Today, Senate Minority Leader Brian W. Jones (R-San Diego) announced he has asked Governor Newsom to veto ten bills that were opposed by all members of the Senate Republican Caucus. Below are quotes from Jones and links to the letters he submitted:
Assembly Bill 86 (Boerner) – “Teaching controversial gender identity theories to students as young as eight or nine years old is not a practice that most Californians support, nor want to see happening in our schools.” Jones’ AB 86 letter
Assembly Bill 321 (Schultz) – “Democrat legislative leaders consistently seem to want to help felons avoid the consequences of their actions, because they often choose the criminal over the victim. Why don’t they just introduce straightforward bills to do so rather than sneaky, disingenuous measures like AB 321? Probably because they would be easily defeated.” Jones’ AB 321 letter
Assembly Bill 727 (Mark Gonzalez) – “The organization’s ‘Trevor Space’ platform includes unsupervised chat rooms that could threaten the safety of vulnerable students. By connecting minors to adults outside of the purview of parents in an unregulated space, this bill violates parental rights. There are many other less ideological suicide prevention options already presented to students, including the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.” Jones’ AB 727 letter
Assembly Bill 749 (McKinnor) – “The author and supporters of AB 749 know if they were upfront and put forth a straightforward bill allowing biological males to compete against young women and girls, it would be easily defeated. So instead, they are trying to establish a stacked commission to indirectly rig the issue in their favor.” Jones’ AB 749 letter
Assembly Bill 812 (Lowenthal) – “If the members of the Legislature truly believe these inmates should have shorter sentences, they should simply draft a law that directly achieves that goal rather than playing shell games as AB 812 does.” Jones’ AB 812 letter
Assembly Bill 930 (Ward) – “California’s slow-motion vote counting process has made our state the laughingstock of the nation when it comes to getting the election results done, announced, and accepted. AB 930 would unfortunately further this reputation.” Jones’ AB 930 letter
Assembly Bill 1340 (Wicks) – “The ‘ride hailing’ industry was established to offer consumers a lower-priced, interactive and responsive alternative to traditional rider transportation services. AB 1340 will no doubt make the ride hailing industry a more costly and less attractive alternative for riders.” Jones’ AB 1340 letter
Assembly Bill 1525 (Judiciary Committee) – “The fact remains that an attorney disbarred for incompetence and/or convicted of a felony should not be allowed to practice law in California. Unfortunately AB 1525 would provide a loophole to undercut this basic principle.” Jones’ AB 1525 letter
Senate Bill 30 (Cortese) – “Utilizing older, but still viable, locomotives to support new or expanded transit service helps take vehicles off the road. Senate Bill 30 limits these options and discourages agencies from upgrading to cleaner equipment.” Jones’ SB 30 letter
Senate Bill 551 (Cortese) – “The drivel in this measure is an insult to hardworking, law-abiding Californians who have had it with the state reducing sentences for career criminals and letting them out onto our streets through ‘early release’ programs.” Jones’ SB 551 letter