BY ASSEMBLYMAN KEVIN KILEY “I’m trying to save 40 million Californians.” So said Gavin Newsom on Late Night with Seth Meyers last week. This “I alone can fix it” mentality is straining our system of checks and balances. While the Legislature recessed for seven weeks, Gov. Newsom remade life in California. His 37 Executive Orders […]
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BY ASSEMBLYMAN KEVIN KILEY Tomorrow the State Assembly returns after a 50-day hiatus. On the day we left, I spoke about the Legislature’s important role managing the challenges ahead of us. The Assembly’s leadership, it turns out, had a different role in mind: None. The collapse of California government into one-man rule has been as
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BY ASSEMBLYMAN KEVIN KILEY On March 16, I gave a speech in the State Assembly asking that we put partisanship aside and trust our Governor’s leadership in a moment of crisis. In the weeks since, Governor Newsom has repeatedly abused that trust and put politics front and center. The Sacramento Bee just called him “Gov.
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BY KEVIN KILEY Governor Newsom has named Tom Steyer, the former presidential candidate and hedge fund manager, to lead an 80-member Economic Recovery Commission. Notably absent from the Commission: small businesses. They’re outnumbered 10 to 1 by major company executives despite making up 99.2 percent of all California employers. Right now, small businesses are fighting
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