December 7, 2024
Golden State Republican Women
Janet Price, President
Submitted by the GSRW Legislative Analyst Committee
Valerie Evans, Lou Ann Flaherty and Elaine Freeman,
NEWSOM CALLS SPECIAL LEGISLATIVE SESSION TO “TRUMP PROOF” CALIFORNIA
Newsom is working with lawmakers to create a new litigation fund of up to $25 million to support California’s legal resources in anticipation of “policy proposals that would harm the state.”
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- Two focus areas are reproductive rights and environmental causes
- The fund would be used by the California Department of Justice and other state agencies to be used for court challenges and administrative actions.
- Hearings will occur during December with hopeful legislation signings into law before the January 20th inauguration.
- For comparison:
- From 2017-2021 the California DOJ sued the Trump Administration 122 times to the tune of $42 million in the process.
- The Trump administration sued California 4 times
- Filed a lawsuit over three California sanctuary state laws that restricted cooperation with federal immigration enforcement
- Sued California for its state-level net neutrality law.
- Filed a lawsuit against California’s vehicle emissions standards, attempting to revoke California’s ability to set its own emissions rules.
- Sued California over its controversial independent contractor law, AB 5, in 2020.
Republican state Sen. Brian Jones, who serves as the upper chamber’s minority leader, said last month the special session “is clearly just another political stunt” and a “desperate attempt to distract from Democrats’ significant losses across California on Tuesday — in the state Senate, state Assembly, U.S. House, and on key ballot measures, including Prop 5’s defeat and Prop 36’s overwhelming win.”
“Californians have made it clear: affordability is their top concern,” Jones said. “Yet, even with the massive deficit he created, Gov. Newsom wants to hand his attorney general a blank check to wage endless battles against the federal government — while our own state is on fire, both literally and metaphorically.”
Current election results: https://electionresults.sos.ca.gov/returns/ballot-measures
We will keep watch on this process.
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