Tax Buried in Budget Bill Could Add $324,000 Per Home or Apartment

September 8, 2025 7:17 amSeptember 9, 2025 9:26 am

A new Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) housing tax was quietly buried in the recent budget housing bill package in Assembly Bill 130, the bill Newsom signed in June claiming he was reforming CEQA, the Holy Grail of environmental policy, California Environmental...

Senate Transportation Vice Chair Strickland: Sacramento’s $87 Billion Train Off the Rails, Proposition 1A Promise Broken

August 25, 2025 12:01 pmAugust 25, 2025 1:24 pm

California’s long-delayed and grossly over-budgeted high-speed rail project could be operating the Central Valley line by 2032, a new report quietly released Friday by the High Speed Rail Authority says. However, rail authority officials also admit that they will need...

California Democrats Introduce Redistricting Legislative Package to ‘Save Democracy’

August 18, 2025 3:57 pmAugust 18, 2025 6:20 pm

California’s legislative Democrats held a press conference Monday morning to justify kicking the independent California Redistricting Commission to the curb for the next few elections. They introduced their package of three bills, SB 280, AB 604, and ACA 8, described...

CA Senate Republicans Ask US Senators Schiff & Padilla to Repeal Newsom-Backed EV Mandate

May 21, 2025 5:00 pmMay 21, 2025 5:00 pm

While Governor Gavin Newsom calls those who oppose his electric vehicle mandate to outlaw gas-powered cars by 2035 “big polluters” and “right-wing propaganda machine,” California’s 10 Senators Wednesday appealed to the state’s U.S. Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA), U.S. Senator Alex...

No Funding for Prop. 36 in Gov. Newsom’s May Budget Revise

May 14, 2025 12:51 pmMay 14, 2025 12:57 pm

California Governor Gavin Newsom made very clear Wednesday his budget priorities by not funding voter-passed Proposition 36, and continuing to allow illegal immigrants receive taxpayer funded Medi-Cal. Our interview Tuesday with Senator Tony Strickland addressed his efforts and request that...

Globe Interview: Senator Tony Strickland on Funding Prop. 36 in May Revise

May 13, 2025 4:34 pmMay 13, 2025 4:42 pm

What is required legally when a proposition/ballot initiative is passed by voters requiring funding for implementation? What can be done legally if Governor Gavin Newsom refuses to fund Proposition 36, the anti-crime initiative passed last November by nearly 70% in...